Locked up: The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week

we reported how Horton Mill Primary School, in Glodwick, Oldham, had closed to all pupils after positive cases involving pupils and staff in several year groups. Elsewhere, The Duke of Norfolk CE Primary in Glossop, Derbyshire, has also shut following two positive cases including a member of the catering team who'd had widespread contact with the rest of the school.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, September 18, currently stands at:Each day the NHS in England publishes the number of deaths recorded by each hospital trust in the last 24-hour period.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.NHS England's daily figures sometimes include previously uncounted deaths and they do not include deaths in care homes or

imposed in Lancashire, Merseyside and the north east, our region has escaped further Covid-19 restrictions at present. Residents in Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bury, Tameside, Rochdale must not host or people they do not live with in private homes and gardens, whether inside or outside of the affected areas.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Thursday, September 17, currently stands at:Each day the NHS in England publishes the number of deaths recorded by each hospital trust in the last 24-hour period.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.NHS England's daily figures sometimes include previously uncounted deaths and they do not include deaths in care homes or

Greater Manchester could escape further Covid-19 restrictions for the time being, the M.E.N.

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.

the total number of positive cases in Greater Manchester increased by more than 50 per cent in one day.There were 576 positive cases confirmed in the region on Wednesday, compared with 374 on Tuesday.But that is likely to have been caused by the backlog of tests that have been taken that took longer to produce a result.A more accurate guide to the bigger picture is the infection rate.Our latest analysis of the data shows that Oldham is still seeing an increase in cases, but the infection rate

new helpline has been set up by the government to make it easier for settings to get advice on what steps to take following a positive case.

criminal offences over the past week, with M.E.N.

coronavirus infection rates soar in the last few weeks. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust both recorded one more death.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, September 11, currently stands at: Meanwhile in Greater Manchester, the latest figures show there are sharp increases in coronavirus infection rates in every single borough.

coronavirus cases.The latest data on coronavirus infection rates shows an increase in every Greater Manchester borough except Trafford.Bolton's rate continues to soar and has now reached 121.7 cases per 100,000 people.On Friday (September 4) health secretary Matt Hancock said that the easing has been made possible due to the hard work of 'residents, communities and local authorities', to bring infection rates down.He announced that casinos, bowling alleys and other leisure facilities can re-open

court cases that were widely reported, across the country, last month.

criminal offences with M.E.N. reporters there to cover the most serious.

Salford has entered coronavirus red alert after the number of new infections in the city increased.

court cases  our reporters have covered in August.

remain in place in Oldham - which still has the highest infection rate in the region.Residents there can no longer socialise with anyone outside their household and can only use public transport if essential.Wigan, which has the lowest infection rate, remains lifted out of the increased measures.Meanwhile Salford, Bury, Manchester, Tameside and Rochdale all remain in local lockdown.Residents in these areas must continue to adhere to the rules which prohibit two households from meeting indoors 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.

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.

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