"Local lockdown" plans being drawn up in case of Covid-19 flare-up in Renfrewshire

Greater Manchester's biggest breweries and pub chains have pleaded with punters to behave responsibly as the region's local lockdown measures continue.The government announced today that restrictions on social gatherings will continue for at least another week, banning people from meeting members of other households indoors - including inside pubs and bars.Groups of up to six people from any number of households - or larger groups from no more than two households - are still allowed to socialise

The government announced on Friday that local lockdown restrictions in Greater Manchester will remain.The latest evidence does not show a decrease in the number of cases per 100,000 people in the area, therefore the Health Secretary, in collaboration with local leaders, has agreed that the rules must remain in place for at least another week.It means the measures on social gatherings, which were urgently announced two weeks ago, will continue in a bid to tackle increasing cases of the deadly

MyBolton and The Manchester Evening News that his comments had been taken out of context. He said: "Some of the BAME community are responsible, but it was wrong of me to say the whole community."For various reasons, the BAME community must take some responsibility, as must Public Health England and the government."Everyone must share some blame for the fact we are in lockdown.

Bolton but a week later, on August 7, the seven-day total had risen to 81, an increase of over 42 per cent.

Trafford has seen the most marked decline in the infection rate in the first week of local lockdown. The chart shows that cases rose rapidly in the middle of July but actually peaked a couple of days before the new restrictions were brought in on July 30.

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.

hereLabour estimated the funding could support an additional 15,000 businesses in areas with local restrictions.Shadow minister for business and consumers Ms Powell said: "It's a week since local restrictions were put in place in Greater Manchester, and West Yorkshire, yet there has been zero extra support for struggling businesses caught up in this public health crisis."We're seeing a wave of redundancies across the high street, threatening jobs and livelihoods, which could lead to ghost towns,

it would be ‘impossible’ to lift the measures in boroughs with low infection rates as Covid-19 was ‘endemic’ across the region.

households in the area will be banned from mixing indoor s or in gardens.

highest infection rates in Greater Manchester - although the numbers have been falling in recent weeks - and last month introduced its own set of measures aimed at halting the spread of the virus. Andy Palombo, secretary of the Rochdale, Bury and District Sunday Football League, said he understood the need for precautions, but described the move as 'frustrating'.

Lostock ward in Bolton, has spoken out amid calls for him to resign over the comments he made on social media last week. The Facebook post, made following the government's announcement of a local lockdown on Thursday, was met with heavy criticism and has led to him being suspended by the local party.

Aberdeen has woken up to its first full day of lockdown after tighter restrictions were imposed by the Scottish Government. The streets of the Granite City were left completely empty as all bars and restaurants shut their doors at 5pm on Wednesday evening.Nicola Sturgeon enforced Scotland’s first local lockdown after a spike in cases emerged in the city over the course of the week.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/no-plans-impose-lanarkshire-lockdown-22398658Aberdeen residents woke up this morning to being back in lockdown as the first local crackdown is implemented in Scotland.Bars, cafes and restaurants in the city have shut for at least seven days and more than 228,000 residents were told they can't enter each other's homes or travel further than five miles.Following the outbreak at the Sitel call centre last month, where staff members were advised to

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.

Aberdeen have been ordered to close following a large spike in coronavirus cases.

coronavirus cluster, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said today.