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direct to your inboxAll NHS Nightingale hospitals including Manchester are to be 'stood down' as the number of Covid patients dropped below 10,000, the Health Secretary has confirmed. The emergency sites were set up when the pandemic first hit last year amid fears of a huge surge in critically ill patients.
They cost an estimated £500m to build, including the £10m facility at Manchester Central Convention Complex. Now Matt Hancock says the hospitals are to be 'stood down'.In a video posted on
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straight to your inbox every day for freeIan Wright has urged Manchester United to retain their interest in Jadon Sancho - even if they sign his Borussia Dortmund teammate Erling Haaland this summer.United failed to land Sancho last summer despite a long-held interest in the England winger and, with Dortmund currently sat outside the Champions League spots in the Bundesliga, there is likely to be plenty of interest in him again when the transfer window reopens.
seven schools in the region had been affected by positive cases among pupils, staff or both. Now another seven schools have been added to the list, including The Friars Primary in Salford, which has closed to all but Early Years pupils, and Shevington High in Wigan, which has sent the whole of Year 8 home after 'multiple' positive cases.
direct to your inboxAnother 12 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.It means the region's covid hospital death toll is now 5,688, the latest NHS England figures show.In the last 24 hours another four deaths were reported at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, while three people died at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.There were two fatalities at both Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Stockport NHS
direct to your inboxTwo properties in Manchester where large crowds of ‘selfish’ revellers attended house parties during lockdown - including one attacked by a gunman - have been shut down.A closure order was issued against a student house in Fallowfield on March 5 after police and the city council received several complaints from neighbours.The main occupier of the property on Brailsford Road received a £10,000 fine for hosting an illegal gathering attended by around 40 people on February 26.It
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direct to your inboxPolice officers stopped a nurses' protest held in St Peter's Square today.Health workers organised the demonstration in response to the Government's proposed 1 per cent pay rise for NHS workers.Yet the small, peaceful rally was halted by over a dozen officers from Greater Manchester Police shortly after midday.It is not clear why protestors were moved on but organisers at the demonstration claimed they had been told they would be fined for breaching coronavirus laws if they
direct to your inboxA Coronation Street star has told how he went to help a homeless man after he was injured by a tram.Trevor Michael Georges, who plays Ed Bailey in the ITV soap, has been hailed a hero after he stayed with the man until an ambulance came. The actor, whose character arrived in Weatherfield with his family in June 2019, was shopping in Manchester when he saw the man being dragged under a tram he told followers on Twitter.
straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has made six changes to his Manchester City side as he looks to navigate a 21st consecutive victory.After the cagey win over West Ham at the weekend, which required Ruben Dias and John Stones goals to secure another win that took City 12 points clear at the top of the Premier League.City can extend that to 15, albeit for 24 hours, but will need to be better in attack against a Wolves side who have caused Guardiola's side problems in recent meetings - including
direct to your inboxThe number of Covid-19 cases continues to fall overall across most of Manchester but almost a third of the city has seen an increase in recent days.Manchester’s infection rate is among the lowest in the city-region after recording 811 positive Covid tests in the week ending February 24This is 226 fewer than the previous week - a 22 per cent decrease - though its overall infection rate remains higher than the England average.The latest figures show the biggest rise in cases in