Newstalk 23rd August 2020

by Sandra Leatherbarrow, edited by Declan Pearson

This week’s edition of Bolton Newstalk, recorded by our team of readers in the comfort of their own homes. Readers in this edition are Gaynor Cox, Jill Leatherbarrow, Richard O’Connell, and Tony McNeile

3:48

01 Introduction
1:21

02 Thank you Cancer Service Team
1:39

03 Book your flu jab
2:00

04 Extra cash for NHS
1:59

05 Kidney transplant for drag entertainer
0:08

06 Producer Break
2:22

07 Drugs in Deane
1:28

08 Car crash leads to drug find
2:06

09 Drugs Death
1:08

10 Thank you from Police
0:10

11 Producer Break
0:56

12 Mugging in Breightmet
0:56

13 Vandalised war memorial
1:26

14 Where to hide a gun
2:21

15 Community support after double theft
0:07

16 Producer Break
2:06

17 Any Eccles cake fans
2:11

18 Fish delivered to your door
3:02

19 Open all hours
1:46

20 New superstore for Middlebrook
0:04

21 Producer Break
1:11

22 Libraries opening up
2:04

23 St John Ambulance
1:06

24 No swearing please
1:35

25 Blooming ridiculous
0:34

26 Producer Break
1:59

27 On your bike
1:10

28 Bike Ride on Motorway
1:22

29 Keep rules or we close you down
1:47

30 Pub of the week Old Man and Scythe
0:04

31 Producer Break
1:47

32 Pavement licenses
1:27

33 Light It Red
2:13

34 New housebuilder in town
1:23

35 Dispute over planning permission resolved
0:05

36 Producer Break
0:48

37 Thank Goodness for smoke alarms
1:58

38 Hair donation for wigs
2:28

39 Invasion by plant
1:13

40 Barber Talk
0:23

41 Producer Break
0:55

42 Cruelty to dog
1:44

43 What a hoot!
2:04

44 Football fans flock to buy tickets
1:47

45 Controversial mansions
0:27

46 Producer Break
2:32

47 Former Bolton News MD dies
2:33

48 Well Done Cecilia
2:02

49 Councillor suspended
1:39

50 PPE Fashion Show
0:39

51 Final Thoughts and Farewells