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Bolton Council is to be controlled by Labour after Nick Peel was elected to lead the authority.

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direct to your inboxGreater Manchester's infection rate is falling at a significantly slower rate than across the nation despite lockdown, the latest figures have shown.All 10 boroughs currently have a higher infection rate than England's average, which stands at 119.5 in the week ending February 19.Bury has had the biggest weekly rise of coronavirus cases of any area in England.There were 444 positive cases in the week ending 19 February, 51 cases more than the previous seven-day period.The borough has been experiencing a persistent increase in cases for more than a week and the infection rate is now 232 per 100,000 people.Meanwhile, neighbouring borough Bolton has had one of the highest infection rates in the country for several weeks.It

Bolton have taken a step forward. Horwich, Blackrod, Little Lever and Westhoughton are all set to receive a share of the £16 million town centre regeneration funding pot.

Bolton borough, is gearing up for more people than usual crossing the border into Chorley this weekend. The White Bear Inn is situated in Market Street, Adlington - around a quarter of a mile from the village's border with Blackrod at Carrington Textiles.

Some Bolton boroughs have registered more than ten times as many new coronavirus cases as others, figures show.Data from Public Health England for the week leading up to September 3 details a huge increase in new infections in specific areas.In parts of Breightmet there were 30 new cases of Covid-19 registered on the official figures, while in sections of Horwich and Westhoughton there were less than two.It comes amid an extremely sharp increase in new coronavirus cases over the last few weeks which has left Bolton with the highest infection rate in the country.The figures included in our heatmap are the latest borough-by-borough numbers and give an insight into which areas of town have driven the overall spike in cases.There has been a