Bury and the wider region for the next two decades.
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Oldham council has agreed to postpone its vote on the region’s controversial development masterplan to ‘review the options’ for the borough.The decision comes after it emerged the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) is likely to be rejected in Stockport after crunch talks with the opposition parties failed to reach agreement.Yesterday the combined authority issued a statement conceding that negotiations in the borough appeared to have come to the end of the road.The proposals for Oldham,
.Bury and the wider region for the next two decades.
direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 3,800 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.Behind the Covid-19 death statistics that we publish each day are human beings who all had stories to tell.
direct to your inboxFifteen more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 3,915, the latest NHS figures show.Six more Covid-related deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
direct to your inboxTwenty-six more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 3,900, the latest NHS figures show.Nine more Covid-related deaths were recorded by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in its 24 hour data.The trust runs the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), Wythenshawe Hospital, the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Saint Mary's hospital.Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed five new deaths.
direct to your inboxThe latest coronavirus infection rates demonstrate a widening gap between northern and southern boroughs in Greater Manchester.Public Health data from the week ending December 6 shows that boroughs which lie south of the city now have an infection rate lower than the national average.It comes as Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the disparity in rates could see the conurbation split up into different tiers when the government come to review the system next week.He
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direct to your inboxGreater Manchester Police has confirmed it will ‘progress’ investigations into child sexual exploitation in Oldham ahead of the publication of an independent review.In November last year Oldham council and the Oldham Safeguarding Partnership commissioned a review from the Mayor of Greater Manchester into allegations circulating online about abuse in the borough.These chiefly concern ‘shisha bars, taxi companies and children’s homes’, according to the terms of reference for
direct to your inboxForty-six more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after contracting coronavirus.The latest NHS figures bring the region's hospital death toll to 3,833.Thirteen more Covid-19 deaths were recorded by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in their 24 hour data.The trust's figures include those for the Royal Oldham, Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield General and North Manchester General.The Royal Bolton Hospital recorded 12 new deaths while Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh
direct to your inboxTrafford council’s vote on Greater Manchester’s development and employment masterplan has been dropped. Following neighbouring borough Stockport voting down the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework masterplan last week, Trafford council has decided ‘there is no point’ discussing the matter at its full meeting tomorrow night.
direct to your inboxEighteen more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.The region's hospital death toll has now risen to 3,787, the latest NHS figures show.Thirteen new deaths were recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, the organisation in charge of the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Wythenshawe Hospital, Saint Mary's and the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed four new deaths.
direct to your inboxA further 20 people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.The region's hospital death toll has now reached 3,735, the latest NHS figures show.Five more deaths were confirmed at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, the organisation in charge of North Manchester General, the Royal Oldham, Rochdale Infirmary and Fairfield General..Four more Covid deaths were recorded at Stepping Hill Hospital while Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Tameside and Glossop
direct to your inboxTalks over the uncertain future of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) will continue, despite Stockport councillors voting against the proposals.Opposition groups argued that the long-delayed masterplan for jobs and housing favoured the needs of developers over residents, and would lead to unnecessary green belt development.Labour had hoped that by removing or scaling down schemes planned up to 2037, that it could appease Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, and the
direct to your inboxSnow and sleet has started to fall in Greater Manchester for the first time this autumn/winter.The Met Office has forecast that all 10 boroughs will see sleet on Friday, while Oldham is currently experiencing heavy snow.This is set to continue until 5pm this afternoon.No weather warnings have been issued for the region, however there could be some travel disruption in Oldham if the white stuff sets on lower ground.Residents in the borough have shared videos on social media of
with some calling the decision a ‘disgrace’.But speaking at the council’s public engagement board this morning Eleanor Roaf, Trafford’s Director for Public Health, said: “I know there’s been a lot of disappointment in some quarters about the fact that we’re still in tier 3, but I think that even though our rates are lower than some other places that are not in tier 3, we do have to recognise that we’re part of Greater Manchester.“People travel in and out of our borough all the time, for work in
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.
Claims by Salford Tories that they were instrumental in the council deferring approval of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework have been branded ‘bizarre’ by the city’s mayor.Opposition councillors had asked for the controversial housing and jobs masterplan to be called in for further scrutiny at a meeting today, only for it to be cancelled.Thousands of homes are earmarked across the borough including within the borough's green belt, though the majority of new development would fall within
coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Greater Manchester's hospitals.
Manchester council has thrown its weight behind the beleaguered regional masterplan for jobs and housing - despite uncertainty over its future.With no end in sight to the political standoff in Stockport, plans to approve the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) have been postponed in Salford, Trafford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury.Councillors in Manchester were told this week that there was a ‘very high risk’ that the GMSF would not get the support it needed.Under the proposals the city
Rochdale council has postponed tonight’s crunch vote on the controversial Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.It comes after it emerged the long-term development masterplan is unlikely to be approved in Stockport after crisis talks failed.Local leaders yesterday issued a statement conceding that negotiations in the borough appeared to have come to the end of the road.Rochdale council’s cabinet approved the blueprint last week and it was expected to pass at tonight’s (November 25) full council
Manchester Evening News has seen an early internal planning document circulated within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.