Millions to be offered Covid booster vaccine this autumn

David Oliver is an experienced NHS consultant physician and medical writer from Manchester.

Fans of My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings star Paddy Doherty are sending "love and healing" messages after he revealed he is back in hospital amid ongoing health problems after his battle with Covid. The TV star posted a video on his Instagram page updating fans from his hospital bed.

England's Lionesses are on the cusp of making history after storming to the Euro 2022 final at Wembley this weekend. A record-breaking crowd of lucky spectators will be at Wembley as the host nation takes on Germany - with the chance to finally 'bring football home'.

The percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 decreased in England, Wales, and Scotland, although rates remain high. Infections decreased in all English regions and age groups, except for in the North East, where the trend was uncertain in the latest week of figures available from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), ending July 20, 2022.

They might be mother and daughter on Coronation Street but Tina O'Brien and her on-screen daughter Lucy Fallon proved they're the beste of friends off-screen as they enjoyed a night out together. Mother-of-two Tina, 38, who has long been a familiar face in the iconic TV soap, looked fantastic in a flower printed body con skirt and white T-shirt as she showed off her legs in a pair of ankle boots.

The annual Manchester Food and Drink Festival Award nominations have landed, with some of the city’s best bars, restaurants and food producers all in the running for gongs. Up for the coveted restaurant of the year are 10 Tib Lane, Erst, The Sparrows, Another Hand, Mana, Where the Light Gets In and The Firehouse.

Millions of pounds in funding is being directed at anti-social behaviour hotspots across Greater Manchester. Three boroughs will benefit from the £2.4 million of cash, called the ‘Safer Streets Fund’.

A mum says she felt “like a monster” - even hiding her face from her daughter - when an attack of cystic acne refused to respond to antibiotics. Now she is finally able to leave the house after her mother treated her to an £85 “miracle cure".

The cost of a school meal in Salford is to rise for the first time in three years. Members of the city council's cabinet have"reluctantly" agreed to the rise of 10p to £2.20 which will take effect on January 1 2023.

Jamie Carragher has offered a boost to Pep Guardiola and Manchester City before Liverpool resume their Premier League battle with the Blues next month.

In the heart of Bolton lies one of the biggest car breakers in the country which has made serious money out of exporting used car parts to countries as far wide as Nigeria and Poland.

The knock-on effects of the latest coronavirus peak will be felt for 'some months' by NHS hospital and care services, Manchester's public health director has warned. However, the country is now cresting the wave of infections and should see a decline.

Another round of Covid-19 booster vaccines is being offered to certain groups of people this autumn. The national recommendations come with advice for pregnant women, immunosuppressed people and their households, carers and more.

Covid-19 is once more piling pressure on an already strained NHS, according to Greater Manchester health chiefs. Staff absences as a result of coronavirus are seeing shortages in hospitals, GP surgeries, and community care.

Rio Ferdinand has offered advice to Manchester United youngsters who are on the pre-season tour with the first team squad.

Adam Thomas has been praised by his fans as he did a good deed over the weekend. The former Emmerdale actor headed to his local Sainsbury's and decided to pay the staff back - before revealing it as compensation for his supermarket habit.

Manchester council will sell land in Wythenshawe at a discount as part of a deal set to deliver new environmentally-friendly social housing on the site. Wythenshawe Community Housing Group has been offered the unused site once home to a pub off Greenwood Road and Gladeside Road for £310,000.

An NHS doctor has warned that the heatwave and the surge in cases of Covid-19 in England are resulting in a “nightmare” for health workers. Dr Claire Bronze, 38, who is an A&E consultant in London, said she is worried about the effect the hot weather will have on patients and staff.