Westhoughton restaurant Mangrove, located on 1 Manchester Road, received a rating of one out of five, meaning major improvement is necessary, following an inspection by Bolton Council on January 8, 2026.

The rating applies to both the restaurant and its takeaway service.

Inspectors found that hygiene standards required improvement, structural conditions needed improvement, and confidence in management was rated as “major improvement necessary”.

Owner and manager Abdul Atique said: “I’m very shocked with how low it is.

“When it comes to management, we weren’t even allowed to speak.

“I’m the owner and manager and I wasn’t allowed to speak.”

He attributed some of the issues identified during the inspection to bin collection problems over the festive period.

Mr Atique said: “It was just after Christmas and there was a major issue with bins not being collected by Bolton Council.

“Bin bags were piling up in the garden, that was the major issue.”

The food hygiene rating scheme, while legally enforced in Wales and Northern Ireland, is voluntary for display in England.

Ratings reflect hygiene standards observed during the inspection and cover food handling, cleanliness of facilities, and management of food safety.

Officers evaluate three key areas: how food is handled and stored, the condition and cleanliness of the premises, and the effectiveness of food safety management systems.

Businesses with low ratings are required to make urgent improvements, and food safety officers can use enforcement powers or provide guidance as appropriate.

Despite the concerns raised, Mr Atique expressed confidence in his management and staff.

He said: “I’m confident with the management and confident in what I’m doing.

“I’ve done this for a while.

“We’ve always had full staff and good ratings.”

He explained that some staff were nervous during the inspection.

Mr Atique said: “The chefs got a bit panicky and didn’t give correct answers.

“They were hesitant over what to say and got nervous.”

He has already paid more than £200 for a re-inspection.

He said: “I know I am not 100 per cent innocent, there are requirements that need to be improved.

“But we’re trying to keep on top of things, and I think a one is harsh.”

Mr Atique also suggested that the ratings may not always reflect the full picture.

He said: “I’ve noticed several other eateries near me are a three that should be four or five, I think they’re being harsher.”

He added that achieving the highest ratings can be challenging.

Mr Atique said: “Five and four are very hard to get.

“A little fault and it’s a four, you’ve got to be perfect.”

The Food Standards Agency states that the scheme helps customers make informed choices about where to eat or buy food based on hygiene standards.

Despite the low rating, Mangrove was shortlisted for The Bolton News Curry House Awards 2024.

The restaurant currently holds a 4.3 rating on TripAdvisor.

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Some ran towards the borders; others, to the enlistment offices. “I froze, trying to master my fear,” says Oleh, a publishing graduate and former NGO worker. “I am not a military man, I have never seen myself like that, and I did not understand how ordinary people could stand in the way of such a powerful enemy like Russia.”

First appointed as captain in 2023, the Aghyaran native has led Tyrone out in Croke Park for back-to-back intermediate final appearances and lifted the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup last summer following their win over Laois

She might be in her fourth season in the role, but Aghyaran St Davog’s star Aoibhinn McHugh has insisted it remains a massive honour to be captain of the Tyrone ladies football team.

First appointed to the position in 2023, McHugh led the Red Hands out in Croke Park for back-to-back final appearances in the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate football championship in the two years that followed her debut campaign as skipper.

She was also captain of Tyrone when they competed in a Lidl National Football League Division 2 decider at GAA HQ on April 7, 2024.

This year now sees Tyrone returning to the second-tier of the NFL and team leader McHugh has featured in all three of their league games to date against Monaghan, Westmeath and Donegal.

“It’s definitely still a huge honour. I don’t think it loses that part of it. Every year when management selects me again, it’s a bit of a confidence boost. You’re honoured, but at the same time I think we’ve had a similar sort of team now for the past couple of years and we have other leaders. We’re probably settled as well, which is good,” McHugh acknowledged.

While Kildare and Leitrim got the better of them in league and championship showpieces respectively in the same venue during a hectic 2024, August 3 of last year proved to be a much more satisfactory outing in Croke Park for McHugh and Tyrone.

Despite coming under pressure from their Midlands counterparts throughout the course of the action, the Ulster outfit registered a 2-16 to 1-13 victory over Laois in an entertaining TG4 All-Ireland intermediate football championship final.

