Heroin addict broke into church, damaging 500-year-old door and stealing mince pies

Manchester Magistrates' Court heard.

Manchester Evening News reported how Fallowfield, an area with a high-population of students, had become the country's Covid-19 hotspot.All boroughs in Greater Manchester remain in the red alert zone for infection rates.There were a total of 648 cases recorded in the region today, down from 897 yesterday.Although the numbers have flattened over the past couple of days in eight of the region's boroughs, and are down in Bury and Bolton, the rates in Greater Manchester are still heading upwards as

straight to your inbox Jadon Sancho will miss Borussia Dortmund's next match amid continued transfer interest from Manchester United.Sancho has not travelled with the squad for Dortmund's German Super Cup tie with Bayern Munich on Wednesday.

Manchester Evening News only able to confirm cases after being alerted by parents - it's likely there are many more. On Friday we revealed how the number of schools reporting confirmed Covid cases since children returned in September had reached 280.

have been asked to self-isolate and not leave their accommodation for a fortnight.

here"The government has said the 10pm curfew is based on Belgium, but they also have police to disperse people on the streets."My personal feeling is that the curfew is probably doing more harm than good as it’s creating a major incentive for people to carry on drinking and partying at home. And that is where we are told the virus spreads - gatherings in the home."He added: "If it is doing more harm and damaging businesses, then the government shouldn’t just plough on with it.

Stockport and Wigan, bringing the boroughs in line with the rest of Greater Manchester, except Bolton where extra measures apply.

Levenshulme, said she was walking her daughter, Oona, home from school on Thursday (September 24).As Oona was riding her bike along the pavement on a street in Levenshulme, the passenger door of a van opened and hit her.Sophie says her daughter was sent 'flying' into a wall.Thankfully, Oona only suffered cuts and bruises."She’s a little bit shook up but she’s a brave little soldier,” Sophie told the Manchester Evening News.

Builders working on renovations on the Manchester Jewish Museum building have discovered a 150-year-old time capsule buried within its historic synagogue walls.A glass jar, which remains intact thanks to a wax seal, was found hidden deep within a wall cavity in the cornerstone of the original museum building situated on Cheetham Hill Road.The rare find is filled with money, synagogue papers and newspapers dating back to the 1870s.Experts at the museum now believe the artifact was buried around

A paedophile who posed as a younger man online to have sexual chats with a child was caught by an undercover police officer.Steven Marchington, of Chadderton in Oldham, thought he was speaking to a teenage girl when he performed a sex act on himself over webchat.In fact it was an undercover officer who had joined the online forum for teenagers, posing as 13-year-old 'Holly'.Manchester Crown Court heard Marchington messaged the undercover officer under the username David UK, saying he was a

risen again today - to 177.Among the cases confirmed today is the full closure of a second primary school in Greater Manchester.St Luke's Primary in Heywood had already sent home pupils in Years 2, 3 and 6, but now it's been forced to shut to all year groups amid 'staffing issues'.While some schools continue to send home entire year groups, others have more recently been restricting self-isolations to close contacts of confirmed cases - using seating plans to help identify those individuals they

risen again today - to 164. It comes as a new helpline has been set up by the government to make it easier for schools to get advice on what steps to take following a positive test.

coronavirus. It took the primary school pupil three days to get an appointment for a Covid-19 test, despite having a chronic lung condition and asthma.

The mother of Manchester Arena bombing victim Sorrell Leczkowski said she 'may as well be dead' as she paid a moving tribute to her 'precious and perfect' daughter.Sorrell, 14, travelled to the Ariana Grande concert at the Arena with her mum, Samantha, and grandmother, Pauline.Both were seriously injured.Sorrell, who lived with her family in Leeds, tragically lost her life - one of 22 who died in the bombing.Her mum, Samantha, and other family members compiled a highly-emotional statement to the

straight to your inboxBorussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre is proceeding under the assumption Jadon Sancho will not leave the club before the transfer window closes.Manchester United have been negotiating Sancho's salary for almost the entirety of the window and made some headway in talks with the winger's agent, Emeka Obasi, last week. The MEN reported a week ago United were on the lookout for alternatives in the event a move for Sancho, 20, does not materialise.

Reed has now been jailed for 21 months. At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, he was made the subject of a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and a 1- year requirement to sign the sexual offender register.