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More Bolton residents have been hit by cancellations to holidays due to uncertainties over the Indian strain of the coronavirus. Leader of Bolton Council Cllr David Greenhalgh confirmed yesterday that travel restrictions had in fact not been placed on Bolton residents, however, many still got in touch with The Bolton News with their stories of cancelled holidays. Chris Gee, 51, from Astley Bridge, and partner Rebecca Stevens have had their long-planned holiday to Scotland cancelled by cottages.com just 11 days before they were due to travel on June 5. Chris said: “We’ve had a week...

VARIOUS Warrington schools and colleges are part of a new project to help increase digital skills within communities. UTC Warrington, along with partner colleges Cheshire College and Warrington and Vale Royal College, are on a mission to provide practical, creative spaces that encourage communities to embrace future ways of working and living. The UTC and further education colleges in Cheshire and Warrington have received a grant of over £15,000 from the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to help increase important skills through their new project, Stream. Stream aims to raise awarenes...

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) The quernstone, which is 87cm (35”) long and 60cm (24”) wide, is estimated to weigh over 200 kilograms (441 pounds) and was used by ancient farmers to grind corn. Saddle quernstones were one of the most important tools in the house, after the fire, with both practical and symbolic aspects. Dr Gee said finding the saddle quernstone “was just remarkable” and added that he finds it “amazing” that something like that, so ancient, could be found just below the plow line. Now don’t for a second be thinking what’s all the fuss is about, for its “only a stone” after all. Saddle...

Submitting... Earlier finds, including an arrow head and further pieces of broken vessel have suggested an Early Neolithic date (c3600-3200BC) for the Saverock settlement, meaning it pre-dates Skara Brae, Orkney’s best-known New Stone Age settlement by centuries. Skara Brae was first occupied around 3,100 BC, it is believed. Chris Gee, a project officers at University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, has been investigating the area since 2014. He said he believed two early Neolithic houses may have stood at Saverock. He said: “Finding the saddle quern was just remarkabl...