Gym offering free sessions for a month to unemployed and furloughed residents of Greater Manchester

hereSaturday will be breezy, but the wind is expected to calm down from Sunday.It is going to start getting much colder after the sun goes down however, with some 'chilly' nights now on the cards.Today (Thursday), conditions are expected to turn wet and cloudy in the north west, although the winds will stay light.During the afternoon, a period of more prolonged rain may creep into the south of the region.Winds will be light, with maximum temperatures of 18 °C.There are expected to be showers or

Greater Manchester coronavirus press conference, Stockport council leader Elise Wilson said the borough's infection rates were within the government's 'acceptable levels'. She added: "Our infection data is showing a continued downward trend across all our areas."The levels that we have at the moment are within the government's acceptable levels.

Greater Manchester Police is receiving a huge surge in calls related to mental health as a result of the pandemic, it has emerged. On average, 60 officers a day are dealing with calls from people struggling with mental health - double the normal amount.Bev Hughes, the Deputy Mayor, says GMP has set up a fortnightly gold command meeting with partners including those in mental health service to try and address the problem.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said that Bolton has the backing of Greater Manchester's leaders.He said: "There's a very much changed position in Bolton and Stockport and consistent with what we said last week where Wigan had a very different position, we're obviously following that approach this week."There's a political consensus within those boroughs now to ask the government to remove the restriction on social gatherings in the home introduced at the back end of July."Mr Burnham will

coronavirus.

In a U-turn on Tuesday, the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson said the government had changed its stance on the wearing of face masks in school settings.

Marcus Rashford has hinted at a new project after asking vulnerable families in Greater Manchester to get in touch with him.

the Guardian reports.

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

Wigan will be removed from local lockdown measures which were implemented last month on Wednesday (August 26).

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

Coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester are continuing to fall, with cases in Oldham dropping by over 100 in the space of a week.A day after the Government announced tighter restrictions for the borough, the rate fell from 71.7 to 63.7.In the week ending August 19, there were 820 cases of Covid-19 across Greater Manchester, the lowest seven-day total since August 2.The infection rate across nine out of the ten boroughs is continuing to fall, with only a minor increase in cases in

hereThe latest data gives infection rates up until Sunday, August 16, as there is a delay of up to three days before the full results are reported.The weekly infection rate in Oldham rose slightly, to 84.4 per 100,000 population but there continues to be a downward trend in the borough, with cases falling by 20 per cent week-on-week.However, infection rates are still rising in Manchester, Salford and Bury.Manchester had an infection rate of 49.0 per 100,000 population in the week up to August 16

higher number of cases than Alexander Park and Werneth.But both Oldham neighbourhoods have seen a fall in the number of infections over the last week with Alexandra Park's figure dropping by more than a third from 72 to 44.Elsewhere there's a concentration of cases around central and east Manchester with Piccadilly, Ancoats, Ardwick, Beswick, Openshaw, Belle Vue, West Gorton and Levenshulme North all reporting between 10 and 13 cases.Meanwhile, the number of cases in Wigan remains the lowest in

published by NHS England, includes hospital discharges from March 20,  the first day of national lockdown, until August 9.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Monday, August 17 is: The latest available figures show two Greater Manchester boroughs are currently are showing an upward trend in  coronavirus  infections.

Up to 6,000 children who normally would have been referred to social services in Greater Manchester have potentially been missed during lockdown.Social care professionals are calling for a change in approach to tackle the ‘hidden harm’ faced by children who are stuck at home with abusive family members while schools remain closed.Alison Alexander, the CEO of children’s services support organisation Cornerstone, said referrals have dropped in many parts of the UK by 50pc, and by up to 75pc in

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Greater Manchester's local lockdown will continue.Stricter rules on social gatherings announced last week will continue here, in West Yorkshire and Leicester.Preston has also been added to the list of places where households are banned from gathering in the homes and gardens of others.

Royal Bolton Hospital because they are too scared of catching Covid-19.