Key Greater Manchester hospitality industry figures preparing legal challenge to new lockdown restrictions

7am: Andy Burnham describes ultimatum as 'provocative'Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham says it is “provocative” of the Government to tell local leaders they have until midday on Tuesday to agree to Tier 3 restrictions or face unilateral Government action.He tells BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “The late-night ultimatum briefed to the media was a slightly provocative move … but I’m going to try to be positive and respond, and see if we can find a way forward.”8.30am: Accusations that the

coronavirus restrictions. The Greater Manchester Mayor said health is 'not just about controlling the virus' and that if 'punishing lockdowns are imposed' over winter, people's mental health will suffer.

predicted we would run out of ICU beds entirely by November 12.

the NHS gives an update on  coronavirus related  fatalities recorded by hospitals trusts in England during the previous 24 hour period.

Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning (Monday) after a leaked document revealed that some of the region's hospitals are already full. Hospitals in Salford, Stockport and Bolton were at maximum capacity by Friday due to the resurgence of coronavirus infections, it claimed.

The Guardian reports.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Sunday October 18 is:Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 263Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 493NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 613Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 6Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 204Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 241Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust -

herePatients were aged between 44 and 99 years old.

coronavirus restrictions - Tier 3 - are now advised they should not leave the area. While those outside of these areas are told they should not enter them unless absolutely necessary.

here Internal projections for Greater Manchester’s hospital system has forecast that Covid admissions could hit April’s peak by the end of October if current trends continue. Projections by Public Health England and the conurbation’s health and social care partnership, leaked to the Manchester Evening News, suggest that if current trends continue, hospitals here could be seeing around 238 new Covid admissions a day by the end of October.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, October 16 is:Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 263Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 492NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 603Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 6Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 204Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 241Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust -

Chronicle Live reports.

coronavirus related fatalities recorded by hospitals trusts in England during the previous 24 hour period.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Tuesday, October 13 are:Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 260Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 484NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 599Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 6Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 200Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 239Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust -

over the weekend was fury, that has now been replaced by unease.On the face of it, council leaders and the mayor - and, a little more quietly, Tory backbenchers - scored a major victory at lunchtime on Monday.After days of rage spilled into national headlines, Greater Manchester’s pubs and restaurants would not be closing for now, confirmed Matt Hancock in a briefing to local MPs.The tone from government on Monday suggested it was not about to take it lying down, however.

set out a new system to simplify lockdown restrictions by placing the country into areas of medium, high and very high alert. Greater Manchester MPs have confirmed that the region will be placed into Tier 2 - high alert, from Wednesday.This means the current ban on different households mixing indoors will continue, but the rule of six will now to apply to gardens and outdoor spaces.

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

hereThe total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Monday, October 12 are:Nationally further 36 people, who tested positive for Covid-19 have died, bringing the total number of confirmed reported deaths in hospitals in England to 30,507.Patients were aged between 31 and 97 years old, NHS England said.All but two patients (aged 81 and 93) had known underlying health conditions.Date of death ranges from October 8 to October 11 with the majority being on or