HISTORICAL FACTS: Bolton at home - The Untold Story

Councils, solicitors, NHS and police reprimanded for leaking domestic abuse victims’ personal details

UK information commissioner warns data breaches place victims lives at risk

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Data breaches putting domestic abuse victims’ lives at risk, says UK watchdog

Councils, police and hospitals endangering women by accidentally revealing details such as addresses, says ICO

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2023

How pensioner's skeletal remains lay undiscovered in flat for six years

The body of Robert Julius Alton was found by police in his small, one-bed flat in March this year.

Daily Record · May 13, 2023

Pensioner's body lay in flat for six years before skeletal remains found

Robert Alton, who was 'likely' 70 at the time of his death was found in an apartment on Hemsworth Road in Bolton in March this year.

Daily Record · May 12, 2023

Pensioner found dead in his flat six years after he died

Robert was found after his landlord got a court order to enter and check the gas supply

Wales Online · May 12, 2023

Rotting body of man found dead inside his flat went unnoticed for SIX YEARS

The body of Robert Alton, who was 76, was discovered inside his flat on Hemsworth Road in Bolton on March 9 this year

Daily Mirror · May 12, 2023

Body of pensioner found in his flat SIX YEARS after he died

A housing association has admitted it 'didn't go far enough' to investigate why Robert Alton couldn't be contacted

Manchester Evening News · May 11, 2023

‘Skeletal’ body of man who lay dead in Bolton flat for six years discovered

Robert Alton, 70, is believed to have died in 2017 with his death going unnoticed by his landlord and local council

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

Council agrees to accept £542,000 less than agreed for former bus station site after 200-home development put under threat

The developers will pay just £385,000 of the £927,500 due to Bolton Council for the Moor Lane site

Manchester Evening News · Apr 26, 2023

'Skeletal remains' discovered in property after housing staff forced their way in

After housing association made the grim discovery, a neighbour said: "It was just bones. We can't understand has no one done a welfare check."

Daily Record · Mar 18, 2023