Hospitals are struggling under pressure as general beds fill up with Covid-19 patients - leaving people waiting hours longer than they should for emergency help in A&E.
17.10.2021 - 21:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A drunk thug who joined in on a brutal attack against a homeless man and a coward who broke into his ex-girlfriend's house then slashed her with a knife.
These are just two examples of the dangerous offenders jailed for shocking crimes in our region this week.
A man found with more £1,000 worth of crack cocaine hidden in an intimate place and a caretaker who initially escaped jail despite sharing vile indecent images of children were put behind bars too.
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Hospitals are struggling under pressure as general beds fill up with Covid-19 patients - leaving people waiting hours longer than they should for emergency help in A&E.
Latest data shows 850 fewer Covid cases were recorded across Greater Manchester in the week to October 31.
As people mill about Bury town centre on market day, it is only the sight of masks on some shoppers' faces that serve as a reminder of the pandemic.
The top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include environmental protesters gluing themselves to the M56 motorway - leading to 11 arrests - and the school locked down after a hoax report of a gunman outside.
An area of Stockport is currently the biggest Covid hotspot in Greater Manchester, according to the latest data.
You can put your brolly and cagoule away for now.
The top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include yobs who attacked police, firefighters and the public in Stockport and the dog-walker fighting for his life in hospital after a hit-and-run collision.
Confirmed cases of coronavirus fell by more than 1,000 across Greater Manchester as a whole in a week, latest official data shows.
Larges areas of Greater Manchester remain under 'flood alert' warnings tonight after days of heavy rainfall.
A man who brutally murdered his estranged wife as one of their two young children slept in the next bedroom and a 'thoroughly good' dad unmasked as a drugs boss were just two of the criminals locked up in the region in October.
Booster Covid-19 vaccines are now being offered at walk-in sites across Greater Manchester this week as the vaccine programme ramps up again for winter.
Greater Manchester is set to be hit by further rainfall tonight and into tomorrow - Tuesday.
Just over 40 per cent of schools in Greater Manchester have been visited for 12-15-year-olds to receive their first vaccine - and all school visits have now been booked to take place by the end of November.
These are the dopey criminals whose foolish actions saw them end up in the dock.
A nurse who took her Mercedes to a car wash after her son shot someone on the back seat and two t hugs embroiled in a petty feud who blew up a home with the family still inside were just some of the offenders jailed in our region this week.
Coronavirus infection rates are continuing to rise in all ten Greater Manchester boroughs, official figures on Saturday show.
Outgoing Manchester council chief Sir Richard Leese will take charge of the NHS in the region as he becomes chair of a major new health board, it has been announced.
Plans to change Manchester Arena’s premises licence have been approved by the council - despite initial concerns from police and licensing officers.
A Greater Manchester Police officer who repeatedly sexually assaulted a young girl has been dismissed from the police.
A Greater Manchester Police officer has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman during a night out in the city centre.