All remaining coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted, starting from this week.
04.02.2022 - 12:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Boris Johnson has told Greater Manchester residents, who were banned from mixing with other households indoors for a heartbreaking 391 days, he is 'sorry for any misjudgements' in the wake of 'partygate'.
For 289 days - except Christmas Day 2020 - Greater Manchester residents were banned from mixing with another household from July 30, 2020, until the penultimate easing of coronavirus restrictions on May 17 last year.
The region had already spent 102 days without being able to mix with another household indoors during the original lockdown from March 23, 2020.
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Loved ones missed birthdays and celebrations, while many families lost the chance to share dying relatives' final days and grieve together.
Yet over the past two months, it has been revealed a string of 'parties' and 'gatherings' took place at Mr Johnson's home and workplace while Greater Manchester residents followed what were often the strictest measures in the country.
The first part of Sue Gray's report, released on Monday, outlined 16 gatherings - either in 10 Downing Street or the Cabinet Office at Whitehall - alleged to have taken place at a time the government's own rules did not allow them.
Twelve of the gatherings are being investigated by the Metropolitan Police, while a further report from civil servant Ms Gray is also expected.
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News during a visit to Hopwood Hall College in Heywood on Thursday (February 3), Mr Johnson said he could not comment in detail on the gatherings due to the ongoing investigations.
But he praised residents of Greater Manchester for the way they
All remaining coronavirus restrictions are to be lifted, starting from this week.
A survey of NHS leaders revealed they think free Covid tests should continue for the public and self-isolation rules need to remain.
The level of Covid-19 infections continues to fall across Greater Manchester neighbourhoods, with some areas seeing fewer than ten cases.
The Prime Minister's announcement that the legal rule to self-isolate could end this month has been branded as 'concerning' by Greater Manchester' public health leader.
A man who hired a van to dump a fridge freezer in the middle of a Salford street told council officers 'sorry, I didn’t know it was illegal'.
A huge mural showing the Prime Minister dressed as a policeman wearing a party hat has caught the eye of shoppers in Manchester.
Met Police are set to question more than 50 people as their investigations into lockdown parties at No10 continue.
Police are reviewing whether a Christmas quiz in No 10 breached coronavirus restrictions after a picture emerged showing the Prime Minister and colleagues near an open bottle of prosecco and a packet of crisps.
It was among the Victorian heritage of Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, two and a half years ago, that Boris Johnson first made the pitch.
The Clean Air Zone for Greater Manchester has been delayed until July after facing heavy criticism, and we want to hear your thoughts on the developing situation.
Boris Johnson says he wants to see plans for Greater Manchester's Clean Air Zone put on hold to avoid 'stuffing up businesses'.
The mayor of Greater Manchester has vowed that Clean Air Zone charging will come to an end as soon as air quality reaches the required level.
Greater Manchester's Mayor is urging the government to 'take the politics out' of the Clean Air Zone and finally get the issue resolved.
Boris Johnson has come under severe pressure from the findings of the 'partygate' report, with 82% of people out of more than 1,200 people calling for his resignation in a Manchester Evening News survey.
Boris Johnson today said that Greater Manchester's Clean Air Zone plan is 'completely unworkable'.
The Prime Minister has been accused of attending a leaving party for one of his senior advisors when the country was in lockdown last January, reports say.
Neighbourhoods in Tameside are dominating the region’s biggest Covid-19 hotspots.
"I'm still wearing mine, it's still with us isn't it" says Chris Wardle as he pulls his screwed-up black cloth face mask from his coat pocket.
A fit and healthy police officer who ran marathons died of a heart attack seven hours after completing a standard GMP 'bleep' fitness test, an inquest heard.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner and other MPs will join striking bus drivers this week as passengers are warned all buses from First’s Oldham depot will again be cancelled on days of action.