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The leader of Rochdale council says admissions to hospital and intensive care units are his main concern after the borough’s infection rate became the highest in the region over the weekend.Latest Public Health England figures show there were 454 cases per 100,000 people during the week to October 14.The 12 pc week-on-week rise has seen it overtake Manchester - whose problems largely relate to the student population - as the worst hit in the conurbation.Wigan now has the second highest rate.It

hereIt comes after a week of tense negotiations between local and central government about attempts to move Greater Manchester into tier 3 coronavirus restrictions.On Friday night, northern leaders hit back after Prime Minister Boris Johnson seemingly issued an ultimatum, after failing to come to an agreement with local leaders.

straight to your inbox every day, free Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has slammed the suggestion he had a bust-up with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during the humiliating 6-1 defeat to Tottenham before the international break. Many fans were surprised to see Fernandes substituted at half-time of the match with United trailing 4-1 at home to Jose Mourinho's side after a disastrous performance.

straight to your inboxManchester City will face Arsenal on the weekend as master meets apprentice; Pep Guardiola will have to overcome his former assistant in Mikel Arteta, who left Manchester to take over at the Emirates in December.Arteta has improved the Gunners since making the move, but one major problem still persists and it tends to drift under the radar.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United left the bulk of their summer transfer business until the final day of the window, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side securing £40m worth of late deals.Amad Diallo Traore, Alex Telles and Facundo Pellistri were signed on deadline day, with Telles likely to make his debut on Saturday against Newcastle and teenage pair Traore and Pellistri still unproven at the highest level.However, despite their arrivals, the big news swirling around Old

were told today the figure may change as more data is released by the national test and trace system.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United fans have voiced how unimpressed they are with the club's summer transfer business after the window closed last week.Thousands of United fans responded to the MEN's survey asking for their thoughts on the window.After Donny van de Beek signed in the summer, three players came through the door on deadline day, with Alex Telles, Edinson Cavani and Facundo Pellistri all joining the Reds.A deal was also agreed for Atalanta's Amad Diallo on

talk of more pub and restaurant closures looming in the north.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United’s number seven shirt is one of the most iconic in football, and its new bearer is Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani.Some of United's greatest ever players have worn the number, with George Best, Nobby Stiles, Ray Wilkins and Bryan Robson among its wearers - stars who have helped to give it such a legendary status over the decades.But what about those who've been given the responsibility of wearing the number since the arrival of the Premier

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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

Manchester is the country's coronavirus hotspot as new data shows it has the highest infection rate of any area in England.

straight to your inboxPot oneTeams: Bayern Munich, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, PSG, Zenit St Petersburg, Porto Best-case scenario: Porto Naturally, there are plenty of hard teams in this pot, so it's a choice of two for the best-case scenario - Porto or Zenit St Petersburg.Zenit have some capable strikers and an away trip to Russia is the last thing United will want in such a hectic season, so Porto can be considered the best-case scenario.The Portuguese champions have some good

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Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discussed their win at Brighton. It was a nervy afternoon for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's men, who came back from behind to pull off a dramatic victory at the Amex Stadium.

straight to your inboxIt was quite fitting that the Manchester United players left the Amex Stadium wearing masks on Saturday afternoon.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side had committed the footballing version of a robbery.

straight to your inbox Manchester United were naturally a big talking point on Match of the Day on Saturday night as Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discussed their win at Brighton. It was a nervy afternoon for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's men, who came back from behind to pull off a dramatic victory at the Amex Stadium.

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Here are 18 places in and around Greater Manchester where you can enjoy an idyllic stroll and witness the season in full swing:Just minutes from the city centre, Whitworth Park is a lovely bit of green space in the otherwise urban metropolis.There's wonderful scenery and tall 126 year-old plane trees, all which display an array of Autumn colours as the season progresses.It's a home to to fifteen species of breeding birds, among them great and blue tits, nuthatches and great spotted woodpeckers

straight to your inboxManchester United plan to continue developing Mason Greenwood, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial as an attacking trio amid frustration in their attempts to sign Jadon Sancho.Greenwood, Rashford and Martial scored 62 goals between them last term and Greenwood, 18, became the fourth teenager to score 17 goals for United in a single season after George Best, Brian Kidd and Wayne Rooney.United earmarked the right wing as their priority position for this transfer window but