{"id":118971,"date":"2023-09-20T09:32:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=118971"},"modified":"2023-09-20T09:32:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:32:08","slug":"uk-town-with-entire-rows-of-shops-boarded-up-after-email-cost-them-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/uk-town-with-entire-rows-of-shops-boarded-up-after-email-cost-them-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"UK town with entire rows of shops boarded up after email cost them millions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A deserted-looking town has been left with rows of boarded-up shops \u2013 but one email could have changed everything.<\/p>\n

    Bolton now has a high street dominated by pawnbrokers and bookies, with dozens of stored closed down. Urban explorer Wandering Turnip visited the former mill town as part of his series on the decline of the Great British High Street.<\/p>\n

    He said that while it may not be quite as run down as other former industrial centres such as Barrow and Stoke, it\u2019s still a shadow of its former self. The YouTuber, whose real name is David Burnip, captured images of deserted shopping streets and boarded-up office buildings in his tour of the town.<\/p>\n

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    They explained how Bolton had received several handouts from the Government\u2019s levelling-up fund. But they'd missed the deadline on a multi-million pound application because someone at the council had forgotten to send an email.<\/p>\n

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    He explained: "There was another bid, I think it was for about \u00a316 or 17million, and they didn't get that. Not because it was refused, but because \u2013 and the council admitted this \u2013 there was an email mishap.<\/p>\n

    "It turned out that they just missed the deadline. They just hadn't got everything sorted by the deadline so they missed out on being able to get the funding."<\/p>\n

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