The building on St Helens Road has now been demolished, with work continuing around the site.

The crash happened at around 2.10am on Monday, September 7 at the junction with Morris Green Lane.

A van hit with the property, causing significant structural damage and the partial collapse of the building.

The road still remains closed while safety work is carried out around the site.

Scaffolding has been put up around neighbouring properties, with some understood to contain living accommodation.

Workers remain at the scene, with construction activity continuing around the damaged area. The area on the road, which is accessible to pedestrians, is safe.

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The remains of the demolished building have now been cleared.

The closure is also still affecting the junction between St Helens Road and Morris Green Lane.

Bolton Council previously said demolition of number 237 was due to be completed after concerns were raised about the stability of a neighbouring building.

A structural engineer had attended the site and further safety measures were required before the road could reopen.

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The council said scaffolding would be erected around the neighbouring building as part of those measures.

Emergency services attended the scene shortly after the crash, with nearby residents evacuated as the area was made safe.

Greater Manchester Police said nobody was believed to have been inside the property when the collision happened.

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However, the estate agent, whose office was in the building said that the incident had left him “really emotional”. 

A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of failing to provide a breath specimen following the incident.

The cause of the crash has not been confirmed.

Motorists are continuing to be advised to avoid the area and use alternative routes while safety work remains ongoing.

A southern Ohio grandfather whose 16 grandchildren were found living in squalid conditions was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial on Wednesday — but the case is still set to continue against other members of his family.

Gary Siders Sr., 73, appeared in a Vinton County courtroom in a wheelchair and a gray T-shirt, facing 16 counts of child endangerment. The charges stem from a June 30 raid on a rural property in Hamden, Ohio, where authorities discovered 16 children ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years living in a small, 12-by-12-foot room amid severe squalor and human waste.

When police breached the home, Vinton County Sheriff Ryan Cain described it as a “disgusting scene.” Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson later stated that the isolated youths looked “almost like feral animals” and that several “couldn’t even speak.”

Vinton County Prosecutor William Archer raised no objections to the competency findings.

Discussing the ruling, defense attorney Dorian Baum told The Independent that prosecutors and the defense agreed on the evaluation findings at a September 9 hearing, which classified his client as not only incompetent but permanently unrestorable.

Noting that Siders had experienced a prolonged cognitive decline, Baum stated, “It’s not really a surprise to any of us that he’s not been found competent at this point. He doesn’t fully understand or appreciate what’s going on.”

Following the ruling, the judge kept Siders’ bond active as the state decides whether to drop the charges immediately or pursue a civil commitment through probate court. Baum told The Independent that regardless of which path prosecutors choose, all charges against Siders Sr. are expected to be dismissed soon.

Regarding future care, Baum said that while institutional placement remains a possibility, his team is trying to arrange a private guardianship to keep Siders in his current setting where he is already receiving proper medical care, though the probate court will make the final decision.

Legal proceedings against the three other co-defendants remain active. Siders’ wife Christina Siders, 68, his son Gary Siders Jr., 36, and his daughter-in-law Elizabeth Siders, 33 — who court records show is the mother of all 16 children — have each pleaded not guilty to 19 counts of child endangerment.

Before the competency ruling, Baum defended the patriarch by claiming the house was fully functional with working utilities and food, telling reporters that critics should “step back” from what he argued was a state agency “criminalizing poverty.”

Court documents indicate that Gary Siders Jr. and Elizabeth Siders married in West Virginia in March 2008, when he was 18 and she was 15, with her parents’ consent. Their eldest child was born two months later in May 2008, and filings show Elizabeth Siders was pregnant during most of the years that followed. of scho

Records show that the discovery came despite child protective services investigating the family years earlier. Gallia County Children’s Services opened an inquiry in March 2020 after online educators raised alarms over severe educational neglect, noting that an 11-year-old child could not write the alphabet or pronounce letter sounds and could only count to 12, while a 13-year-old sibling had dropped out of school.

By December 2020, a physician warned officials of severe developmental delays linked to potential lead poisoning, and a later home visit by a caseworker found roaches, gnats and flies swarming the residence along with two children showing insect bites and bruising. Despite this, the agency permitted the parents to retain physical custody under protective supervision before closing the file five months later.

The initial search warrant that led deputies to discover the captive children was executed as part of a separate sex crimes investigation. Gary Siders Jr. and Elizabeth Siders also face separate counts of sexual battery and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor involving individuals outside their immediate family.

All 16 rescued children were initially hospitalized for medical evaluation before being transitioned into state protective custody.

Officials previously noted that the victims lacked formal schooling, medical histories or government documentation as the family moved through various Ohio counties over two decades, with surrounding neighbors reporting that they had never once seen the kids outdoors.

By KATIE HIND, CONSULTANT EDITOR SHOWBUSINESS

Published: 17:52 BST, 11 September 2026 | Updated: 23:20 BST, 11 September 2026

It has been among the shortest and most tumultuous reigns of any Today presenter.

Now Emma Barnett is set to leave Radio 4 after little more than two years in the hotseat, it was claimed today.

The former Woman’s Hour host is expected to instead present a podcast for BBC Sounds which will leave just three anchors on the flagship news programme – Justin Webb, Nick Robinson and Anna Foster.

Sources claim that confirmation of her departure is expected within weeks and when approached by the Daily Mail, a BBC spokesman did not deny the claims.

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Meanwhile, a source at the broadcaster said: ‘Today has a great, fairly new editor, loads of new ideas and vision.

