29 Jan 2021, 12:34 CHEERS…Raise a toast to the good folk at Hive Land & Planning, who fulfilled an urge to give something back to the troubled hospitality industry with some pro bono work. Hive achieved retrospective planning permission for the temporary retention of a marquee in the beer garden at the popular Thomas Egerton pub in Bolton. Once the restrictions are lifted, this will provide much-needed additional covered space that will allow more people to be seated while adhering to social distancing rules. Nice one. Convicted conman Adam Routledge BORDER PATROL… Manoeuvres by the combined Trading Standards troops of Cheshire, Halton and Manchester tracked a conman builder who oversaw a dodgy basement conversion in Didsbury using fake insurance and building regulation notices and costing the resident £60,000, Manchester City Council said this week. Further crimes in Northwich and Runcorn were reported before Adam Routledge, 36, of Stenhills Crescent, Runcorn, was caught and convicted. Over several years, the conman lured customers with flyers for his Gutter Company (indeed) services offering a 10% discount for OAPs, before stinging them for substandard and fraudulent work. He was sentenced to three years and nine months imprisonment at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday.