Claims that Tory councillors influenced Salford postponing vote on Greater Manchester Spatial Framework 'bizarre', says mayor

direct to your inbox Some 16 more people with coronavirus have died in hospitals in Greater Manchester. Every day the NHS gives an update on virus-related fatalities at hospital trusts in England.

direct to your inboxTwenty one more people with coronavirus have died in hospitals in Greater Manchester.Every day the NHS gives an update on virus-related fatalities at hospital trusts in England.These are cases where a patient has tested positive within 28 days of their death or where Covid-19 is mentioned on their death certificate.Today trusts in Greater Manchester have recorded 21 new deaths.Both the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust both

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direct to your inboxNine more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has now reached 3,930, the latest NHS figures show.Four new Covid-related deaths have been recorded by Salford Royal in the last 24 hours.Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust recorded two new deaths, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust one and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust one.Another Covid-related death was recorded by

direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 3,800 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.Behind the Covid-19 death statistics that we publish each day are human beings who all had stories to tell.

direct to your inboxTwenty-six more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 3,900, the latest NHS figures show.Nine more Covid-related deaths were recorded by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in its 24 hour data.The trust runs the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), Wythenshawe Hospital, the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Saint Mary's hospital.Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed five new deaths.

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direct to your inboxRochdale council has dropped its vote on the region's controversial ‘spatial framework’ masterplan, with one chief admitting the blueprint is now ‘dead’.Councillors were due to decide whether to sign up to the joint-strategy for housing and businesses at a meeting next week. It comes after elected members in Stockport voted against the long-term development plan, effectively killing it off in its intended 10-borough form.

direct to your inboxTrafford council’s vote on Greater Manchester’s development and employment masterplan has been dropped. Following neighbouring borough Stockport voting down the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework masterplan last week, Trafford council has decided ‘there is no point’ discussing the matter at its full meeting tomorrow night.

direct to your inboxEighteen more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.The region's hospital death toll has now risen to 3,787, the latest NHS figures show.Thirteen new deaths were recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, the organisation in charge of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Wythenshawe Hospital, Saint Mary's and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed four new deaths.

direct to your inboxTalks over the uncertain future of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) will continue, despite Stockport councillors voting against the proposals.Opposition groups argued that the long-delayed masterplan for jobs and housing favoured the needs of developers over residents, and would lead to unnecessary green belt development.Labour had hoped that by removing or scaling down schemes planned up to 2037, that it could appease Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, and the

anger from residents this week about the decision to put the borough into Tier 3 restrictions when national lockdown ends.

People in Tameside have been urged to follow the new Tier 3 restrictions once lockdown finishes but an MP has warned the measures will be a ‘heavy blow’ and warned he is ‘minded to oppose’ them.Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced today that Greater Manchester will be placed back into Tier 3 of the government’s strengthened tier system when national lockdown ends next week.Despite the regional rate of infection falling from 432 cases per 100,000 to 276, hospitals remain under strain from

Manchester council has thrown its weight behind the beleaguered regional masterplan for jobs and housing - despite uncertainty over its future.With no end in sight to the political standoff in Stockport, plans to approve the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) have been postponed in Salford, Trafford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury.Councillors in Manchester were told this week that there was a ‘very high risk’ that the GMSF would not get the support it needed.Under the proposals the city

government announcing this morning that Manchester will be placed in Tier 3 when national lockdown ends on December 2, the mayor says the 'halfway house approach' taken to lockdown is partly to blame.Reacting to the news that the region now faces the toughest measures for at least another fortnight, he told the Manchester Evening News: "It was a personal view and maybe not everybody's view, but I think schools should have been included in the national circuit break, because actually it would

The announcement was made by Health Secretary Matt Hancock to the House of Commons this morning. Outdoor venues that are in Tier 1 areas - those of the lowest risk - will be allowed to host 4,000 spectators or fill 50% of their capacity - whichever is lower.Outdoor venues in Tier 2 areas will be able to welcome 2,000 spectators or 50% of their capacity back into their stadiums, but Tier 3 areas will continue to host events behind closed doors.

Oldham council has agreed to postpone its vote on the region’s controversial development masterplan to ‘review the options’ for the borough.The decision comes after it emerged the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) is likely to be rejected in Stockport after crunch talks with the opposition parties failed to reach agreement.Yesterday the combined authority issued a statement conceding that negotiations in the borough appeared to have come to the end of the road.The proposals for Oldham,

Rochdale council has postponed tonight’s crunch vote on the controversial Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.It comes after it emerged the long-term development masterplan is unlikely to be approved in Stockport after crisis talks failed.Local leaders yesterday issued a statement conceding that negotiations in the borough appeared to have come to the end of the road.Rochdale council’s cabinet approved the blueprint last week and it was expected to pass at tonight’s (November 25) full council

Manchester Evening News has seen an early internal planning document circulated within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.