Government says when more lockdown restrictions in England could be lifted

hereThe other MP, Sir Graham Brady, who represents Altrincham and Sale West ward and is the influential chairman of the national Conservative Party’s 1922 committee, was in favour of lifting measures across the borough.

coronavirus cases this winter - with fears of a second wave. Speaking to The Times, Mr Hancock said countries in others parts of the world were already experiencing a second wave, adding it was "a very serious threat".

remain in place in Oldham - which still has the highest infection rate in the region.Residents there can no longer socialise with anyone outside their household and can only use public transport if essential.Wigan, which has the lowest infection rate, remains lifted out of the increased measures.Meanwhile Salford, Bury, Manchester, Tameside and Rochdale all remain in local lockdown.Residents in these areas must continue to adhere to the rules which prohibit two households from meeting indoors or

coronavirus R rate could be above one in every regions, the government says.The 'R value' or 'rate' reflects how infectious a virus is.If it is greater than one, the infection will spread exponentially, but if it is lower than one, it will spread slowly and eventually die out.In order for lockdown restrictions to be lifted in the UK, the R rate needed to be below one - and the aim is to keep it below that.However, latest data reveals that the R number range for England is currently between 0.9

Bury and Bolton. From Wednesday (September 2), both Burnley and Hyndburn will no longer have local restrictions in place stopping people from visiting residents' homes and private gardens.

hereIt is understood restrictions will be lifted next week.

reviewed the blanket restrictions across the whole of the region and decided to make two key changes.

The government has insisted the UK will be first in line for a potential coronavirus vaccine if it is proved to be effective.A spokesperson for Downing Street said the UK will get "first access" to the vaccine being developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.It comes after reports emerged that Donald Trump is considering granting emergency authorisation for it to be deployed in the US.“We have been clear that we will only roll out a

hereThe infection rate across nine out of the ten boroughs is continuing to fall."I think we are beginning to see the numbers move in the right direction and that includes Oldham, which saw a noticeable fall in the number of cases this week, and we have begun to see falls in other Greater Manchester boroughs as well," Mr Burnham told the BBC."We had the restrictions introduced about three weeks ago and I would say we have begun to see these restrictions are now working, so fingers crossed we can

Manchester Evening News."At the end of the day, you can sit in a pub close to people you don't know, but you can't sit in a pub close to people you do know. It's been tough not being able to see family."What concerns me the most is how it's going to affect schools reopening.

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Blake Shelton started up a friendly feud with Luke Bryan on Twitter — but it's hard to say who will win this round. On Monday, Shelton tweeted a fake news story about drivers falling asleep at the wheel when listening to Bryan's music. «Wow! Just catching up on the news… Shocking! I have noticed some fatigue when @lukebryanonline comes on,» he wrote.The judge retaliated by referencing Shelton's newest songs, «Happy Together» and «Nobody But You,» with girlfriend Gwen Stefani.

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

schools reopened and pupils back in the classroom at the start of the new academic year in September. Following a shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, some schools were able to get up and running before the summer break in June.

Boris Johnson on Monday said ministers will “not hesitate” to impose a quarantine system for travellers from other countries to the UK if needed.It comes as the rise of coronavirus cases in other countries could see more added to the 'Red List' of places travellers need to self-isolate on return.The Prime Minister said: “I don’t want to advise people about their individual holidays, individual decisions, they should look at the travel advice from the Foreign Office clearly.“But what I will say,