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Here's how Bolton town centre looks during the coronavirus lockdown
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It's just past noon on a scorching hot spring day and the steps of Bolton town hall should be full of people eating their lunch, chatting with coworkers and enjoying the weather.
Instead, there are more pigeons than people and each coo from the birds cuts through the eerie silence around Victoria Square.
It's been three days since the prime minister announced the coronavirus lockdown, telling people not to leave their homes unless they have to.
The benches on Newport Street are not empty, handfuls of people still congregate around shiny metal and concrete seats - a mix of workers with vital skills and those who have nowhere else to go.
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