For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter The leader of Bolton council says there is no local lockdown in the borough following confusion over government guidance amid Covid rates concerns.
Coun David Greenhalgh spoke during Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham's press conference today (Tuesday). It came as questions were raised over government guidance, which appeared to tell residents in areas with a high number of cases of the B.1.617.2 strain of the virus, often called the Indian variant, not to leave those areas.
This also covers several parts of the UK where Indian variant is believed to be spreading fastest - Bedford, Blackburn and Darwen, Bolton, Burnley, Kirklees, Leicester,