Manchester council leader calls for £14m-a-month shielding programme, rather than 'dubious' Tier 3 lockdown which would cost 'five times as much'

after the university erected mental fencing at halls of residences at Owens Park and Unsworth Park.The university have since apologised for the "concern" and "distress" caused by the move, as they agreed to remove the fencing entirely.Bosses claim the fencing was put in place on Thursday morning - which coincided with the first day of lockdown - as a response to a number of concerns raised about security at the site.But students reacted with anger about how the decision had been communicated,

in response to the government’s approach to lockdown measures in the region. Senior councillors approved the £2m project in August as part of a wider vision to improve Manchester city centre’s largest public square and crackdown on antisocial behaviour.

straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United have come full circle again. Nemanja Matic was an auxiliary centre half in Jose Mourinho's last month as manager of United after Ed Woodward refused to sign a centre-back and, almost two years on, he was back there again.

Pennine Acute, which runs Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, The Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary, recorded 21 more deaths.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) chief Ian Hopkins has joined his counterparts at the Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbia forces in signing the letter ahead of the implementation of new nationwide restrictions, which are set to come into force on Thursday.

Manchester Airport says the government needs to  urgently come forward with a support package for the aviation industry - and introduce passenger testing or risk thousands of jobs.

operators are now legally required to make customers aware of this.

Greater Manchester may be offered millions in extra funding to accept the strictest coronavirus restrictions as Boris Johnson seeks to prevent a lockdown revolt and mayor Andy Burnham presses for a Commons vote to break the “impasse”.The Labour mayor was said to have had a “constructive” conversation with the Prime Minister’s chief strategic adviser, Sir Edward Lister, over the weekend and further talks have been scheduled for Monday.Senior Conservatives, including the influential chairman of

Chorlton.In January, Manchester Council announced it would be undergoing a major review into how new buildings and investments met the city’s high development standards.Running from February until May, the review received a total of 562 responses via emails and online comments.247 comments, accounting for 44 percent of the total responses, were in opposition of Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) aims to sell the Ryebank Fields site.Manchester Council declared the Chorlton site to be ‘by

straight to your inboxSergio Aguero has returned to the Manchester City starting line-up for the first time in three and a half months.City take on Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, with the pressure on to return to winning ways after a draw and defeat in their last two Premier League games. And Pep Guardiola has called upon Aguero after he recovered ahead of schedule from knee surgery suffered in June.

Trafford council has warned families to follow local lockdown rules and not knock on doors for sweets this year.

coronavirus in the north west, the health secretary has said. Matt Hancock made the claim in response to comments from Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, who accused the government of treating the region as a 'canary in the coal mine'.

in their vision for a ‘vibrant’ zero-carbon neighbourhood.

Andy Burnham says he is due to hold a meeting with the country's deputy chief medical officer today with regards to the new local lockdown system.

The Conservative leader of Bolton council has demanded an immediate apology from the Labour Party after Sir Keir Starmer claimed he backed a national circuit break during Prime Minister’s Questions.Addressing Boris Johnson, the Labour leader said this lunchtime: “He probably hasn’t noticed that this morning, the council leaders in Greater Manchester...including the mayor and including the Conservative leader of Bolton Council, have said in a press statement that they support a circuit-break

A new £12m ‘cold weather fund’ to help rough sleepers into accommodation and keep them Covid-safe over the winter has been announced by the government.But Manchester council say the funding does not go far enough, while homelessness charities have warned that plans to reopen communal night shelters could risk lives.The fund will be split into a £10m cold weather payment to support local authorities in providing self-contained accommodation.An additional £2m will be made available to faith groups

Bosses say they will be able to contain the economic fallout of the pandemic during the current 2020/21 financial year - but a bleak picture has been painted for the years to come.

Manchester Evening News can reveal.

and have promised to build a ‘vibrant new neighbourhood’ in its place.