Playing alongside Slaine McCarroll in midfield, McHugh contributed a late point as Tyrone made amends for an agonising one-point reversal to the aforementioned Leitrim in the previous year’s decider. As captain of the team, she was the first player to climb the steps of the Hogan Stand to receive the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup from LGFA President Trina Murray.

“It’s obviously a massive honour to be the captain, but in particular last year winning an All-Ireland, and being lucky enough to be the captain, was obviously huge. It was a big day for all the families and clubs involved,” McHugh recalled of that 2025 final.

“I think for us, we’re probably just now trying to look towards this year and build on last year. We’ve a lot of work to do this year and a lot of tough opponents coming. That’s probably our focus now.

“We have kept nearly all the girls from last year, which is massive. It sort of means that we hopefully can use last year as a momentum and benefit. I think winning probably brought a lot of the girls closer as well. Thank God we’ve kept most of our players.”

Given she was part of the panel when Tyrone won their previous All-Ireland intermediate crown in 2018, McHugh is acutely aware of the challenges that come with making the step up to the senior grade.

The Red Hand certainly made a strong impression upon their return to the Brendan Martin Cup in 2019, making the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland SFC after recording an excellent group phase triumph over provincial rivals Donegal at TEG Cusack Park in Mullingar.

Tyrone subsequently went on to enjoy two more campaigns in the senior championship, before being relegated to the All-Ireland IFC for the 2022 season.

It hasn’t been an easy road back to the top grade, but McHugh and her inter-county colleagues are eager to embrace all that Ulster and All-Ireland senior football has to offer them later on this summer.

“It’s where every team wants to be. You want to be playing at the top level. It has been a while since we’ve played in the senior championship. We’re delighted to be back and credit to the girls for all the work that has been put in there and the management over the last couple of years. To get us to win an All-Ireland and get us there this year.

“We’re delighted to be in the senior Ulster championship. We’re delighted to be going to play Donegal and Armagh, so we’re looking forward to it. We’ll look forward to playing in it, but our focus now is on the league and then we’ll look to the championship during the summer.”

While being the newly-promoted side in the senior championship can be daunting, Tyrone won’t necessarily be stepping into the unknown this year. The county featured in Division 1 of the Lidl NFL in 2025 and all seven teams they faced will be competing for the Brendan Martin Cup this summer.

Additionally, Tyrone are one of four senior outfits in this season’s NFL Division 2. They have already faced one of this cohort in Donegal – they lost 3-9 to 1-8 against the O’Donnell women in Aghyaran on February 8 – and are now set to lock horns with another in Mayo at O’Neills Healy Park in Omagh tomorrow afternoon at 2pm.

A meeting with Tipperary (All-Ireland SFC quarter-finalists in 2025) will also follow in the seventh and final round of the league on Sunday, March 29 and McHugh is hopeful that facing so many top-tier counties between this year and last year will stand them in good stead for what is to come in the championship.

Before then Tyrone will be aiming for a repeat of their promotion charge from 2024, but McHugh stressed that tough battles lie in wait for the Red Hand in Division 2.

“Hopefully that will stand to us [facing senior teams in the league]. We had the exposure to it last year in Division One of the league, which was good. Then this year Tipperary, Donegal and Mayo are the three senior teams. Hopefully that will stand to us and we’ll be ready. Knowing what to expect going into the senior championship,” McHugh added.

“Division Two is a tough division. There’s no easy game there. Hopefully it will stand to us. Hopefully we can use all these challenges. I think as well in the league, you can have some tough away games. They’re hard to get through, but hopefully the experience throughout the league will help us.”

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As The Legend Of Zelda celebrates four decades of thwarting the forces of evil a reader looks back at his time with the games and hopes for another 40 years of Hyrulean entertainment.

If this gets shown on Saturday it will be the 40th anniversary of The Legend Of Zelda – my favourite video game series of all-time. I wasn’t old enough to play the original when it first came out, and apparently it took nearly two extra years to get released in the UK anyway, but ever since A Link To The Past on the SNES I’ve loved the games.

