A BOLTON-based awards ceremony has had to extend the number of potential winners being chosen after receiving a huge worldwide response.

The SheInspires Awards event will have 145 finalists in 18 categories on November 25 at Bolton Whites Hotel as well as live online, and will be presented by BBC North West Tonight’s Annabel Tiffin.

This comes after entries have come in this year from Dublin to Denmark and India to Australia, as well as from across the UK.

Gulnaz Brennan, who started the annual women’s awards seven years ago, said: “The response across the globe has been very positive and there are some amazing entries from many countries.

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