Shaun Trundle, 58, says the issue has been happening for years on Carlton Street, with drivers ignoring signs and travelling against the flow of traffic.

Mr Trundle, from Breightmet, said he has reported the issue several times and claims it often happens at night.

He said: “Surely a little kid running out in a back street and gets hit, whose fault is it going to be?

“It’s what keeps people’s insurance sky high, cause you never know what’s going to happen.

“As far as I’m concerned, it’s serious.”

Mr Trundle, who works as a lorry driver, said he has seen people travelling the wrong way along the street on numerous occasions.

A car parked in the direction opposite to the one-way street direction (Image: Shaun Trundle)

He also claimed some motorists ignore warning signs and continue driving through the area despite restrictions being in place.

Mr Trundle added: “They ignore the signs and say they didn’t know about it. They don’t give a monkey’s.

“It’s been going on for years in Bolton, and you mostly see it at night.”

Bolton Council said hundreds of penalty notices had already been issued at the location over the past year.

A spokesperson for Bolton Council said: “In the past 12 months, 330 Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) have been issued at this location, and regular patrols are made by officers in line with council policy.

“In regard to CCTV, this cannot be used for enforcement on double yellow lines.

“However, the council has recently gained authority to use cameras to enforce certain moving traffic offences, and this includes one-way streets.

“We can consider this location for future enforcement.

“We remind all road users of their responsibility to drive with due care and attention, within the relevant speed limit and to park where permitted.”

Organised by group Chairman Marcus Pollard, the free event featured music, games, food, military displays, and fun for the whole family.

The Royal British Legion is a charity dedicated to providing financial, social, and emotional support to veterans and their families, as well as offering public representation.

(Image: Westhoughton Town Council)

Mayor of Westhoughton Councillor Sarita Chohan said: “What a wonderful and successful day celebrating the 105th Anniversary of the Westhoughton Royal British Legion held at Westhoughton Cricket Club.

“The event was organised by Chairman Marcus Pollard, supported by an army of dedicated volunteers working tirelessly behind the scenes to make the day such a success.

“Thank you also to Westhoughton Town Council for supporting this special celebration.

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“It was lovely to welcome distinguished guests, including Deputy Lord Lieutenant Mr Philip Britton MBE, Mayor of Bolton Cllr Mohammed Iqbal, Mayor of Blackrod Cllr Richard Harrison and Mayoress Sarah Harrison.

“The community spirit was truly alive with fantastic entertainment, live music and people coming together in the glorious weather to celebrate this remarkable milestone.

“I was incredibly proud to be part of such a special occasion.

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“God bless the Royal British Legion and the community of Westhoughton – lest we forget.”

The event featured several military displays for the public, such as army vehicles, costumes, rifles, and memorabilia.

One person even dressed as wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, complete with a cigar.

(Image: Westhoughton Town Council)

The Royal British Legion was set up in 1921 after a merger of four other organisations dedicated to helping WW1 veterans.

The group was granted a royal charter in 1925, which brought with it invaluable patronage from upper-class and aristocratic circles.

(Image: Westhoughton Town Council)

The RBL’s most well-known appeal is the Poppy Appeal, which takes place every year in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday.

The Poppy is a registered trademark of the RBL, who use the funds to further their support work.

The final day of the Premier League season delivered twists and turns and now the qualification places for next season’s European competitions has been confirmed.

Premier League winners Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United had already sealed their places in next season’s Champions League, with Aston Villa’s victory in the Europa League final on Wednesday securing their qualification too.

Unai Emery’s side then defeated City on Pep Guardiola’s send-off match at the Etihad to finish fourth ahead of Liverpool, who themselves waved farewell to club legends Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson but were held to a 1-1 draw by Brentford.

Those results had huge implications for one club: with sixth-placed Bournemouth qualifying for the Europa League after the door to the Champions League was closed off to them. They will be joined in the Europa League by Sunderland, with Brighton going into the Conference League.

And there could be one more English team in next season’s European competitions to come: if Crystal Palace beat Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League final on Wednesday, they will qualify for the league phase of the Europa League.

Champions League

Qualified: Arsenal (1st), Manchester City (2nd), Manchester United (3rd), Aston Villa (4th and Europa League winners), Liverpool (5th)

For six teams to qualify for the Champions League, Aston Villa had to win the Europa League AND finish fifth. Unai Emery’s team did the first part of that by beating Freiburg, but ensured they finished fourth by beating Manchester City. Ollie Watkins’ double spoiled Pep Guardiola’s send-off at the Etihad.

Last year’s champions Liverpool, meanwhile, had to settle for fifth after finishing their season with a 1-1 draw against Brentford at Anfield.