People often comment on how there aren’t many Zelda clones and I think that speaks to how magical and unique they are. You don’t put together a Zelda game in a few months, like you would a racing game or shooter, these aren’t simulations, these are interactive fantasies like no other.

I guess I must’ve played A Link To The Past around about 1993, so that game has been with me for a long time. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve replayed it and yet I never get bored with its perfect mix of puzzle and exploration and how it manages to have so many memorable characters, despite the simple storytelling and a main character that doesn’t speak.

I think it’s because the other games have kept this same formula over the years that they’ve remained so high quality and popular. A lot of them are very different, especially Breath Of The Wild and Tears Of The Kingdom, but it’s still the exploration, the freedom, and the charm that’s the most important thing. It doesn’t matter what the game’s gimmick is or what the story is, what’s important is how it leaves you to live your own adventure as Link.

Writing this down I realise that it’s not just the games I remember but what I was doing at the time. A Link To The Past was a Christmas present and I remember unwrapping it. Ocarina Of Time I was older and I remember a friend mocking me because the N64 was for ‘kids’ and then having to admit that, actually, Zelda was really good.

By the time of The Wind Waker I had a girlfriend and she actually liked the game, which made me realise games weren’t just for loveless nerds. For Twilight Princess I remember I was only a few months into my first decent job and by the time I was playing Skyward Sword I was married!

So Zelda really is something that’s followed me through for my whole life, so it’s great that all the memories are happy. Breath Of The Wild was a bit garbled though, because we had our first kid at the time, but they were already interested in watching Tears Of The Kingdom (they really like the horses).

I don’t know anymore than anyone else where the series is going in the future, but it’s never let me down before so I will absolutely be there to experience it. Especially as it’s one of the few games my wife likes to watch and even my daughter seems interested in.

Much as I love them, that’s not something I can say about other favourites like Resident Evil and Elden Ring, so I think there’s a lot to be said about a set of games that are not only very highly quality but can be appreciated by just about anyone, no matter what they think about video games in general.

So I just want to thank Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Koji Kondo, and everyone else that has helped to make the series what it is and who gave me, and millions of other fans, so many happy memories. I’m sure Zelda will be around in another 40 years and with a bit of luck so will I, so I can get to appreciate the continued evolution of the best video game franchise in the world!

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Ryan Garcia will return to the ring when he takes on WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in a world championship bout on Saturday

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Former WBC interim lightweight champion Ryan Garcia will end his nine-month ring absence when he faces Mario Barrios on Saturday. The duo will go to war for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title as ‘El Azteca’ looks to keep his hands on the crown.

Garcia, 27, hasn’t fought since he suffered a unanimous-decision defeat to Rolly Romero in May 2025. ‘King’ missed his chance at the WBA welterweight belt but will look to make up for that shortcoming when he fights in Las Vegas for the first time in nearly three years this weekend.

The 24-2 (1NC) fighter has become a fervent topic of discussion in boxing circles over recent years. Once one of the greatest prospects in American boxing, Garcia has since seen his personal life take over following a rollercoaster period in his career.

That extends to the Californian’s relationship and family drama, which has also fallen under the public microscope. Here, Mirror Fighting breaks down some of Garcia’s greatest accomplishments and personal strife ahead of his bout against 29-2-2 Barrios.

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What is Ryan Garcia’s net worth?

As a former star of the amateur scene, Garcia built up a lot of interest in his name by the time he turned pro at the age of 17. It was shortly after his 18th birthday that the sensation signed with Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, at which point a star was truly born.

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That early investment in exposure has paid dividends over the years. By the time he beat Luke Campbell via TKO in January 2021, the prospect (who moved to a 21-0 record at the time) was already a considerable draw and fighting at some of the biggest venues in the United States.

Garcia’s fight earnings increased significantly following that win, and the fighter has claimed he earned around £20million (pre-tax) for his seventh-round stoppage loss to Gervonta Davis in 2023. Almost exactly one year later, he himself alleged he made roughly £35m for his WBC super lightweight bout against Devin Haney, originally a decision win that was later overturned following a failed drug test.

