More than 4,000 coronavirus cases recorded across Greater Manchester

were told today the figure may change as more data is released by the national test and trace system.

Tougher restrictions on funerals and public transport in Oldham are to be scrapped as Greater Manchester is due to be placed under ‘Tier 2’ coronavirus rules, an MP has said.The region has reportedly escaped a ‘Tier 3′ shutdown of pubs and bars, but households will continue to be banned from meeting inside, it is understood.Oldham West and Royton MP Jim McMahon tweeted following a video call with Health Secretary Matt Hancock, in which he confirmed that the rules would be changing for Oldham and

They found that a lack of communication and information at handovers contributed to his death, as well as misinterpretation of instructions; a break-down in radio communication; the internal layout of the building; inadequate fire risk assessment, and acts of vandalism and criminal damage.

The rate of coronavirus infection remains high across Greater Manchester - with hundreds of people testing positive each week.All 10 boroughs remain at the Government's 'red alert' level.Manchester continues to the be the worst affected area in the region and remains one of the UK's coronavirus hotspots.There were 2,715 positive tests in the city in the week up to October 7, according to the latest figures published by Public Health England.That's a slight increase of 21 on the week before.But

unable to confirm whether restrictions in Oldham were stricter than in other areas of Greater Manchester.

unable to confirm whether restrictions in Oldham were stricter than in other areas of Greater Manchester. But, as anyone who's tried to decipher the region's various and ever-changing local lockdown rules over the last few months can attest, the situation is pretty confusing.

More than 100 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in Oldham in 24 hours for the first time in the pandemic as a backlog of cases are added to the statistics.The grim milestone comes as a technical issue across the UK led to more than 15,000 people not being entered into the Test and Trace system last week, and there was a delay in adding them to the figures between September 25 and October 2.As a result the numbers of new coronavirus cases in Oldham have soared at the end of last month and

coronavirus cases in both boroughs continuing to rise. The latest figures today show Manchester's rate at 335.9 cases per 100,000 - one of the worst in the country - and Oldham's at 177.1.

Boris Johnson suggested people did not have to strictly follow local lockdown guidance as long as they 'show common sense.' He was also unable to confirm whether restrictions in Oldham were stricter than in other areas of Greater Manchester. It comes after health secretary Matt Hancock told MPs this week that the government was bringing restrictions in Bolton in line with the rest of the region.

confirmed more than 200 students and staff have tested positive for coronavirus in the past ten days.

hereA Transport for Greater Manchester spokesman said they were using a mix of single and double trams across the network.Danny Vaughn, head of Metrolink, said: "We are using all the trams available to us and running as many doubles as possible across the network."Unfortunately, it is not possible to run every service as a double or have our entire fleet on the network at any one time."He said regular maintenance - as well as vehicle removals due to damage or extra maintenance - also led to

The publishing of ethnicity data about who is getting infected with Covid-19 has led to residents in Oldham being ‘racially abused’ and discriminated against, a councillor claims.Speaking at a meeting of the borough’s scrutiny panels, Councillor Shoab Akhtar, who represents Werneth ward, asked whether any other local authorities had chosen to make the ethnic breakdown of new coronavirus cases public.Oldham council publishes statistics weekly about how many cases of the virus have been recorded

have been asked to self-isolate and not leave their accommodation for a fortnight.

“We have taken this decision to protect our pupils and staff, whose safety is always our highest priority."Some schools which already had a number of children isolating have sent further groups home, including Fairfield High School for Girls in Droylsden where there's been another confirmed case in Year 10 and at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Oldham, where the Nursery and Reception bubble is now also isolating.Elton High in Bury has also had another confirmed case, which has affected a small

in Oldham which left emergency workers injured.Police were called to reports of a fight outside a pub on Fircroft Road on Wednesday (September 23). As part of their enquiries, officers then visited a house on Bankfield Drive and were assaulted.They suffered minor injuries, a spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said.

Bury in second place and Bolton remaining the highest in England, with 212.8 cases per 100,000.

A paedophile who posed as a younger man online to have sexual chats with a child was caught by an undercover police officer.Steven Marchington, of Chadderton in Oldham, thought he was speaking to a teenage girl when he performed a sex act on himself over webchat.In fact it was an undercover officer who had joined the online forum for teenagers, posing as 13-year-old 'Holly'.Manchester Crown Court heard Marchington messaged the undercover officer under the username David UK, saying he was a

Longsight, currently the worst hit area in Manchester, there's fear and confusion about what that might mean.