Moor Lane Bus Station has received a slew of complaints about the state of its dirt-ridden toilets. Rita Keen from Bolton was one who commented on the Bolton depot.
Up to 15 jobs will be lost at a fire crew call base in Cockermouth as a result of re-organisation of the service. The posts will go when calls are taken from Warrington as from next year.
The few remaining free public toilets are to set to be shut down in Manchester due to lack of interest from the public when quizzed about their closure. The council currently operates six public conveniences which need daily cleaning and repairs.
The Liverpool-based chain TJ Hughes has closed its doors in branches at Birkenhead and Rochdale. The firm employs 66 staff in Birkenhead and 40 in Rochdale. Stores in Chester, St Helens, Bootle, Hanley and Warrington have also shut.
Bolton Council has suggested a solution to having no public toilets in the town: reopen those in Horwich. Councillors have been campaigning for facilities ever since the toilets in Captain Street were closed earlier this year by Bolton Council.
A teenager has been charged with criminal damage after a fire was lit at a Miss Selfridge store in Manchester city centre. The shop, in Market Street, was set on fire on Tuesday evening during much unrest.
Up to 20 jobs will go because Liverpool Coastguard station is due to close owing to a reorganisation of the service. The Crosby station is set to shut within three years’ time.
