Bolton landlords warned of 'the end of the backstreet boozer' as infection rate spikes again

Chris Green has spoken out about his reasons for resigning from his role as Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department for Education. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News this afternoon (October 14), Mr Green revealed that one of the fundamental reasons was the recent economic lockdown in the borough, which saw pubs, restaurants, and cafes closed for more than three weeks.

The Conservative leader of Bolton council has demanded an immediate apology from the Labour Party after Sir Keir Starmer claimed he backed a national circuit break during Prime Minister’s Questions.Addressing Boris Johnson, the Labour leader said this lunchtime: “He probably hasn’t noticed that this morning, the council leaders in Greater Manchester...including the mayor and including the Conservative leader of Bolton Council, have said in a press statement that they support a circuit-break

being put into local lockdown.

Manchester United and received backing from EFL chairman Rick Parry. They propose a restructure of the English football pyramid, if adopted, with a reduction in the number of teams in the Premier League from 20 to 18 and an overall drop in the number of clubs in the top four divisions of English football from 92 to 90.There would still be 24 clubs in the Championship, League One and League Two.

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

#Bolton "This is due to issues with a set of points (equipment that allows trains to move from one track to another) near #Lostock "Really sorry to passengers impacted this morning.our engineers are on site fixing the points issue near #Lostock"The problem was found early this morning after track maintenance work was finished later than planned.

straight to your inbox every day, freeBolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt felt he didn't see enough desire to win at all costs from his side against Grimsby Town. Wanderers picked up their first clean sheet of the season against the Mariners but were unable to break the deadlock against Ian Holloway's side.

Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes regularly give This Morning viewers an insight into their home life on the show, while their Instagram feeds are filled with images from the beautiful Surrey mansion they share with their teenage son Jack.

Manchester Evening News reported yesterday that both Manchester's main universities - the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University - would move teaching entirely online from today (Wednesday) after a surge in cases among students.

Bolton was the main location for the debut episode as Paddy returned to his hometown with Freddie and Chris as they tried to spend 24 hours inside three popular company cars while travelling around the town.

hereAfter Manchester, Rochdale (305.7) has the next highest infection rate followed by Salford (293.6), Bury (272.3), Bolton (251.1), Oldham (250.9), Wigan (239.5), Tameside (222.1) and finally Stockport (202.8).The average infection rate for England is 108.6.

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

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

“We are working extremely closely with Public Health England and have robust plans in place to take action and support students when needed, but this is not yet the case. Our students can rest assured they will be the first to know if this situation changes.

Bolton 218.4 (628), 201.0 (578)South Tyneside 205.3 (310), 100.7 (152)Burnley 204.7 (182), 112.5 (100)Knowsley 204.2 (308), 124.0 (187)Newcastle upon Tyne 193.2 (585), 69.0 (209)Liverpool 192.2 (957), 116.9 (582)Blackburn with Darwen 181.0 (271), 128.9 (193)Halton 177.7 (230), 87.3 (113)Bury 174.4 (333), 112.0 (214)Hyndburn 172.7 (140), 148.1 (120)Preston 172.6 (247), 134.1 (192)Manchester 165.7 (916), 85.6 (473)Oldham 162.8 (386), 115.6 (274)Pendle 158.5 (146), 89.0 (82)Rochdale 155.6 (346),

Bolton suggested it will help drive down coronavirus infection rates.Bolton has remained on ‘red’ alert for a number of weeks.There were 212 cases per 100,000 in the town at the beginning of the local lockdown on September 8.Greater Manchester’s other nine boroughs all remain on red alert too for the fourth day running, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.In Wigan, the rate jumped from 90.4 in the week ending September 18 to 101.9 in the week ending September 19.Rates are

Bolton South East, told The Guardian that many people in the area believed the virus was a fake, government-constructed concept and as a result were refusing to adhere to social distancing guidelines. “There is a lot of confusion about the virus in the area and there are a lot of people now who do not believe it is true,” she said.