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November 2024 Page 7 AD SALES 01204 478812 BIRCHALLS 57, Market Street Hindley - Wigan - WN2 3AE Tel - 01942 255177 55cm Wide 50/50 Split No Frost A+ Energy Rating Reversible Door LED Light IBNF 55181 W IBD 5517 B 55cm Wide Free Local Delivery Free Local Delivery , Tel - 01942 255177 IZD81W 8Kg Condenser Tumble Dryer NSWF743 7Kg 1400rpm Washing Machine Steam Hygene 30 min Rapid • Glass to specification • Toughened & laminated glass • Mirrors & float glass ST.GEORGE GLASS 1-7 Brideoake Street, Leigh, WN7 2AG 01942 674331 108 Halliwell Road, Bolton, BL1 3QN 01204 383811 www.stgeorgeglass.co.uk stgeorgeglass S T . G E O R G E G L A S S BESPOKE GLASSWORK • SANDBLASTING • BRILLIANT CUTTING • SHAPED BEVELLING • SPLASHBACKS • Trade & domestic retail • Greenhouse glass & picture glass • Full glazing services on all our products • Family business established over 60 years • Double glazed unit manufacturers • Replacement windows & doors • Commercial - domestic in the past two years as the crackdown on this illegal trad- ing continues.” Sue Haworth, the council’s executive cabinet member for regulatory services, added: “Closure orders are not easy to obtain and the shutting down of a business is very much the last resort for the council. “But we will not tolerate this criminality or have peo- ple’s health put at risk from consuming illegal tobacco and vapes which are not regulated. “We urge anyone with infor- mation of illegal or suspected illegal products being sold in our borough to contact trading standards by email at trading. standards@bolton.gov.uk or call 0808 223 1133.” Action: Garry Parker, Bolton Council’s assistant director of environment and regulatory services and Andrew Bolan, head of regulatory services, outside the closed shop Shop hit with closure order A HORWICH shop has been ordered to close for three months by a court after repeatedly being found sell- ing illegal cigarettes, vapes and tobacco. Horwich Mini Market on Lee Lane received the order under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. Almost 20,000 illegal ciga- rettes, 300 illegal vapes and seven kilograms of illegal tobacco have been seized from the premises on number of vis- its by trading standard officers which date back to 2022. The closure order was granted on Friday September 6 by Wigan Magistrates Court after an application by Bol- ton Council. In a statement after the hearing the council said: “Ille- gal tobacco and tobacco prod- ucts are those sold in the UK without excise duty and are typically imported from unreg- ulated manufacturers. “Like legal tobacco, they often contain harmful sub- stances but lack the regula- tions that legal products must comply to. “Illegal products can often be identified by the packag- ing which typically does not contain the specified health warnings normally found on such products. “This is the third premises Bolton Council has closed