The new Mayor of Bolton found himself being quizzed by young politicians who welcomed him to his new position.

Cllr Akhtar Zaman was invited to Beaumont Primary School to meet members of the school's Parliament - Zain Jiva, Sophia Farooq, Eesa Bux, Libby Bowden, Niyam Sakaria, Arissa Badat, Alex Vance and Khadija Zaeem.

The children invited Cllr Zaman to their school when they realised, he was the first ever mayor in Bolton who is Muslim.

Questions included who his biggest inspiration was, why did he get involved in politics and how he became councillor.

Cllr Zaman told the children about his pride at being the town's First Citizen and the honour of being mayor.

Kelly Sullivan, the School Parliament leader and Parliament Teacher Ambassador said: "The visit from Mayor Akhtar Zaman has been a wonderful opportunity for the children at Beaumont to learn more about local politics and has given them an insight into how democracy works within the local council. Our School Parliament children did a fantastic job of representing the voices of their classmates".

Stacey Postle, headteacher added: "We were delighted to have Mayor Zaman visit our school and we were very proud that in his role as mayor he chose our school to be his first to visit. I was so proud of the children at school when they asked him questions and they showed an extensive understanding of democracy and why it is important to have a voice."

Young people said they were thrilled to meet Bolton's Mayor.

Amani Adenmosun, aged six, said: "I was a bit nervous before I spoke to Mayor Zaman, but I got my courage and told the mayor everything I knew about democracy. We know lots about democracy because we learn it about it in assemblies and in lessons. Mrs Postle says democracy is one of our British Values."

Larna Dhanji, aged 11, the headteacher prefect, gave Cllr Zaman a tour of the school and he visited every class and spoke to the children about why learning was so important.

Larna said: " It was such a privilege to take the mayor of our great town on a tour of our great school, he seemed very impressed and said that the children were very curious and asked lots of questions. He was really nice and he said our school was wonderful."