Europa League

Qualified: Bournemouth (6th), Sunderland (7th)

Two remarkable stories here: Bournemouth qualify for European football for the first time in their history, while Sunderland, promoted last season, return to Europe for the first time in 53 years.

Bournemouth sold up to £200m of first-team stars last summer, then lost Antoine Semenyo in January. But Andoni Iraola has managed a sensational job at the Cherries, who have been unbeaten in the Premier League since early January. Remarkably, he is now set to leave the club, so Bournemouth, as it stands, will be looking for a new manager for their European campaign.

And how about Sunderland? Down in League One as recently as 2021-22, the Black Cats finish a remarkable seventh in their first season back in the Premier League under Regis Le Bris. Starting the day in 10th, Sunderland jumped three places with a 2-1 win over Chelsea at the Stadium of Light, knocking the Blues out of the race for Europe in the process. Not since 1973-74 have Sunderland competed in Europe, where they entered the Cup Winners’ Cup.

Conference League

Qualified: Brighton (8th)

The Seagulls could have qualified for the Europa League with a win over Manchester United but record-breaking Bruno Fernandes inspired the visitors to a final-day win on the south coast. But Brighton will get a second taste of European football, having reached the last-16 of the Europa League in 2023-24. As Crystal Palace have proved this season, Brighton may start next season’s Conference League as the favourites to go all the way.

Elsewhere

Brentford finished with the same record as Brighton (W 14, D 11, L 13) but they missed out on goal difference (+6 to +3); a winner at Anfield would have moved the Bees above Sunderland. Chelsea’s defeat at Sunderland means Xabi Alonso will have no European football to contend with next season in his first campaign at Stamford Bridge. And, as outlined above, if Crystal Palace beat Rayo Vallecano in the Conference League final on Wednesday, they will qualify for the league phase of the Europa League as well.

What does the fox say? That he wants to be the next MP of Makerfield in Manchester, apparently.

Animal rights campaigner Robert Pownall is hoping to beat Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham in the upcoming by-election.

The founder of Protect the Wild threw his hat into the ring on Thursday and plans to wear a giant, furry fox suit while out campaigning – and if and when he takes his seat in Parliament.

Writing on the newsletter service Substack, Ponwall admitted that his costume is a tad ‘terrifying looking’.

But he’s throwing the fox suit on for a simple reason: ‘Because I simply do not trust this government to deliver for animals.’

‘They’ve already u-turned on banning animal trophy imports, abandoned plans to ban foie gras imports and allowed two more years of badger culling despite manifesto promises suggesting the exact opposite.’

Pownall added that the government has launched a consultation to close loopholes in the Hunting Act.

Hunting is not illegal in England – shooting deer, rabbits and some other animals is allowed during hunting seasons – but fox hunting is banned.

But campaigners have long criticised the law for allowing trail hunting, where dogs follow a laid scent trail, usually of fox urine, instead of a fox.

Often, campaigners say, hunters claim they have left ‘scent trails’ and are merely following them through the woods with hounds.

Pownall said that despite pledges to remove this loophole, there is ‘no clarity’ on whether changes to the law will end hunting wild animals.

‘We cannot afford to sit back, hope for the best, and allow this issue to quietly fade away,’ he added.

‘This by-election provides a national platform to raise these concerns, to pressure the government to finally end hunting as quickly as possible, and to send that message directly to the man who could become the next Prime Minister.’

But ‘next Prime Minister’, Pownall means Burnham, who is hoping to fill the seat left by Labour MP Josh Simons, who stepped down earlier this month.

Burnham being elected as an MP is a key step in the long road to becoming prime minister, a role that Keir Starmer is facing calls to resign from after his party’s disastrous results in the local elections.

Pownall is no stranger to politics – or sweaty animal suits. He stood in the May Scottish parliament elections dressed as a giant gannet. 

He threw on the seabird suit to bring attention to the guga hunt, a centuries-old tradition in northern Scotland that sees thousands of gannets being killed for their meat.

The ceremony, which takes place every year on the remote rocky island of Sula Sgeir, is permitted by a little-known exemption in Scottish law.

Protect the Wild said in a blog post earlier this month: ‘Only a few months ago, it felt like hardly anyone knew that the Guga hunt was happening in Scotland.

‘But our election campaign has received widespread media coverage that has propelled it into the spotlight.’

After people flocked to the polls, however, Ponwall failed to win the Edinburgh Central seat.

He scored just 41 votes, losing to Green candidate Lorna Slater.

