Greater Manchester's long-awaited plan for green belt, housing and jobs to go out to consultation this year - along with a proposal for a Clean Air Zone

hereCoun O’Rourke echoed Mr Taylor’s comments in favour of the scheme.He said: “It is a massively positive scheme for the vast majority of residents that will help offset CO2 and also protect that piece of land from other more intrusive variations of development on that site."A solar farm is not a factory, it will not be houses, it will be a solar farm.”However he acknowledged some residents would have their standard of living affected and called for residents to be consulted and kept fully

coronavirus support to buses and trams outside London with £44m allocated to Metrolink, which was at risk of running out of money.

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Wigan in lockdown an “unacceptable approach”. The mayor of Greater Manchester took to Twitter this evening after Bury Conservatives revealed they had written a letter to Matt Hancock regarding lockdown measures today.

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targeted lockdown measures on Friday, following a spike in cases of Covid-19. But despite this, the guidance was also relaxed so that clinically extremely vulnerable people were no longer advised to shield.

Local MPs have urged the government to reconsider its decision to impose new measures on the borough but the region’s mayor has warned that a spike could happen at any moment.

coronavirus in each borough. But at the start of what would have been the summer holidays, what does this mean in terms of travel? Can Mancunians still go on a day trip this summer? Will we be able to visit the beach with the kids? Or do we have to stay local?This is what you need to know about travelling out of the area during the Greater Manchester local lockdown.Yes, people in Greater Manchester can travel out of the area to visit the beach.

Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases 'underline the need for caution and to follow the guidance', Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham tweeted.  By their estimates, cases in the North West are expected to double in 56 days, based on the figures.The numbers were based on figures calculated by July 18 - there is a slight lag in calculating transmission rates.According to the data, the R number was also estimated to be 1.1 in Wales.Only Northern Ireland had a higher R number,

despite Greater Manchester's rising infection rates.The Prime Minister has said that shielding will still end this weekend despite the local lockdown - for everyone except those in Blackburn or Darwen and other high risk areas of the country. But people in Greater Manchester who have been shielding told the Manchester Evening News they would either continue as they were - or venture out reluctantly only because they no longer have the Government's protection and have to go to work.

Andy Burnham has called on the government to change the shielding policy in Greater Manchester TODAY after saying he was unable to explain the thinking behind it.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that different households CAN meet as long as they maintain social distancing.But as a rule, t he new measures means people will be banned from meeting each other inside their homes or in gardens, and prevents members of two different households from mixing in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues.

after infection rates climbed across Greater Manchester and beyond.

Andy Burnham has revealed the rising Covid infection rates that led both Greater Manchester’s leaders and the government to conclude new lockdown restrictions were needed in the region.Numbers for the week to Monday show increases in every part of the conurbation except Rochdale, where numbers are still high but are falling after a series of targeted measures were brought in earlier this month.Trafford and Oldham both saw particularly sharp spikes.

Andy Burnham has pressed the government for more clarity on businesses with outdoor seating areas and gatherings outside.

People won't be able to have visitors in their home OR garden, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said - based on his understanding of the government's confusing local lockdown annoucement.Residents across the region will be able to go to the pub, but they will have to stay within their household or bubble, as far as he understands, Mr Burnham added.Openings - such as bowling alleys and casinos - due on August 1 will be put on hold.Mr Burnham said he understands 'everything else remains

hereUnlike Oldham, Stockport's infection rate has been consistently among the lowest in Greater Manchester since Andy Burnham began giving weekly updates.But the council says that, while the borough's infection rate continues to be ‘well below’ many other areas, there has been a noticeable rise in the number of cases within the 18 to 25 age group.Public health bosses admit this is a ‘growing concern’, although it does not appear to be limited to any particular district or neighbourhood.People

Mayor Andy Burnham announced this week.But behind the grim statistics are human beings who led rich lives.They are mothers, daughters, fathers and sons who will be sorely missed by their families and friends. At the Manchester Evening News , we have vowed to remember the people from our region who have died after contracting Covid-19.