Those account for the most lucrative highlights of Garcia’s in-ring career and make up the majority of his supposed £35m net worth. At least if Garcia’s own claims regarding his fight earnings – made up of guaranteed earnings, pay-per-view bonuses and his personal bets – are accurate.

In addition to his fight earnings, King Ryan boasts a wealth of endorsement deals and sponsorships with major brands. He became the first boxer to sign an agreement with energy drink giant Gatorade in 2021, as well as advertising companies like Dior and GymShark over the years.

Garcia is also partnered with clothing company YoungLA and regularly sports their products in fight week. The boxer, who has 12.5m followers on Instagram, is very active in the live stream sector and regularly collaborates with major content creators, though it’s unclear how much the pugilist profits from this side of the business.

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Who is Ryan Garcia’s wife?

Garcia’s topsy-turvy relationship with Andrea Celina has been the basis for much of his exposure in the media. It’s understood the pair started dating in 2019 and had their first child, daughter Bela, the following year, before welcoming a son, Henry, in December 2023.

Celina is a social media influencer in her own right and boasts 230,000 followers on Instagram. She regularly advertises clothing and make-up brands via her account, though the mother-of-two’s earnings are unclear.

It was roughly an hour after Henry’s birth that Garcia announced the couple would be divorcing. Later the same year, he claimed he had proposed to Australian adult film actress Savannah Bond.

However, TMZ reported in August 2025 that Garcia had requested a Los Angeles Court put a hold on his divorce proceedings with Celina. The pair reconciled that summer and were seen publicly together, suggesting their relationship was back on.

Garcia also has another daughter, Riley, from a previous relationship with ex-girlfriend Catherine Gamez. The American has regularly posted tributes to his children in the past and frequently cites them as his inspiration.

It’s believed his tumultuous relationship with Celina is still alive and well today. The pair celebrated his 27th birthday together last year, but they largely keep their affairs private.

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Who is Ryan Garcia fighting?

Saturday’s showdown with Barrios will mark the first time in earnest that Garcia has fought for another fighter’s world title. The WBA welterweight crown was vacant when he took on Romero last year, while the WBC lightweight belt was taken off the table for his clash against Haney after Garcia missed weight.

After officially winning just one of his last four bouts, this could present a major crossroads for King. Win, and he’s back in the mix as one of the elite fighters in his weight class; lose, and he risks putting his future title prospects in doubt.

Barrios, 30, has successfully defended his title on two occasions to date. However, he did so under controversial circumstances given he drew against both Abel Ramos and Manny Pacquiao in 2024 and 2025, respectively.

He previously held the WBA super lightweight title and defended it once before losing to Davis via TKO, just like Garcia. And the DAZN PPV has an added bit of spice considering Garcia’s former trainer, Joe Goossen, is now part of Barrios’ camp.

‘They look really nice on my fence in the garden. Very bright too’

With the nights slowly but surely getting that little bit lighter and spring creeping over the horizon, many outdoors fans are itching to get outside and tend to gardens that have been neglected over winter. And one addition that can create a stunning atmosphere as dusk arrives over the warmer months is outdoor solar lights.

There’s actually a way that shoppers can effectively pick some up for free right now in a cashback deal. It comes via money-saving website, TopCashback, where new members who sign up here get a £15 cashback bonus when spending £15 at a participating retailer.

That means that the Globe 10 LED Outdoor Solar String Lights – usually £15 at Dunelm – can basically be acquired for free by new sign-ups to the service. New TopCashback members and both new and existing Dunelm customers get the lights for free after cashback.

The lights feature 10 LED bulbs that are suitable for outdoor use and are powered by sunlight. The one review left on the Dunelm website to date gave five stars, saying: “Pretty lights, they look really nice on my fence in the garden. Very bright too.”

As far as drawbacks are concerned, one thing worth pointing it is that at 3.6m they aren’t particularly long, so some people may want lights that cover a much greater area. One such example is the 23M/75FT Solar Festoon Lights, priced at £27.99 on Amazon.

