A temporary coronavirus testing centre is to open in central Rochdale next week

An enormous walking, dancing puppet will walk through the city centre next summer as part of the opening weekend of Manchester International Festival.The giant artwork, called Little Amal, has been created by the same team behind the world-famous War Horse puppet.It's the first event to be announced for MIF21, and comes with a powerful message.Little Amal's arrival to the city is part of a work called The Walk, which follows the journey of a nine-year-old refugee girl from the Turkish-Syrian

coronavirus. In the ten days between September 21 and September 30, 370 Covid cases were confirmed among students.Twelve staff also tested positive for the virus, the latest data published on the university's website shows.This brings the total number of confirmed cases at the university up to 382.

Manchester city centre.Bars, pubs and restaurants would usually be packed as revellers partied into the early hours. But hospitality venues now have to operate on restricted hours under new measures to curb rising rates of coronavirus  infections.

at least 137 people across both MMU sites tested positive for Covid-19 with a number of other students also recording symptoms. The council, university and Public Health England jointly agreed to introduce lockdown measures last Friday (September 25).

further 43 people who tested positive for the virus have died, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in hospitals in England to 30,005.

The number of coronavirus cases in an area of Rochdale are among the highest in Greater Manchester.There were 49 cases recorded in Wardleworth and Newbold Brow during the week to September 24, according to the latest figures from Public Health England (PHE).This is more than anywhere in Bolton, which has the highest infection rate in the country and is under more stringent restrictions than the rest of the conurbation.Elsewhere only the student and university areas in Manchester, North

intimate fundraising gig at the Night & Day cafe top raise cash for grassroots music venues affected by the coronavirus pandemic.Lockdown measures are still a hot topic across Greater Manchester - and beyond. We want to know your opinions in the survey below...It will take place when social distancing rules are eased and gigs are allowed again.The live music sector is among the industries hit hardest by the lockdown.Figures from music industry analysts, Carey & Chambers predict that without an

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Thursday, September 24, is:Across England, a further 30 people, who tested positive for coronavirus, have died.It brings the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,838.Patients were aged between 18 and 101 years old.

Kingsway currently has the highest number of coronavirus infections in Rochdale.It recorded 33 cases during the week to September 19 according to the latest figures from Public Health England (PHE) - significantly higher than anywhere else in the borough.Back in June, it was one of the areas causing officials most concern as Rochdale battled the highest infection rates in Greater Manchester.

Manchester Evening News and the Local Democracy Reporting Service can reveal. The response to a Freedom of Information request to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust shows 391 people left the hospital for 'care settings' between March 1 and April 15 this year.Of these, 63 were tested for Covid.

hit by a vehicle seconds after he had been floored by an assault in the town centre.

Manchester Evening News reported yesterday how 110 schools across the region now have confirmed Covid cases. Thousands of pupils with positive cases in their 'bubbles' have been sent home and told to self-isolate since schools reopened.

Covid-19 test if you have symptoms? The Department of Health has set up 17 testing sites across Greater Manchester, and mobile units are also deployed to the areas most in need.The region currently has two regional drive-through sites, which you'll need a car to access, and 15 local walk-in sites, which are accessible by car or foot. No matter which site you attend, you will need to book an appointment through the government's online booking system first.The system will ask whether you have

As infection rates continue to rise across much of the region, a testing nightmare isn't what Greater Manchester needs.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Tuesday September 15, currently stands at: Get breaking news first on the free Manchester Evening News app -  download it here  for your Apple or Android device. You can also get a round-up of the biggest stories sent direct to your inbox every day with the MEN email newsletter -  subscribe here . And you can  follow us on Facebook here .

coronavirus hotspots across Greater Manchester are struggling to get tested amid fears that the national system has ‘lapsed into chaos’. Residents in Manchester, Salford, Rochdale, Oldham, Bolton and Tameside are either being told there are limited numbers of tests available - or none at all.

coronavirus testing centre failed to turn up in Bolton, while people have been sent as far as Llandudno for a test or offered slots in Aberdeen.

hereThe total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Saturday, September 12, currently stands at:Nationally, a further eight people, who tested positive for coronavirus died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,656.Patients were aged between 61 and 91 years old, NHS England said.