AS Circus Mondao returns to Bolton for a 12th year, ring mistress Petra Jackson has defended its treatment of animals. Animal welfare organisations call on locals to avoid so-called ‘wild animal’ ...

Circus Mondao has returned to Bolton for the summer, after last year's was cancelled due to rain. Petra Jackson, the ring mistress, said: "The circus is in our heart, it doesn't go away." Last year's ...

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No sooner does the historic Lynn Mart leave us but the Circus Mondao, described as the magical family circus, arrives, ...

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