Five wings of Forest Bank prison in lockdown due to COVID outbreak

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have stepped up their preparations for Thursday night's clash with AC Milan.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side welcome the Serie A club to Old Trafford for the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie under the lights.

straight to your inbox every day for freeWhile the stars hit the headlines with their grandiose parties and weddings, the organisers of these lavish events are seldom seen.Global event planner Julie Perry prefers to remain working behind the scenes as she makes dreams come true.In an exclusive interview with the Manchester Evening News, Julie has spoken out about her journey from working in music talent scouting in her home city of Manchester to becoming the brains behind Coleen and Wayne

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola watched on as he saw a full Manchester City squad train for the first time this season just in time for the derby with Manchester United.Guardiola will have never seen this group of players all train together, with summer additions Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias now part of City's full strength squad.

straight to your inbox every day for freeJuventus chief Fabio Paratici is 'highly esteemed' by figures at Manchester United, according to an agent in Italy.Paratici is one of the many names to have been linked with a move to Old Trafford as United continue to contemplate the appointment of their first ever sporting director.United first began to look for a director of football during Jose Mourinho's reign at the club and have again toyed with the suggestion ever since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took

previously reported how cases had been detected at HMP Hindley, Strangeways and HMP Forest Bank.

direct to your inboxAlmost a third of all adults in Greater Manchester have now received a coronavirus vaccine jab.And for the first time, new data reveals the take up figures for every postcode area in our region.It shows the five neighbourhoods where more than half of residents have now been vaccinated - one in Trafford, the highest rate, two in Bury, one in Stockport and one in Rochdale.The statistics, compiled by the Manchester Evening News, are from the latest available NHS data.They show

straight to your inbox every day for freeFive years on from making his Manchester United debut, Marcus Rashford has been reminiscing on an unforgettable night. As United prepare for another Europa League clash, against Real Sociedad at Old Trafford, it was on February 25, 2016 when Rashford first pulled on the famous red jersey against FC Midtjylland.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United have been putting the finishing touches on their preparations to face Real Sociedad in the Europa League.The Reds are 4-0 up from last week's first game as they ran out comfortable winners in their away leg, which was played at a neutral venue in Turin.

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United youngster Shola Shoretire has been added to a FIFA gaming title for the very first time, with EA Sports adding the winger to FIFA 21.The 17-year-old made his senior debut for United against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Sunday, replacing Marcus Rashford as a late substitute at Old Trafford, in a game that eventually finished 3-1 in the Reds' favour.

straight to your inbox every day for freeEA Sports, the developers and publishers of the popular FIFA gaming franchise, have explained why Manchester United striker Mason Greenwood is yet to receive a realistic game face.FIFA 21 was originally launched in October on Xbox One, PS4 and PC, with the next-gen, enhanced version of the game released on the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and PlayStation 5 on December 3.Although United have a long-term partnership in place with Konami, the developers and

direct to your inboxHealth chiefs are growing increasingly concerned that Covid-19 cases in Greater Manchester are not falling as quickly as in other parts of the country - and fear the region could face being locked down for even longer.One director of public health has warned there continues to be a ‘reservoir’ of coronavirus circulating in the community, which is keeping infection rates high.As of Wednesday, all 10 Greater Manchester boroughs recorded an infection rate higher than the England

straight to your inbox every day for free Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has opted for speed in attack against Real Sociedad as he tells his Manchester United side to go hunting for away goals.

Are you worried about the reopening of schools? Will you be happy to send your child back if they reopen on March 8? Let us know in the comments here, or share your views on our Manchester Family Facebook page. The team behind the study has suggested the relatively high prevalence in younger kids could be due to a greater proportion of this age group still attending school - with much higher percentages attending compared with last year's lockdown.As part of the study, more than 85,400

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA pensioner who strangled his wife to death after he 'snapped' days into the first UK lockdown has been jailed.Anthony Williams, 70, told police he “literally choked the living daylights” out of his wife of 46 years on the morning of March 28 last year at their home in south Wales.Williams was cleared of murder following a trial in which a psychologist argued his anxiety “was heightened” because of lockdown,