By Tom Grater
20.03.2020 - 23:03 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Courts will function with a skeleton staff and defendants will spend more time in prison before facing trial as the coronavirus crisis continues to hit the criminal justice system.
Many court staff, including judges, were today told to not return to work until the summer, as the Government's response to pandemic becomes more restrictive.
Those over 70 or anyone with underlying health conditions will self isolate for 12 weeks in line with advice, which is thought could apply to about 20 million
Rearranging her plans. Vicki Gunvalson is pressing pause on her upcoming wedding to fiancé Steve Lodge.
By Amber Dowling
Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with Oprah Winfrey to raise $15 million (£12.1 million) to keep poor Americans fed during the coronavirus pandemic.
As the world grapples with getting used to life indoors, former Strictly Come Dancing head judge Len Goodman has revealed that, like most of us, he’s finding it tricky to adjust to lockdown and avoid anxiety. “I’ve stopped watching the news about it.
Some of Greater Manchester's courts will temporarily close because of the coronavirus.
Thousands of front line NHS staff will not have to pay hospital car parking charges during the coronavirus crisis, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
The National Crime Agency has issued a public warning over organised crime groups trying to exploit the coronavirus pandemic.
The Big Issue has told its vendors they can no longer sell the magazine on the streets because of the 'coronavirus crisis'.
The 2020 edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been postponed by the organizers owing to the Coronavirus crisis which has gripped almost every country in the world. Speculations were already rife about the prestigious film festival getting canceled in the wake of COVID 19 scare due to the fear of infection and now the reports have turned out to be true. The mega event was originally scheduled to be held from May 12 to May 23, 2020, in France.
IKEA is to close all its Scots stores due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Furious social media users have slammed a Scots hotel after it fired staff and kicked them out their live-in accommodation amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Prisoners with less than three months to serve of their sentences must be released immediately to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Scotland’s former Justice Secretary has said.