A MAN had a lucky escape after plunging 20ft from scaffolding in Westhoughton.

John Neill was working on the terraced house in Church Street when he fell yesterday.

Paramedics administered first aid and the injured man was taken to casualty at the Royal Bolton Hospital with a bump on the head. He was not seriously hurt.

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