Chris Gee

2 days ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Gee

Thousands of athletes are set to take part in the gruelling event across Wigan and BoltonRoad users and are being urged to plan ahead as one of Greater Manchester’s biggest weekends of sport rolls into town. The Ironman Bolton weekend returns from Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8. For the main event on Sunday, a one-loop 1.2-mile swim course takes over to Pennington Flash Country Park, near Leigh, starting at 6.15am.

3 days ago | burytimes.co.uk | Chris Gee

The council said "a large proportion" of drivers licensed in the borough had agreed to requests for them to undertake a check to see if they are registered for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service. The town hall said that despite several emails being sent to all drivers to obtain their consent to undertake the check, 120 licensed private hire and Hackney Carriage drivers had failed to respond.

3 days ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Gee

The new 'high street adult gaming centre’ in the centre of the town would remain permanently openA 24-hour opening bingo and slot machine venue is planning to open in Bolton town centre. German company Merkur Slots have applied to open what they describe as a ‘high street adult gaming centre’ on Newport Street with round the clock opening hours, seven days a week. They plan to occupy the currently vacant shop unit which for several years housed the town’s Bonmarche store.

4 days ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Chris Gee

The drivers have so far failed to give consent for enhanced criminal records checks to be made by the council's licensing departmentUp to 120 taxi drivers operating in Bury face ‘immediate suspension’ as they have not agreed to enhanced criminal record checks. The council said ‘a large proportion’ of licensed drivers had agreed for the local authority to undertake a check to see if they are registered for the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) update service.

4 days ago | manchesterworld.uk | Chris Gee

Several water birds were killed at beauty spot after being shot multiple times with an air rifle. A wildlife rescue team were called to Island Lodge in Tottington at the weekend after a male swan and mallard ducks were targeted. The incident happened at the lodge area in the Kirklees Valley nature reserve on the outskirts of Bury. Members of the Kirklees Valley Wildlife Rescue said they had been called by a member of the public who found the dead birdson Saturday, May 31.