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Shopping writer Eve Rowlands bought a very similar product that is no longer sold on Amazon, reports the Express. Speaking about them, she said: “Having had my own set-up for the past year, I can attest to their durability – they’ve withstood gusty storms, scorching heatwaves and icy nights, and they’re still in top-notch condition.”

She added: “The festoon lights come with 30 (+3 extra) bulbs and extend to 23 metres, making them perfect for adorning a large outdoor space. Made from sturdy shatterproof LED plastic bulbs, these string lights add a delightful touch to your seating area and emit just the right amount of light for those warm summer evenings.”

For those keen to brighten up their borders, some stake lights that push into the ground might be a better bet. Argos sells a pack of six Stainless Steel Solar Stake Lights for £20. They’re capable of lasting for six hours on a full charge, though it should be noted that eight hours of full sunlight is needed for that to happen.

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Postcodes in County Durham, Teesside and Northumberland were picked out this week selected for £1,000 prizes.

Towns across County Durham this week won big with a thousand pound wins in Darlington (DL3 0LL), Bishop Auckland (DL14 8PX), Shildon (DL4 2JA), Stanley (DH9 6YX), Bedburn (DL13 3NP), Crook (DL15 8PR), Spennymoor (DL16 6HG) and Easington Colliery (SR8 3RZ).

The People’s Postcode Lottery is a subscription lottery which aims to raise money for charities while also bringing cash prizes to homes across the UK.

The People’s Postcode Lottery unveils daily prizes for postcodes across the UK including £30,000 jackpots for every winning ticket in a postcode on weekends, and £1,000 prizes for 20 different postcodes every day.

A minimum of 33 per cent from each ticket goes to charity and players have raised more than £950 million for over 9,000 charities and good causes since 2005.

The Postcode Lottery winners and prize amounts this week are:

• DL3 0LL – Darlington – £1,000
• DL14 8PX – Bishop Auckland – £1,000
• DL4 2JA – Shildon – £1,000
• DH9 6YX – Stanley – £1,000
• DL13 3NP – Bedburn near Hamsterley – £1,000
• DL15 8PR – Crook – £1,000
• DL16 6HG – Spennymoor – £1,000
• SR8 3RZ – Easington Colliery – £1,000
• TS10 3RU – Redcar – £1,000
• NE37 2DS – Washington – £1,000
• SR3 2TX – Sunderland – £1,000
• YO14 9HE – Filey – £1,000
• NE4 8TH – Newcastle – £1,000
• NE8 2LT – Gateshead – £1,000
• NE20 9LB – Ponteland (Northumberland) – £1,000
• NE22 6LN – Bedlington (Northumberland) – £1,000
• NE24 3UH – Blyth (Northumberland) – £1,000

Secret Service members will get tailored suits at the expense of taxpayers after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem disliked how a protective detail was dressed, according to a new report.

Graduates from protective detail training will get two navy blue suits with their name embroidered on the inside of the jacket, according to a public contract solicitation from the Department of Homeland Security, as first reported by CNN. The suits must be entirely made in the United States, the solicitation published last week states.

Two people familiar with the matter told CNN Noem didn’t like the suits a protective detail had bought for themselves, prompting the new suit solicitation.

The cost of the contract is yet to be determined and it will cover a five-year ordering period.

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A CNN source said the Secret Service found funding inside its current budget. It’s unclear whether the partial government shutdown will affect the solicitation, as Democrats withhold funding from DHS in a battle to reform its immigration enforcement arm.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told CNN about the new suits, “This does not have to do with optics.”

McLaughlin said that agents in the Secret Service’s Uniformed Division don’t have to pay for their on-duty clothes, but agents in protective details do. Uniformed Division officers wear protective vests and dark clothing.

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“This is to fix the inequity that non-uniformed [officers] have to pay for their uniform,” she said.

The Independent has reached out to DHS and the White House for comment.

Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a Republican critic of the Trump administration, mocked the new initiative.

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“DHS has so much money (thank GOP) that now new secret service detail agents get two new tailored suits each!” he wrote on X.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which President Donald Trump signed last summer, gave about $170 billion for immigration enforcement over the next several years.

Kinzinger said the suits “will look nice on the plush new jet too,” referring to the $70 million luxury jet Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly trying to buy.