TWO men have been charged with a number of offences following an investigation into a a string of burglaries in Bury and Bolton. 

Brandon Booth, aged 21, of Fern Street, Ramsbottom, was charged with five counts of burglary, six counts of taking a vehicle without consent and one count of breaching bail. 

Lewis Georgiou, aged 21, of Tennyson Road, Farnworth, faces two counts of burglary and two counts of taking a vehicle without consent. 

Both were due to appear from custody before Salford Magistrates' Court on Saturday.