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New public health duty to tackle serious violence

Home Secretary Sajid Javid will this week announce a new legal duty on public bodies to prevent and tackle serious violence. The new ‘public health duty’ will cover the police, local councils, local health bodies such as NHS Trusts, education representatives and youth offending services.

All new rapid chargepoints should offer card payment by 2020

all new electric vehicle rapid and higher powered chargepoints should provide ‘pay as you go’ debit or credit card payment option government prepared to intervene to ensure a good deal for consumers by using powers in the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act announcement follows the

Summer of fun for Bolton youngsters

Bolton Council has announced its Summer Fun programme for 2019, offering a wide range of free activities for 4 to 17-year-olds throughout July and August. Held at youth clubs and parks across the borough, young people will enjoy crafts, sport, games, cookery and much more.

Early cancer detection and survival to be prioritised by NHS

Monitoring one-year survival will be central to measuring progress in transforming cancer care, the Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, announced today. Screening programmes will be overhauled and diagnosis made faster and more accurate with new state-of-the-art technology as part of a blueprint for

Bolton robber who broke victim’s cheekbone jailed for longer

A man who broke into another man’s home and fractured his cheekbone has had his sentence increased by the Court of Appeal. Anthony Fearn, 34, together with another male, entered John Edwards’ Westhoughton home at night without permission. Once inside the offender struck the victim