Nearly 1,000 people applied for ONE job at a Manchester restaurant

Eat Out to Help Out scheme. After months of enforced closures with only takeaway trade to rely on, many have had little or no money coming in.And with lots of people still understandably anxious about going out, or having less money to spend themselves if their jobs have been affected, businesses still have a battle on their hands to get back to pre-lockdown levels of trade.

straight to your inboxHere are the latest Manchester City evening headlines on Thursday August 6. Barcelona to land Eric Garcia after he tells City he wants to leaveEric Garcia has turned down a new contract at Manchester City and is now set to leave the club.

“hospitality business” in the city. Health chiefs said the contained outbreak presented “no perceived additional risk to the public” and test and trace was used to ensure those affected were supported.

expressed their frustrations at having the new restrictions imposed despite the relatively low rate of infection in the borough.

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.

Manchester Evening News Facebook page: "Doesn’t seem fair that we can go to pubs restaurants and shop amongst people we have never met but cannot see our loved ones who we know have followed all the previous rules." Jo Rowbotham said: "So I can go to Alton Towers with thousands of random people, but not have my brother round for a piece of our should have been our wedding day cake tomorrow?"No wonder people are ignoring lockdown, it's madness."Alex Aspin said: "It’s very clear where you can

Manchester Evening News has contacted the DHSC asking for clarification.However Mr Hancock has been ridiculed on social media for what is being described as muddled messaging.Many said they had pre-existing plans and needed to know if there allowed or not.Richard Cook said on Twitter: "Matt 'Crystal Clear' Hancock just contradicted the advice on BBC Breakfast TV. "He confirmed that If you live in the affected areas, you can visit someone’s home as long as you follow SD guidelines.

find a participating restaurant near you here - but we've trawled through them to bring you all the city centre establishments registered so far, below.

hereThe draw was made on July 14 and the numbers on that date were 11, 22, 30, 37, 47 and the Lucky Star numbers were 9 and 10.

Covid-19.The region's hospital death toll now remains at 2,134, the latest NHS figures show. Another four deaths were recorded at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Stepping Hill Hospital.One further death was recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

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Mama Z, have also reported receiving similar messages in recent weeks. Simon says it's the timing of the request that is particularly galling, with restaurants operating at reduced capacities and revenue after making next to nothing during months of lockdown.He says: "Using influencers isn't the problem in my opinion, I've used them in the past.

vocal on the issue. He described those who fail to turn up to bookings as 'disgraceful, shortsighted and downright unhelpful'.

There will be 41 properties built across three parcels of land - including the old Falcon pub site - and future residents' will pay rent at no more than 80pc of the local market rate.

just fill out the form here.Your free listing will be displayed in an interactive widget in all our What’s On content, putting it in front of millions of readers a day, who’ll be able to search for places open near them by entering their postcode.We also pledge to keep a spotlight on the struggles of theatres, nightclubs, music venues and other establishments not able to safely resume their normal activities yet, and campaign for the support they still need.The impact will be felt harder now