A new walk-in Covid-19 testing centre will be set up in one of Manchester's worst coronavirus hotspots

terrorism, including more than 1,000 people affected by the attack at the Manchester Arena.

Police have issued a warning to Trafford Centre to shoppers to wear a face covering - or receive a fine.The Greater Manchester Police team in Stretford said they had officers in the shopping centre yesterday, and will be back again on Sunday.So far five tickets have been issued to people who did not have a covering and could not present valid exemption.The fine is now £200 for a first offence, reduced to £100 if paid within 14 days.The government has also warned that repeat offenders receiving

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staging Cinderella as part of its drive-in Winter Festival at the Trafford Centre in December.

being put into local lockdown.

Kieron Richardson lives with his husband Carl Hyland and their twins in a gorgeous home in Manchester close to the Hollyoaks set.

today announced a new three tiered Covid Alert Level system in England, with areas designated as being at either medium, high, or very high risk.Despite fears to the contrary, Greater Manchester was designated high risk and placed in tier 2 meaning all mixing of households indoors will be prohibited but hospitality can remain open.Although he urged Labour MPs to "prevail on the authorities in Greater Manchester to come into Tier 3.""I would hope is that we can work together to bring down the

coronavirus cases in Fallowfield have more than doubled in a week, the latest data shows. The suburb, which is home to thousands of students, remains the region's Covid hotspot as the virus continues to spread in the area.

with each other rather than, for example, being linked to any obvious large workplace outbreak.

hereTwo other districts have also seen sharp increases in the number of positive tests, Trafford and Stockport, although the total numbers are much smaller than in Manchester.In Trafford, some 511 positive tests were registered, a rise of 71 per cent on the previous week. In Stockport, there was a 78 per cent increase in cases (533 positives).The total number of positive tests was 8,256 in Greater Manchester overall during the week, a rise of 53 per cent.

on the university's website.The University of Manchester (UoM) has so far ruled out an MMU style lockdown at its halls.On Monday, the M.E.N asked if this was now a possibility.A UoM spokesperson said: “The safety and wellbeing of our students, staff and the wider local community is the University’s primary concern and we will support them in every way we can.“We are concerned by the rising rate in Manchester and we will be meeting with Public Health colleagues as a matter of urgency to discuss

coronavirus hotspots across the region are now in Manchester, the latest data shows. Covid cases are continuing to spike in the areas around the University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University and Salford University campuses.

149 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Fallowfield Central in the seven days up to September 27 - up from 27 cases in the previous week.

cancelled its official lights switch-on, and many of the region's theatres have had to postpone their pantos.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has apologised for taking two hours to respond to the Manchester Arena terror attack.At the public inquiry into the attack on Wednesday, the service blamed 'silence' from the police on the night of the bombing which led fire service bosses to assume there was a continuing marauding terror strike and so firefighters were kept back.But they pointed to an infamous terror training exercise at the Trafford Centre some 12 months before the Arena attack where