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What must Jarrod Bowen have been thinking when he stared, barely blinking, into the abyss in the tunnel before leading the home side out? He was told this week by Thomas Tuchel that he was a victim of his club’s situation, when the German explained why he’d missed out on England’s World Cup squad. As if that’s going to make him feel any better. This is Bowen’s club. But some things aren’t forever, as this east London afternoon cruelly reminded its hosts.

Beyond Paradise star Zahra Ahmadi has opened up about filming the BBC drama as she confirmed the show’s return for a fifth series

A star of Beyond Paradise has revealed what filming the hit series is really like.

The BBC crime drama’s fourth series recently concluded, marking the emotional exit of fan-favourite character Zoe Williams. Her farewell scene saw the residents of Shipton Abbott gather to bid her goodbye as she set off on her adventures.

Sally Bretton’s character Martha Lloyd presented Zoe with a compass during the poignant moment, telling her: “My dad gave me that compass when I went travelling so I didn’t get lost,” before adding: “It is for explorers – and that is what you are now.”

Meanwhile Zoe’s mother, Detective Sergeant Esther Williams, worriedly asked her daughter: “You are going to come home, aren’t you?”, to which Zoe sweetly replied: “Always.”

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Zahra Ahmadi, who portrays Esther, has since spoken candidly about her experience on the much-loved programme.

During a BBC interview, she confessed it was “just heaven” to shoot the fourth series amid the stunning backdrop of South West England, stating it was “difficult to put into words just how beautiful it is.”

Scenes were captured across Looe, Launceston, Saltash and Tavistock, with Looe serving as the stand-in for the fictional Devon settlement of Shipton Abbott, reports the Mirror.

The actress went on to say: “The colour of the water when I was in Cape Cornwall the other day, it’s crystal clear, it’s blue, especially now in spring when everything’s coming alive.

“The sheer number of greens that exist, the flowers are all in bloom, the birds are out – it is just heaven.”

Fortunately for devotees, a fifth series of the BBC drama has been greenlit. Kris Marshall, who plays Detective Humphrey Goodman, disclosed that filming would begin shortly – although it has subsequently transpired he revealed the information prematurely.

Speaking on BBC Sounds earlier this week, Zahra confessed: “I have been given permission to say that we have got a fifth series.

“And I have been given – in a very Head Girl way, as I’m called on set, a Head Girl – permission to say that.

“It has been said by a certain Kris Marshall but he was not allowed, and he was very undisciplined and blurted it out but you are getting the true exclusive.”

Beyond Paradise Seasons 1 to 4 are available to stream on BBC iPlayer. A release date for Series 5 is yet to be announced.

Wolfe European Limited, based at Deansgate, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, appeared at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court on May 20.

The hearing was told the company deposited unspecified controlled waste at Scholla Grange, off Bullamoor Road, Northallerton,  between December 12, 2022, and January 12, 2023, without proper authorisation under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

According to court documents, Wolfe European Limited, represented by counsel, changed its plea to guilty.

In addition to a £1,600 fine, the company must pay a victim services surcharge of £640 and court costs of £2,500.

The court ruled the £4,740 total must be paid by June 17.

The firm’s guilty plea was taken into account when setting the penalty.

A lake dug by the Royal Engineers to test military vehicles is now the centrepiece of a new community

The second stage of a new town built on a former military base will soon be underway, with plans for up to 2,700 more homes submitted. Waterbeach Barracks was first used by the RAF, then the Royal Engineers, before the site was closed in 2013.

The old runways can still be seen stretching into the distance when walking into the site from Waterbeach village, and developer Urban&Civic’s offices are set up in the former control tower.

The centrepiece of the new town is a lake built by the military to test amphibious vehicles, now used for watersports like swimming and paddleboarding. The café, which also acts as a shop, bar and community centre, is run by local business Urban Brew, who also run the lakeside café which opens on weekends.

Fiona Reardon-Rose, communications and partnerships manager at Urban&Civic, said the street names will honour the site’s past as a military base. She said: “It’s honouring the heritage of the site as it was in both its military life, and life before then – this is the next chapter in Waterbeach’s story.”

With 200 homes built so far – and around 150 moved into – Fiona said they’re quickly building the start of a “lovely, growing, community”.

She said: “We really pride ourselves on not just building houses, but building communities. It’s a really close-knit community with residents from across the spectrum of ages and demographics which is really lovely.

“The community is why we do it to be honest – we create new places where the community can really feel a sense of ownership over the place where they live. It’s really special to see the community forming their bonds – going from our very first resident to our one hundredth resident.”

Fiona said they have helped set up parent and child groups, book groups, arts and crafts groups, and more for residents. A new bridge over the A10 was also opened recently, giving pedestrians and cyclists easy access to the research park and towards Cambridge.

