Children aged five to 12 now in one of most common groups for Covid

straight to your inbox every day for freeJuventus chief Fabio Paratici is 'highly esteemed' by figures at Manchester United, according to an agent in Italy.Paratici is one of the many names to have been linked with a move to Old Trafford as United continue to contemplate the appointment of their first ever sporting director.United first began to look for a director of football during Jose Mourinho's reign at the club and have again toyed with the suggestion ever since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took

Liverpool, Southend United and Stockport County. A statement from Liverpool FC read: "We are deeply saddened by the passing of Phil Chisnall.

direct to your inboxStories involving lions, cats and mice are being used to introduce children aged as young as five to concepts around terrorism, the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena concert bombing was told.A book called 'Mog is Coming' has been devised by an award-winning charity telling the story of a cat on the loose in a school of mice.Another story used as an educational aid involves a circus lion entering a school.They were designed 'to communicate important issues around run,

straight to your inbox every day for freeThere is always risk attached to sending a player out on loan from Manchester United.In truth, it usually goes wrong more often than it works. Nick Powell, Will Keane, Adnan Januzaj, Federico Macheda; history is littered with United youngsters who were loaned out to enhance their development, and never kicked a ball for the famous red shirt again.Even this season United ushered back four of their six loanees in January, decreeing that their loans had not

straight to your inbox every day for freeIn his 13 years at Manchester United Luke Giverin's greatest moment came at the Etihad.Born in Salford and raised in a family of Reds, Giverin took particular satisfaction in scoring United's second goal in a 2-0 win over City in the Manchester Senior Cup final in May 2012.His injury-time goal secured victory and as he ran off to celebrate he was pulled to the ground by Paul Pogba and mobbed by his teammates.Rather than being the start of something,

direct to your inboxAlmost a third of all adults in Greater Manchester have now received a coronavirus vaccine jab.And for the first time, new data reveals the take up figures for every postcode area in our region.It shows the five neighbourhoods where more than half of residents have now been vaccinated - one in Trafford, the highest rate, two in Bury, one in Stockport and one in Rochdale.The statistics, compiled by the Manchester Evening News, are from the latest available NHS data.They show

direct to your inboxChildren as young as three years old are caring for relatives in Greater Manchester.Young carers have been contending with various lockdown restrictions on top of collecting prescriptions, cleaning homes, preparing meals, looking after younger siblings and having to grow up incredibly quickly this year.One group is pushing to raise awareness of young carer’s experiences and offer children a ‘safe space’ to have fun, be themselves and forget about their responsibilities for a

Moston.He initially tried to hide his mobile phone and later tried to delete evidence, Manchester Crown Court heard.Sentencing Ingham, 31, Recorder Anthony O’Donohoe said: “These are not just virtual images on the internet.

direct to your inboxBus and taxi drivers and teachers over the age of 50 should be given Covid jabs at the half-empty mass vaccination centre at the Etihad, say local leaders.Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has repeated calls on the government to give local authorities greater flexibility over how to use spare capacity at the site.Covid jabs are said to be ‘sitting in fridges’ as people belonging to the four groups on the government's vaccine priority list are waiting to be called

direct to your inboxKate Ferdinand says she would take 'huge offence' to any claims she loved her baby son more than her three step-children.The 29-year-old and husband Rio Ferdinand welcomes their first child, Cree, into the world in December.Since meeting and then marrying the former Manchester United star in 2019, Kate has been step-mum to Rio's three children with late wife Rebecca.In an Instagram Q&A, the former reality star admitted that she was asked about "a lot" about whether she loves

Sign up to the MySalford newsletter and don't miss a thing happening in and around the cityFive wings of Forest Bank prison in Salford are in lockdown due to a spate of coronavirus cases.The outbreak has resulted in proceedings in a major high-profile trial being delayed as defendants could not be produced to Manchester Crown Court from the jail.And a sentencing of two defendants in a two others cases at Manchester Crown Court was also postponed for the same reason.In a statement a spokesperson

direct to your inboxA new surge testing site will open in north Manchester as part of ongoing efforts to identify and isolate cases of a new Covid-19 variant. Thousands of people have been tested since four cases of E484K, a mutation of the Kent strain which has spread across the country, were found in Moss Side earlier this month.

Big Grillie Style, Burgerize, and a new partnership between Crazy Pedro's and Eat New York. Even Manchester's only Michelin-star restaurant has joined the burger bandwagon this year, with Mana launching a takeaway burger service that's consistently sold out for weeks on end.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United striker Mason Greenwood has today signed a new contract at Old Trafford, with 19-year-old agreeing a new four-year until June 2025, with the option of a further year.Greenwood, who has been at United since he was seven, has scored 21 goals for the club in 82 appearances in all competitions and is still holds the record for being United's youngest goalscorer in European competition.On Greenwood's new contract at United, manager Ole Gunnar

straight to your inboxVincent Kompany is a fierce opponent, and a formidable man to cross.But the former Manchester City captain, who has successfully tangled with some of the world’s toughest strikers, met his match on the day he tried to do the washing-up for 102-year-old Vera Cohen.Vera died last weekend, and a little piece of City died with her.Those people who are under the strange illusion that the Blues have no history would have done well to sit for an afternoon with this wonderful,

direct to your inboxA trial into how a coronavirus vaccine works in children is set to take place.Tests will investigate the efficacy of Oxford/AstraZeneca in young people aged from six to 17.It will determine whether the jab will produce a strong immune response, with 300 volunteers set to take part.The trial will start later this month.Up to 240 children will receive the vaccine, while others will be given a control meningitis tab.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to

Chinese New Year is celebrated later in the year, rather than the January 1 date observed by the Gregorian calendar.

click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyWigan News'.The director of children's services said: "Certainly within six months I would anticipate we would start to see some significant changes."She added: "We house more of our looked after children within Wigan than other Greater Manchester authorities do."So whilst where we're not where we want to be, we know that we fare pretty well, but our ambition of course is to be better than pretty well."The council boss also warned that