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The number of people to have tested positive for coronavirus in Bolton has increased for a fourth week in a row – but the mayor of Greater Manchester says a full local lockdown of the region is not yet necessary.There were 27.1 positive tests of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in the borough in the seven days up to August 8, rising from 23 the week before.Bolton is following the general trend in Greater Manchester – although Oldham has shot up to 108.8 and Wigan remains much lower at 7.3.The

straight to your inboxManchester United are keen to bring Jadon Sancho back to the Premier League from Borussia Dortmund but negotiations with the Bundesliga side are proving to be difficult.The German outfit announced yesterday that Sancho would be staying at the club for the 2020-21 season, adding that his contract has been extended by one year until 2023.That has not resulted in United giving up on a deal and on United's side of the story, they feel that Dortmund's position is not as strong

straight to your inboxManchester United cannot fully concentrate on Jadon Sancho just yet in this neverending season. Their exhausting defeat of Copenhagen was so long it almost ticked over to the date their season started and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Reds will go marching on beyond a 60th game.This was a nervier night than the Copenhagen coach Stale Solbakken envisaged and United suffered some ominous harbingers.

has now been able to track down nine out of ten people the national system had previously missed.

households in the area will be banned from mixing indoor s or in gardens.

Matt Hancock has announced.It means the stricter rules on social gatherings - announced last week to tackle an increase in coronanivirus cases - will continue here and in other parts of the North West, West Yorkshire and Leicester. The decision comes following a review of all the local lockdowns yesterday (Thursday) by government and the local authorities which showed no evidence of a fall in the recent rise of cases per 100,000 people in each of the affected areas.

Wigan.

Manchester Evening News Facebook page: "Doesn’t seem fair that we can go to pubs restaurants and shop amongst people we have never met but cannot see our loved ones who we know have followed all the previous rules." Jo Rowbotham said: "So I can go to Alton Towers with thousands of random people, but not have my brother round for a piece of our should have been our wedding day cake tomorrow?"No wonder people are ignoring lockdown, it's madness."Alex Aspin said: "It’s very clear where you can

announced amid much confusion late last night.Different households must also not meet ‘indoors’ at pubs, bars and restaurants under the tighter restrictions.The new rules also apply to East Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire.William Wragg, MP for the Hazel Grove, took to Twitter to voice his displeasure over Greater Manchester being treated as ‘one homogeneous area’, adding ‘to treat all 10 boroughs the same is not the right approach’.His constituency lies within Stockport which, while

coronavirus cases. The new measures were announced in a series of tweets on Thursday evening by health secretary Matt Hancock The revised restrictions also prevent members of two different households from mixing in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues.

Bury have found themselves under new local lockdown restrictions this morning (July 31) despite the borough reporting fewer than five cases a day. Last night, Matt Hancock announced that Greater Manchester and other areas in the UK would be locked back down after an alarming increase in infection rates in some boroughs.

Manchester Evening News has contacted the DHSC asking for clarification.However Mr Hancock has been ridiculed on social media for what is being described as muddled messaging.Many said they had pre-existing plans and needed to know if there allowed or not.Richard Cook said on Twitter: "Matt 'Crystal Clear' Hancock just contradicted the advice on BBC Breakfast TV. "He confirmed that If you live in the affected areas, you can visit someone’s home as long as you follow SD guidelines.