Piles of uncollected rubbish could begin to mount in Manchester if bin collection crews continue to be hit hard by Covid

The Guardian reports.

message was clear to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and his colleagues.If an agreement cannot be reached, Mr Johnson said he would intervene to 'to protect Manchester's hospitals and save the lives of Manchester's residents'."I urge the mayor to reconsider and engage constructively," he said."I cannot stress enough, time is of the essence.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the

straight to your inbox every day, free In training with Shrewsbury, Dean Henderson used to catch the ball, pretend to sign it and toss it back to his teammate. Henderson was 20 at the time and his cockiness is an attribute he shares with his idol and Shrewsbury product Joe Hart.

Nicola Sturgeon is considering travel restrictions to prevent people coming to Scotland from known Covid hotspots elsewhere in the UK. It could mean residents in cities like Manchester and Liverpool - where the number of infections have rocketed in the last month - being asked not to travel north of the Border.

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were put into lockdown last month.Those living at the accommodation, in Hulme, were told to self-isolate for a fortnight 'with immediate effect' amid rising infection rates.The M.E.N can now reveal that a total of 544 staff and students have tested positive for Covid-19 since September 14.Between September 14 and 20 a total of 42 students and two staff tested positive.The following week - between September 21 and 27 - a total of 489 students and 11 staff received positive coronavirus tests.

What do you think about this? Have your say in the comments below More than 8,000 people responded to our Back to School survey, which was shared by the M.E.N and our Manchester Family Facebook page.

with each other rather than, for example, being linked to any obvious large workplace outbreak.

Manchester is the country's coronavirus hotspot as new data shows it has the highest infection rate of any area in England.

149 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Fallowfield Central in the seven days up to September 27 - up from 27 cases in the previous week.

“We are working extremely closely with Public Health England and have robust plans in place to take action and support students when needed, but this is not yet the case. Our students can rest assured they will be the first to know if this situation changes.

straight to your inboxAfter registering an assist and scoring a 100th minute winner against Brighton in the Premier League, Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has been named in the FIFA 21 Team of the Week 1 lineup.The United playmaker has been given an 88-rated in-form card as a reward for his performance and inclusion in the FUT 21 TOTW 1 squad, with the Portugal international being joined by Luis Suarez, Jamie Vardy, Dayot Upamecano, Hirving Lazano, Wissam Ben Yedder and Andres

t it would be offering students a two-week rent rebate and a £50 grocery gift card for those affected, as well as access to emergency cleaning and toiletry supplies.

HAROLD Evans, the Patricroft, Eccles born man who was the greatest newspaper editor of our times, died this week at the age of 92. Here, the Manchester Evening News' chief reporter, Neal Keeling, looks back at the extraordinary life and career of a legendary truth-seeker, storyteller and campaigner, whose journalism took him from the backstreets of Manchester to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.In 1944, in a  bomb-damaged city,  a 16-year-old got on his bike and pedalled from his home in Newton

MyBolton and Manchester Evening News witnessed Scott's Barbers, in Horwich, being forced to shut while on patrol with 'Covid cops' on the evening of September 11. Upon arriving at the shop, Environmental Health officers from Bolton Council were already there to issue an immediate closure order.

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