‘There’s always rumour and speculation about Today and its presenters.’

The i Paper reported that Ms Barnett, 41, is ‘excited to move on to her next challenge’ which is expected to be a current affairs podcast and had been in ‘long discussions’ with bosses at the corporation.

She currently hosts her own podcast, Ready to Talk with Emma Barnett, which publishes weekly.

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Emma Barnett is set to hang up her Radio 4 microphone after little more than two years in the hotseat, it was claimed today

News of Ms Barnett’s rumoured exit from the show comes just days after Amol Rajan hosted his final episode of the programme before he goes off to make his own YouTube show

Ms Barnett hugs Rajan after her first show as presenter of the Today programme in May 2024

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Ms Barnett’s tenure at Radio 4 has been blighted by a strained relationship with her co-star Robinson.

Last year she complained to former BBC chief executive Deborah Turness, saying that she found long-serving Robinson to be ‘overbearing’.

Amid her gripes, it was noted that 90 days went by without the pair presenting together.

And on Thursday, Ms Barnett clashed repeatedly with Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch during an interview over her response to Labour’s spending review.

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Speculation that the mother-of-two is leaving the show comes just weeks after she returned to the airwaves after undergoing a hysterectomy for endometriosis and adenomyosis.

She has written and spoken openly and passionately about the debilitating pain caused by her endometriosis diagnosis in recent years.

Ms Barnett joined the BBC in 2014 when she worked at Radio 5 Live after hosting a show on LBC for three years before that.

Between 2016 and 2020 she presented 5 Live’s mid-morning weekday programme before moving to Woman’s Hour.

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On Thursday, Ms Barnett clashed repeatedly with Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch during an interview over her response to Labour’s spending review

News of Ms Barnett’s rumoured exit from the show, which she joined in May 2024, comes just days after Amol Rajan hosted his final episode of the programme before he goes off to make his own YouTube show, The Amol Rajan Connection, which is expected to launch within just a couple of months.

Last Saturday saw the Today programme’s Saturday edition being fronted by just one presenter, Ms Foster, with a rotating cast of correspondents covering following Rajan’s departure.

A source told the i Paper: ‘There has to be a new full-time presenter now. And it needs to be someone who is going to stick around. Listeners want stability. Amol and Emma were not here very long, compared with past figures.’

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The BBC has not yet announced a replacement for Rajan, 43, who is set to star in the second series of The Celebrity Traitors when it hits our screens later this year.

It was previously said an announcement would be made ‘in due course’.

Amongst those tipped to join Today are BBC Europe editor Katya Adler and chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman who filled in over the summer.

Meanwhile, the broadcaster’s political editor Chris Mason is also tipped for a future on the show but bosses may want him to stay in his current position in case Andy Burnham calls an early election.

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Ms Barnett was contacted for comment.

On Friday, Yemeni pro-government forces withdrew from Perim (also known as Mayyun).

Witnesses and news agencies reported that Houthi forces moved on to the island.

The Houthis later issued a statement, saying that their military operation to expel Saudi-backed forces had been a “success” and that “maritime navigation is safe for all companies except for Saudi vessels”.

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said the “large-scale” military operation was launched on 3 September due to Saudi Arabia’s “blatant aggression” against “our dear people”.

Sarea also said the Houthis had expelled “Saudi enemy” forces from six districts in the Taiz and Hodeidah regions, claiming that hundreds of troops had been killed, wounded or captured.

The Houthi statement, however, did not mention Perim Island.

Saudi Arabia has not publicly commented on the latest developments.

Perim Island sits at the narrowest point of the Bab al-Mandab Strait, which has become increasingly important following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz – another crucial waterway – in the conflict between the US and Iran.

Saudi Arabia has been relying on the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait for shipping oil to customers in Asia.

The escalation of the conflict between the Houthis, Yemen’s government and Saudi Arabia has contributed to a surge in oil prices.

Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed and thousands displaced in Yemen since the Houthis launched an offensive in the south-west a week ago.

A Saudi-led coalition has also carried out air strikes on Houthi-controlled areas in western Yemen in support of the pro-government forces, and the Houthis have launched missiles and drones at cities and oil facilities in southern Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi foreign affairs ministry said on Friday that drones from Iraq had targeted the country’s East-West oil pipeline, forcing it to be closed as a “precautionary measure” and injuring several people.

Iraq’s government condemned the attack and its prime minister has launched an investigation.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said that, following a call from Iraq’s prime minister, it had chosen not to respond to the attacks at this stage.

Road users should expect delays on Saturday as events take place across the city

Police have warned motorists of potential traffic disruption this weekend due to a number of parades taking place in Belfast.

Road users should expect delays on Saturday, September 12, as events take place across the city.

In South Belfast, a parade by Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign will begin at 1:15pm on University Road and proceed along Malone Road, Stranmillis Road and should disperse at 2:30pm at Danesfort Park.

In the city centre, a parade by Trans Pride Northern Ireland will begin at 12pm at Writers Square and proceeding along Donegall Street, Royal Avenue, Donegall Place, Chichester Street, Victoria Street, Waring Street, Donegall Street and expected to disperse at 4pm at Writers Square

In South Belfast, a parade will begin at 1:30pm at Frenchpark Street and proceeding along Donegall Avenue, Broadway, Tavanagh Street, Donegall Road, Sandy Row, Wellwood Street, Ventry Lane, Dublin Road, Shaftsbury Square, Botanic Avenue, Posnett Street, Vernon Street, Walnut Street and dispersing at Donegall Pass at around 5pm.