Fiona said bike servicing is provided on site and the company has a “real focus on sustainability and active travel”. This includes the Waterbeach shuttle service, the number 100 bus, which links the new homes with Cambridge Research Park, Waterbeach village, and Cambridge city centre.

The finished project will have 6,500 houses and five schools. There will be three primary schools, a secondary school, and a special educational needs school. Construction of the first primary school, part of phase one, has just started which Fiona said is a “really exciting milestone”.

The homes have so far been built by two different companies – Cala and Stonebond. They range from flats to five-bedroom houses. Prices go from as low as £280,000 up to about £800,000 with a certain amount earmarked as affordable housing. These will include a mix of affordable rentals, rent to buy, and discount market sales.

Plans for phase two of the development have now been submitted with proposals for key town centre facilities including cafés, a health centre, and a community space. They will build on the work of the first phase with more sports pitches, parks, play areas, and high-quality green spaces.

Harriet Nicholls, senior development manager for Urban&Civic, said: “The submission of phase two is a major milestone for Waterbeach New Town and for the wider Cambridge area.

“We’re excited not just about the delivery of the next homes in this phase, but also some really important amenities from schools and health in and around the new town centre, to the parks and play spaces for residents and neighbours to enjoy.

“This phase will also see further major investment in connections, from the bus only main link through the heart of phase two, to the reimagined historic causeway prioritising walking and cycling. We will continue to work closely with our partners and the local community as these plans progress through the planning process.”

“The heatwave can’t stop me from dancing. I keep smiling for the people in York,” said Vasile Calin, speaking at his pitch outside Marks and Spencer in Parliament Street on Sunday (May 24).

“Sometimes I’m happy, sometimes I’m tired – but I still keep smiling.”

Vasile said he will be back at his pitch on Monday, when the Met Office has forecast highs of 31C for York. “I keep dancing 10 hours a day,” he said. “I work every day.”

Over in King’s Staith, the Royal Ices ice cream van has been enjoying bumper trade throughout the weekend thanks to the highs of 25C.  

Taha Vulfigar said he served ice cream from the van all afternoon on Saturday, when there were “really long queues” along the riverside.  

“It was really busy,” he said. I was serving ice cream from 12pm to 6pm – six hours straight. It was really good.”

He expected Sunday and Monday to be as busy. “Tomorrow [Monday] is going to extraordinary hot – it’s going to be really busy,” Taha said.

Taha Vulfigar manning the Royal Ices ice cream van in King’s Staith, York, on Sunday (May 24) (Image: Dylan Connell)

One of the first customers of the day at the Royal Ices ice cream van in King’s Staith, York, on Sunday (May 24) (Image: Dylan Connell)

A yellow heat alert is in place for York until 5pm on Wednesday.

The alert, issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), means there could be a significant impact across health and social care services, including the potential for a rise in deaths, particularly among those aged 65 and over or with health conditions.

York is due to see its warmed day of the year so far on Monday, with other areas of the UK recording record-breaking weather temperatures.

The UK saw the hottest day of the year so far on Saturday when the village of Frittenden, in Kent, hit 30.5C.

Temperatures could peak at 33C and 34C in the south east of England on Monday, making it the hottest May day in the England, which currently sits at 33.3C.

Allegra Burridge and Abi Beerling enjoy the sun in Museum Gardens, York, on Sunday (May 24) (Image: Dylan Connell)

Shoppers enjoy the sun in Coney Street, York, on Sunday (May 24) (Image: Dylan Connell)

The Met Office defines a heatwave as at least three consecutive days with a daily maximum temperature exceeding a county-specific threshold.

In York, 25C is the county-specific threshold – meaning the area could experience a heatwave if temperatures exceed 25C on Sunday and Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the RSPCA is urging pet owners to watch their animals for signs of overheating, and not to leave animals in hot cars.

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RSPCA pet welfare expert Lauren Bennett said taking dogs out for walks when it is too hot for them could put them at risk of heat stroke or exhaustion.

“It’s really important to take extra special care of animals during this extremely hot weather,” she said.

“Kind acts for your pets, however small, combine to create a more compassionate world for all animals – and every kind act for animals is a vote for a better world for them. Small, everyday gestures like popping some ice cubes into your pet’s water or putting some sun cream on their nose all add up to make a real difference for animals.

“Bouts of intense heat can be such a stressful time for pet owners – but the best way to protect our pets is by equipping ourselves with the right knowledge and latest science-backed research, to give us the most effective way to ensure we can all be safe during those scorching summer days.”