Covid cops swoop in and stop wedding party planned for garden

still has one of the highest infection rates in England after several outbreaks among the student population. One student told the Guardian a "Covid Positive" party in one halls of residence in Fallowfield was broken up by security on Saturday.

Manchester Evening News reported yesterday that both Manchester's main universities - the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University - would move teaching entirely online from today (Wednesday) after a surge in cases among students.

were put into lockdown last month.Those living at the accommodation, in Hulme, were told to self-isolate for a fortnight 'with immediate effect' amid rising infection rates.The M.E.N can now reveal that a total of 544 staff and students have tested positive for Covid-19 since September 14.Between September 14 and 20 a total of 42 students and two staff tested positive.The following week - between September 21 and 27 - a total of 489 students and 11 staff received positive coronavirus tests.

with each other rather than, for example, being linked to any obvious large workplace outbreak.

“We are working extremely closely with Public Health England and have robust plans in place to take action and support students when needed, but this is not yet the case. Our students can rest assured they will be the first to know if this situation changes.

Victoria Station when the officers approached him and explained he needed to wear a mask. However, Hussaini, of Blackley, refused to do so, telling the officers that face masks were for ‘animals’, Manchester Magistrates Court was told.

South Asian weddings are known for being lavish affairs. Often taking place over three days, hundreds of friends and family come from near and far to celebrate with the bride and groom.

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Sandbar saying that the reduced hours, coupled with all the other measures it has had to introduce, would 'destroy' it as a business. Becky Wilkes, senior sales and marketing manager at 20 Stories, said: "It's ridiculous that hospitality's being targeted like this.

turned away from a testing centre in Bolton.Meanwhile in Bury, dozens of people were pictured queuing up for tests at the Mosses Centre.

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise sharply across most of Greater Manchester with all ten boroughs now at the highest level of alert for the first time.Stockport and Trafford have now recorded an infection rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people in the local population - it's the first time the two boroughs have reached that milestone since the height of the pandemic in April.Manchester has also seen a significant rise in cases, registering 100 positive tests for three days in a

Manchester Evening News reported how 'about 100 students' kept residents awake with a party in the courtyard of Birley Halls earlier this week. "It was like a rave, they were just p****d.

Manchester Evening News."Ever since the Government lifted lockdown it has been so busy. Everyone was so nice before but now it's become quite nasty."A lot of the calls I take are from elderly people who can't travel far or are desperate for a test."You can hear the distress they are in by their voice.

the government’s latest extra Covid-19 restrictions, announced this morning, will have caused brows to furrow among those looking at the wider northern map.

full closure of a second primary school.St Luke's Primary in Heywood had already sent home pupils in Years 2, 3 and 6, but now it's been forced to shut to all year groups amid 'staffing issues'.Other primary schools have been sending home bubbles after confirmed cases, including Broadoak Primary in Swinton, where there's been a positive case, and Charlestown Primary, in Blackley, where Year 5 are isolating.Some schools which already had a number of children at home have had to tell more to stay

we reported how Horton Mill Primary School, in Glodwick, Oldham, had closed to all pupils after positive cases involving pupils and staff in several year groups. Elsewhere, The Duke of Norfolk CE Primary in Glossop, Derbyshire, has also shut following two positive cases including a member of the catering team who'd had widespread contact with the rest of the school.

Rochdale received the unusual call in the early hours on Friday morning. GMP Rochdale tweeted: "0430hrs.