Bolton Railway Station RAIL services on a busy line through Bolton will be reduced from today because of lockdown. Operator Northern has announced the Clitheroe to Manchester Victoria service. which calls at Bromley Cross and Hall I th Wood, is being curtailed. Peak services will run as usual but the route will then revert to being hourly. The 0711, 0748 and 0817 services to Manchester from Bolton will run as normal before hourly trains kick in. The Southport to Manchester Oxford Road service, which calls at Daisy Hill, Hag Fold, Atherton and Walkden, is also being run hourly. Tricia Williams, Northern s chief operating officer at Northern, said: We will focus on delivering services during the morning and evening peaks so those who need to travel can get to where they’re needed and have the space to maintain social distancing.”
International travellers will be required to present a negative Covid test before arriving in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has announced.
International travellers will be required to present a negative Covid test before arriving in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has announced.
Covid-19: Belfast doctor warns oxygen supplies under extreme pressure
By Marie-Louise Connolly & Lesley Anne McKeown
BBC News NI
media captionOxygen supplies under extreme pressure
A respiratory doctor at Belfast s Mater Hospital has warned that hospital oxygen supplies are under extreme pressure .
Dr Nick Magee also said more younger patients were now being treated in hospital than during the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said in the past they did not have to consult other NI hospitals about how much oxygen they had. That was never a thing in previous January flu problems, he told the BBC.