Newstalk 25th April 2021

by Matthew James, edited by Declan Pearson

This week’s edition of Bolton Newstalk, recorded by readers Beverley Hill, Madeleine Brierley, Jon Topham, Madeleine Stocks, and Rachel Hadjigeorgiou.

1:07

01 Introduction
1:14

02 Patients had been waiting a year or more
2:04

03 Yasmin Qureshi has warned of 'shadow pandemics' throughout society
1:34

04 A Soldier from Atherton
1:37

05 Electoral turnout in Bolton
2:24

06 Organisations in Bolton
1:59

07 ‘Cheaper than The Range’
3:23

08 Allowances for people meeting up indoors
2:05

09 Music lovers
1:08

10 Producer Break - A Coffee shop
2:04

11 Bolton Hospice
2:00

12 116 housing association homes
2:11

13 'Prestige' town centre housing development
1:48

14 Pub punters and diners made the most of pubs, cafes and restaurants
1:52

15 The nation's top simple pleasures
2:25

16 Strictly Coming Dancing's Tess Daly
1:36

17 Apparition at Smithills Hall
1:31

18 MyHeritage
1:00

19 Producer Break - Amir Khan
2:40

20 Dementia patients in Bolton
1:36

21 The rigours of policing the pandemic
2:39

22 Three local companies
1:48

23 A football fans cause
1:57

24 A new book inspired by a young boy from Bolton
2:06

25 Two schoolboys from Bolton
0:48

26 Producer Break - Fortalice
2:09

27 A punter who pretended to have a booking
3:18

28 Another Westhoughton councillor
1:23

29 A car sales business
2:36

30 Pint-sized mathematician Adam D Ma
2:09

31 Dino Kingdom
3:26

32 A Headteacher from Bolton
1:01

33 Final thought and farewells