We don t want another lockdown - Bolton schools urge parents to follow rules as Covid cases hit
Surge testing is taking place in certain areas amid concerns over rise of Indian variant
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Parents are being reminded to get tested and follow the rules amid Covid cases in Bolton schools. Parts of Bolton are seeing an escalation of surge testing amid growing concern over the continuing rapid rise of coronavirus in the borough.
Cases of both the South African and Indian variants have been discovered in the town, where the infection rate is four times the England average.
There have been a number of bubble closures in Bolton schools, with headteachers warning families to carry on following the rules.
CHILDREN at a nursery in Kearsley will benefit from a new outdoor area thanks to the brilliant efforts of the local community. Around 15 volunteers came together to create a forest school area for toddlers at Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care Centre. All materials were donated by local groups to the new forest garden - a part of the nursery which has been void for years due to lack of funding and manpower. Daniel Eden, a parent governor, said: “There were people from Friends of Grosvenor, supported by volunteers from Friends of Moses Gate and Farnworth and Kearsley litter pickers.