Manchester Council ends involvement with Levenshulme Bee Network to head in 'new direction'

here“It’s younger people now, and not ill enough to be in hospital,” they said of those testing positive.Senior figures hope that the move to a major incident will be enough to avoid a Leicester-style full-on lockdown of the economy, which can only be implemented by the health secretary.Several said that was not currently on the horizon, but conceded it would depend on how the picture plays out.“If the situation worsens, then clearly other measures will have to be urgently considered,” said

despite Greater Manchester's rising infection rates.The Prime Minister has said that shielding will still end this weekend despite the local lockdown - for everyone except those in Blackburn or Darwen and other high risk areas of the country. But people in Greater Manchester who have been shielding told the Manchester Evening News they would either continue as they were - or venture out reluctantly only because they no longer have the Government's protection and have to go to work.

straight to your inboxGood evening, Manchester United fans. Here are your evening headlines for Friday, June 31.Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Raul Jimenez has been linked with a move to Manchester United in the Portuguese broadcaster RTP, but MEN Sport understands the Mexican is not being considered by the Reds.

Residents in Greater Manchester have been told to 'cancel' any plans to visit Scotland.The message from Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Friday (July 31), came just 12 hours after it was announced more than four million people will face tougher lockdown restrictions, including in parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire.Scottish people are advised to avoid travel to areas in northern England facing the new tougher restrictions after a spike in coronavirus cases.Travel between

Rusholme this weekend to 'ensure public safety' during Eid celebrations.

Loudspeakers will be installed at Salford Quays in an attempt to deter people from jumping from bridges into the canal.It comes after almost 200 lockdown breaches were reported in a single month.Hundreds of people have flocked to the area during spells of warm weather since April - with some coming from as far away as Wigan borough.Teenagers and adults have been spotted leaping into the Manchester Ship Canal from the Detroit Bridge, or taking part in unauthorised swimming, despite these

straight to your inbox Manchester United fans were jumping to the conclusion that Paul Pogba is staying at the club after he celebrated the club's return to the Champions League on social media. United went into Sunday's game at Leicester only needing a point to secure a return to European club football's premier competition but emerged with all three after goals from Bruno Fernandes and Jesse Lingard.

METZ have shared a new single titled ‘A Boat to Drown In’, alongside a new album announcement.‘A Boat to Drown In’ is lifted from METZ’ forthcoming fourth full-length, ‘Atlas Vending’, following 2017’s ‘Strange Peace’. The album was co-produced by the band and Ben Greenburg, and mixed and engineered by Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.The new track premiered with an accompanying music video directed by Tony Wolski.

if the latest round of government funding falls short of what is needed to cover the outstanding deficit.

Council bosses are seeking to recover all the costs of repairing two historic Tameside landmarks from the driver who crashed into them.The Grade II listed Trough and cast iron transformer at the junction of Manchester Road and Audenshaw Road were badly damaged in an early morning collision at the end of May.The granite horse and cattle drinking trough, which has been in place in Fairfield in Audenshaw since 1879, was smashed into several pieces after a BMW mounted the pavement and collided with

straight to your inbox Joao Cancelo can help Manchester City for years to come if he can keep his current attitude, according to Pep Guardiola. The Portugal international signed from Juventus for £60m last summer aiming to take over from Kyle Walker at right-back but it has been such a largely frustrating campaign that even his future at the club has been left uncertain.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has stuck to his word and rotated his Manchester City side again to face Watford.Guardiola said a number of the players who started the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Arsenal would keep their places, but that he also planned to make changes and allow all of his squad numbers get some playing time in the final two games of the season.So against Watford, in the final away game of the campaign, Guardiola made four changes, with Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva and Phil

Two new COVID-19 officers have been employed by the council.The two officers will be on hand to help businesses to reopen as lockdown begins to ease and provide advice and information on government guidelines.While they don’t have any enforcement powers, they can and will report breaches of social distancing or other issues to the council and police who will then deal with any interventions needed.The officers will work alongside other council services provide advice and support directly to

hereThe move is designed to help prevent a second peak of the coronavirus which has been linked to 45,000 deaths in the UK.But the leader of the Greater Manchester branch of the Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file members, insisted stretched bobbies already have enough to do and won't have time to enforce it.

Manchester council says the discovery of peregrine falcons nesting in the town hall should be celebrated despite delaying the building's restoration.Having at one time been close to extinction in the UK, the bird of prey’s numbers are now increasing as the protected species have adapted to nest on tall buildings.It is the first time in several years that the birds - the fastest animals on Earth - have made the town hall’s clock tower their home.Peregrines are provided with the highest category

Bury Council has revealed the huge amount of money its lost through suspended parking charges as a result of lockdown.

Newton Heath, Harpurhey, Moston and Collyhurst.Kyron Blackley, 18, from Harpurhey, committed 41 offences during a period of around nine months last year.These included four robberies in which a knife, machete or hammer were used. The victim of one incident - a disabled man - considered ending his own life.Another, a Deliveroo rider who sought refuge in the UK, now wants to leave the country.Blackley and his associates 'bragged' about their crimes on Snapchat.

herePosting on Twitter, Wigan Council said: "Each week, we will publish a Covid-19 tracker for the borough showing the latest info over the last 7 days."This week, we can confirm that Wigan Borough has the lowest rate of new cases in Greater Manchester and new cases continue to reduce each week."Our rates are now a the lowest since mid-March.

straight to your inboxFootball is a curious thing at times.Manchester City are still on course to have a better season than Manchester United ’s famed Treble winners, and yet there is a view that they have had a disappointing campaign. Yesterday’s defeat at Southampton was a stark reminder of the old adage that you are only as good as your last game.