Church of England allowed former Dean of Manchester to continue working despite allegations he had sexually abused children, says report

coronavirus measures, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock told MPs.

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

coronavirus restrictions under the new three-tier lockdown rules. Lancashire has now joined Liverpool region in the top tier, which is tier three or the 'very high' alert level.Pubs have closed in the region and households cannot mix indoors or in many outdoor settings.Around 1.5 million people, including residents of Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Lancaster and Preston, will be affected by the new rules.

straight to your inbox every day, freePorto president Pinto da Costa has claimed Alex Telles' main argument for wanting to move to Manchester United was to boost his chances of playing regularly for Brazil. Telles joined United on transfer deadline day as the Reds moved to strengthen at left-back, with Ashley Young having left the club earlier in the year, and Luke Shaw and Brandon Williams in poor form.

straight to your inbox every day, freeEngland manager Gareth Southgate has thrown his support behind Manchester United defender Harry Maguire after his red card in the Nations League clash against Denmark. The United skipper was given his marching orders after two yellow cards in the opening 30 minutes, with England then going on to suffer defeat after a Christian Eriksen penalty just three minutes after his dismissal.

straight to your inbox every day, freeFormer Liverpool captain Jamie Redknapp feels sorry for Manchester United defender Harry Maguire following his first-half red card for England against Denmark.Maguire was shown two yellow cards in the opening 30 minutes of the Three Lions’ Nations League clash at Wembley.

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, freeA large portion of Manchester United fans have called for Harry Maguire to be dropped for the upcoming match against Newcastle after his form went from bad to worse with a red card for England against Denmark on Wednesday.United will return to Premier League action on Saturday following the international break and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be hoping to see a big reaction from his players after they suffered a 6-1 hammering at the hands of Tottenham last time

a series of tweets labelling Covid-19 a ‘bogus virus’ and a ‘lod of bol**x’ appeared on Mr Dobson’s Twitter account.

Manchester City and Manchester United youngsters, at St. George's Park on Thursday afternoon was the first of a planned double-header against Scotland but, shortly before the interval, the game was abandoned.

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.

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

Manchester Evening News reported how Fallowfield, an area with a high-population of students, had become the country's Covid-19 hotspot.All boroughs in Greater Manchester remain in the red alert zone for infection rates.There were a total of 648 cases recorded in the region today, down from 897 yesterday.Although the numbers have flattened over the past couple of days in eight of the region's boroughs, and are down in Bury and Bolton, the rates in Greater Manchester are still heading upwards as

straight to your inboxGareth Southgate says he has spoken to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to explain why Mason Greenwood was called up to the England squad last month. The Manchester United attacker made his England debut against Iceland last month but was sent home from the squad after breaching COVID protocol with Manchester City's Phil Foden.

there is no legal enforcement of the lockdown, but students are being asked to 'do the right thing' and self-isolate.MMU said: "We are unable to prevent our students from leaving the halls, but our students are bright young adults and we trust that they will do the right thing."That statement followed concerns voiced by legal commentators.On Monday, the university said students would be given financial compensation of more than a week's rent.There have been 137 positive cases in a matter of