{"id":408343,"date":"2026-02-05T00:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408343\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T00:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:32:07","slug":"2-dogs-detained-and-girl-10-hospitalised-in-bolton-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408343\/","title":{"rendered":"2 dogs detained and girl, 10, hospitalised in Bolton attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Emergency services were called to the scene on Roseneath Road in Great Lever, where the incident took place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesperson told The Bolton News: \u201cShortly before 3.30pm this afternoon (Wednesday, February 4) officers were called to reports of a dog attack on Roseneath Road, Bolton.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cEmergency services attended and a 10-year-old girl was taken to hospital with serious injuries, believed to be life-changing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cArmed Response Vehicles and GMP Dog Unit were deployed, and two dogs have been detained.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cA 28-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of possessing a dog dangerously out of control, and are currently in custody.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cOfficers will remain in the area as they conduct further enquiries and to provide reassurance to the community.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Residents gathered while emergency services attended the scene (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In footage shared with The Bolton News, Roseneath Road was taped off, with a police car blocking the road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Three other police vehicles could be seen further down the residential street.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Details of the attack have not yet been released, and it is unclear at this stage whether both detained dogs were involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services were called to the scene on Roseneath Road in Great Lever, where the incident took place.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-408343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}