Online child sex abuse increases by a fifth in one year in Greater Manchester

"Whitefield is like Tesco's for car thieves," says Maureen Patel.She has a point.CCTV footage of two criminals trying to take her husband's BMW 3 series captures their arrogant belief that they are untouchable.At 3.45am on Tuesday they arrived outside her home in the Bury suburb.As one wafts an amplifier in front of the porch windows of their house the other, holding a transmitter in his hand, gets into the car.He has no balaclava, no hoodie, over his face, and is tiptoeing on the driveway in

hereGMP said it has a Covid-19 contingency plan in place to minimise the impact on police resources, but said the virus 'remains an on-going concern for us as an emergency service'.The force added that following any positive tests among staff, 'internal track and trace protocols are launched and if there are indications that there is learning then we work with both individuals and the organisation to effect changes to minimise future infections amongst our staff.' During the first peak of

coronavirus tests were recorded in a week in Greater Manchester for the first time, the latest figures show.

coronavirus.

The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Saturday, September 19, currently stands at:Each day the NHS in England publishes the number of deaths recorded by each hospital trust in the last 24-hour period.These are deaths where the person had tested positive for the virus or where COVID-19 was mentioned on their death certificate.NHS England's daily figures sometimes include previously uncounted deaths and they do not include deaths in care homes or

new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, the biggest daily total since May 8.That means Greater Manchester has contributed around 14pc of the total, considerably bigger than the region's proportion of the total UK population.The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed after testing in the UK since the pandemic began has now hit 374,228.In addition, the Department of Health has recorded a further 20 deaths in the UK in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 41,684.Separate figures

Royal Bolton Hospital issued a desperate plea for residents to stop visiting its emergency department in an attempt to get tested.

scrapped in 2017 - after it was found that it could lead to re-offending.Two years ago, the man who abused Becky was released from prison - that phone call to tell her the news was a big shock.But his release into the community triggered a surprising and courageous response in the filmmaker - to explore herself whether sex offenders can ever really change their behaviours.“No one wants to help these people but they also don’t want them to re-offend,” Becky told the Manchester Evening

reported here last month by the Manchester Evening News.Information about hospital discharges is not published by the government every day but statistics are sometimes released by individual hospital Trusts, and are released monthly by NHS England.

coronavirus infection rates soar in the last few weeks. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust both recorded one more death.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, September 11, currently stands at: Meanwhile in Greater Manchester, the latest figures show there are sharp increases in coronavirus infection rates in every single borough.

four different sets of local restrictions in a fortnight in a desperate bid to control the spread of the virus.Hospitality businesses such as bars, restaurants and cafes, are now only allowed to operate takeaway services and must be closed by 10pm.The data for September 10 also reveals a major rise in infections in Oldham.The rate has risen from 58.2 cases per 100,000 people to 73.0.The increases are also significant in Tameside, from 72.0 to 84.8, Salford from 70.7 to 82.3, Manchester from 64.9

coronavirus cases.Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use a press conference later today (Wednesday) to announce the change in the law after the number of daily positive Covid-19 cases in the UK rose to almost 3,000.The legal limit on social gatherings will be reduced from 30 - which the law allowed if people were from no more than two households - to six.Groups of more than six can be broken up by police.The new rule will apply to gatherings indoors and outdoors - including private homes, parks,

coronavirus.

coronavirus cases.The latest data on coronavirus infection rates shows an increase in every Greater Manchester borough except Trafford.Bolton's rate continues to soar and has now reached 121.7 cases per 100,000 people.On Friday (September 4) health secretary Matt Hancock said that the easing has been made possible due to the hard work of 'residents, communities and local authorities', to bring infection rates down.He announced that casinos, bowling alleys and other leisure facilities can re-open

15 schools have had to tell some pupils they must now stay at home for a fortnight.Although hospital admissions are not yet significantly rising, there are fears it is only a matter of time before the virus spreads to more vulnerable people.Figures released by NHS England today showed two more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester’s hospitals.The region's hospital death toll now stands at 2,199.Both deaths were reported at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation

Salford has entered coronavirus red alert after the number of new infections in the city increased.

number of hospital admissions for Covid-19 has slightly increased, which health bosses said was something 'we were really trying to avoid.'The borough's infection is continuing to rise, and stands at 39.3 per 100,000 people in the week ending August 31. There were 93 new cases of the virus recorded there in the last seven days, an increase of 86 per cent week-on-week.

Wigan was also the happiest in Greater Manchester.The borough also recorded the lowest anxiety levels at2.6 out of 10.The Manchester Evening News asked MyWigan readers why they were so happy - but it turns out, it's a shocking place to live.

The M.E.N reported in June that 30 of these deaths were at a single care home, Chadderton Total Care.