Police step up fight to 'regain control of streets' as violent Manchester gang wages war on two fronts

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

here"The victim - a man in his 30s - was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition."No arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing."Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0161 856 1146 quoting incident number of 2257 of 04/10/19. Reports can also be made anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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went into lockdown following an outbreak of 127 Covid cases.Students said they had no prior warning and only found out when security staff at the gates told them they couldn't leave.

hereSir John Saunders, a retired High Court judge, is leading the inquiry which is examining events before, during and after the attack, including the radicalisation of Manchester-born Abedi, to see if lessons can be learned.It resumes on Monday and is expected to continue into the new year.

revealed that the infection rate for people aged 17 to 21-years-old in Manchester rose to 745 cases per 100,000 people in the past week.Students and parents gave us multiple reports of confirmed cases of coronavirus at student accommodation including several halls of residence in Fallowfield.Yesterday, the university issued a statement to the M.E.N denying that there was a 'spike' or 'outbreak' in its Fallowfield accommodation.But that stance now appears to have changed following publication of

hereLocal people are being urged to “look beyond the obvious” and understand that exploited and vulnerable people “don't always look vulnerable and don't always act like victims”.Today’s raids follow a four-month investigation into the transportation of class A drugs and the trafficking of vulnerable young people between the Oldham and York areas - codenamed Operation Homestead.County Lines is the term used to describe gangs and organised criminal networks involved in exporting illegal drugs

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has apologised for taking two hours to respond to the Manchester Arena terror attack.At the public inquiry into the attack on Wednesday, the service blamed 'silence' from the police on the night of the bombing which led fire service bosses to assume there was a continuing marauding terror strike and so firefighters were kept back.But they pointed to an infamous terror training exercise at the Trafford Centre some 12 months before the Arena attack where

reported last weekend that a number of students were already self isolating at the Birley campus, in Hulme, days after a 100-strong party was reported in the courtyard.Since then, case numbers have soared to 127 across that site and Cambridge Halls, with a number of other students also recording symptoms.

Household-to-household transmissions are behind the outbreak in Longsight and north Levenshulme, where 54 new cases were found in the week to September 20.

a curfew would be the 'nail in the coffin' for Manchester pubs.

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

ten boroughs in the region are now at red alert level. Most of the boroughs in the region are under tighter lockdown rules than the rest of the UK.To find out what the rules are in your area, search here:Fines were issued in Blackley after officers shut down a party.There was loud music and a 'number of different households mixing at an address', police said in a Facebook post.Shorlty afterwards, police posted about a 'large event' in Platt Bridge, Wigan.When officers attended, they asked the

A 10pm curfew would be the 'nail in the coffin' for pubs and bars in Greater Manchester, operators have warned.Hospitality businesses are bracing for the opening time limit to be introduced across the region, as similar restrictions come into force elsewhere in England.As well as being a further blow to already financially stricken sector, industry leaders fear it will only shift the problem elsewhere, leading to more day drinking, house parties and large crowds leaving venues at the same

that the number of hospital admissions is 'creeping up'.Giving an update to councillors, Steve Taylor, managing director of Bury & Rochdale Care Organisation, said: “On Monday in intensive care there was one patient at Bury, four in Oldham and two in North Manchester.“In general beds there are four Covid patients in Bury, 12 in Oldham, 11 in North Manchester and nine in our infectious disease department."Meanwhile in Bolton, the infection rate is now above 200 cases per 100,000 people.

from Bolton. Curtis Regan, 23, is wanted in connection with a Section 18 Assault that took place in Bolton on Thursday, July 9 2020.