Northern cities bite back in the battle for Covid control

Now more passengers are returning to the service in order to get to, and from, work, they will rightly expect to be able to access the Internet as part of their travel experience.

The 2020 New York Marathon, which draws runners from all over the world, has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus. The marathon usually takes place on the first Sunday in November.

hereAmong the speakers is leading British Nurse and Pride of Britain Awards recipient Dame Elizabeth Anionwu.

double murder investigation is underway after shots were fired at around 12.55am on Sunday (June 21).

despite local residents telling the MEN that it was attended by up to 200 people and had a DJ, PA system and gazebos. His comments came after Greater Manchester Police also insisted that the shooting happened at 'an unplanned, spontaneous gathering' and not a rave.

The number of hospital patients dying from Covid in Greater Manchester has halved this week, from 28 to 14.Andy Burnham outlined the latest trends here at his weekly press conference, in which he also highlighted a ‘significant reduction’ in patients in intensive care, adding: “The overall picture is moving in the right direction.”The number of new cases appears to have currently stabilised at between 200 and 250 a week, compared to the height of the crisis, when numbers were closer to

have for weeks now been questioning how this will work in reality - and how it will practicably be enforced.

warned headteachers away from welcoming more pupils back.

Plans for a 200km network of temporary cycle lanes have been boosted after Manchester council agreed to work with neighbouring boroughs proposing routes into the city.Greater Manchester has tabled a £21.5m bid for government funding to cover the pop-up lanes - which will cover 94km of major roads - and wider measures to improve walking and cycling in the city-region.Mayor Andy Burnham said the final decision rested with local leaders and stressed that the current proposals were ‘not the finished

Greater Manchester leaders have pledged to build ‘stronger dialogue’ with local black communities in the wake of the ‘callous murder’ of George Floyd.

Council chiefs are asking residents to tell them which streets and pavements are unsafe as the town hall prepares to use £500k to improve Oldham’s highways.

A mum who ­organised her own funeral after being told she had aggressive cancer has been given the all-clear after three years of hell.

Andy Burnham has joined a number of scientific advisors in arguing that the UK government's easing of the lockdown restrictions is happening too soon.

Nearly £5m will be spent relaunching a scheme helping get Greater Manchester’s rough sleepers off the streets to provide safer accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.