Four in ten locked-down students found to have Covid in mass Manchester testing pilot

straight to your inboxKoeman hands City Messi boost Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman has not ruled out Lionel Messi leaving the club next summer. The Barca star confirmed over the summer his intention to leave the Camp Nou, but after a stand-off with the club regarding the validity of a release clause he opted to stay and avoid a damaging court battle.

straight to your inboxMicah Richards has explained that he didn't believe Sergio Aguero was that good when he first played in training with him for Manchester City.Aguero has returned from injury to start for City vs Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League tonight. It's an important comeback for the Blues, who have also been without the services of fellow striker Gabriel Jesus.

Pilots of new testing technologies will begin the UK’s worst affected regions from next week, the government has announced.Hospitals in Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Basingstoke and Southampton will begin testing asymptomatic NHS staff on a weekly basis, and use the data to assist with Track and Trace.New 'lateral flow tests' will also be sent to adult social care settings, schools and universities across the north west, north east and Yorkshire.The swab tests can

according to the BBC and several other news outlets. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is due to address update the House of Commons at around 11.30am on Thursday morning.One MP has already hit out saying it would be a "devastating move." Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and local officials met with the deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam earlier to discuss the evidence surrounding a move in tiers.

Andy Burnham says he is due to hold a meeting with the country's deputy chief medical officer today with regards to the new local lockdown system.

straight to your inboxSergio Aguero and Lionel Messi are like an 'old married couple' when they room together on international duty, the Manchester City man has revealed. Aguero, City's all-time leading goalscorer, was discussing his relationship with Messi on sports show Santo Sábado, when he outlined how the close friends have different approaches to deadlines.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United assistant manager Mike Phelan has criticised the Premier League's introduction of pay-per-view matches for fans to watch games behind closed doors.Fixtures will air on Sky Sports Box Office and BT Sport Box Office at an additional cost of £14.95, even if a fan already has subscriptions with both broadcasters.Despite reports the United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward had aired reservations about the PPV games, it emerged Leicester City

plans to close bars and restaurants in the north were leaked to The Times last week.Tom McNeeny, business development manager for the Lancashire Hospitality Co, which operates Rochdale pubs including The Flying Horse, The Baum, Bombay Brew, The Crown and Shuttle and The Hare on the Hill, welcomed today's news but said it did not solve the other issues facing the industry, including the effect of the curfew.And he feels it will still only be 'a matter of time' before the region is pushed into the

have been denied its grant.The National Football Museum said it is 'extremely grateful' to have been awarded £515,965 today. The funding will allow it to protect its collection of 40,000 objects and 100,000 images and build on its work with local communities over winter.

straight to your inboxGood morning, Manchester City fans. Here are your morning headlines for Sunday, October 11.

straight to your inboxKevin De Bruyne has offered his take on the prospect of Lionel Messi signing for Manchester City.MEN Sport understands that the Blues will be in a position next season to try and sign the Barcelona forward after he handed in a transfer request this summer.City were merely interested observers during the summer window as Messi ended up staying put, but that may change next year.

here But after winning BBC series Restoration, the baths have since played host to A-list celebrities including Tom Hardy and Sean Bean, as well as being used as a location for the hit TV series Peaky Blinders. A restoration project is ongoing.

was run over before being repeatedly stabbed in Stockport. They have been held in connection with a "shocking" attack which happened in Edgeley last Tuesday, September 29 and which has left the victim with life changing injuries.

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

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has apologised for taking two hours to respond to the Manchester Arena terror attack.At the public inquiry into the attack on Wednesday, the service blamed 'silence' from the police on the night of the bombing which led fire service bosses to assume there was a continuing marauding terror strike and so firefighters were kept back.But they pointed to an infamous terror training exercise at the Trafford Centre some 12 months before the Arena attack where

there is no legal enforcement of the lockdown, but students are being asked to 'do the right thing' and self-isolate.MMU said: "We are unable to prevent our students from leaving the halls, but our students are bright young adults and we trust that they will do the right thing."That statement followed concerns voiced by legal commentators.On Monday, the university said students would be given financial compensation of more than a week's rent.There have been 137 positive cases in a matter of

Manchester Evening News : "It's my first time away from home in a new city and I can’t even go for a walk.

Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discussed their win at Brighton. It was a nervy afternoon for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's men, who came back from behind to pull off a dramatic victory at the Amex Stadium.