Pupils at some Manchester schools are being taught by assistants and lunchtime supervisors instead of teachers

direct to your inbox More than 5,500 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals alone after contracting coronavirus. And tragically, this number continues to rise everyday.

straight to your inbox every day for freeGary Neville believes Thomas Tuchel has "reinvigorated" Chelsea but thinks they may struggle against Manchester United this weekend.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side head to Stamford Bridge for United's third meeting with Tuchel this term, albeit their first in the Premier League - having faced him as Paris Saint-Germain boss in this season's Champions League.Chelsea are yet to lose in Tuchel's eight matches in charge following the departure of Frank Lampard at

will continue to be given in age order. Over 50s are next in line to get them, from around April 15, followed by those aged 40 to 49; those 30 to 39; then the remainder of adults over the age of 18.

hereHe told a GP in Manchester about feeling low in mood, and the inquest was told the doctor had diagnosed him as suffering with severe social anxiety and low self-esteem.Mr Roberts, originally from the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, was referred to psychiatrist Dr Howard Waring.At the time it was said he did not have suicidal thoughts and had a supportive family network.The psychiatrist saw Mr Roberts later and found his symptoms had progressed, showing signs of paranoia and early developments of

direct to your inboxBus and taxi drivers and teachers over the age of 50 should be given Covid jabs at the half-empty mass vaccination centre at the Etihad, say local leaders.Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has repeated calls on the government to give local authorities greater flexibility over how to use spare capacity at the site.Covid jabs are said to be ‘sitting in fridges’ as people belonging to the four groups on the government's vaccine priority list are waiting to be called

Farnworth, to reports of the 'sudden death' at around 2.30am on Sunday, February 21, 2020.

direct to your inboxCoronavirus has brought heartache to thousands of families across Greater Manchester.More than 5,200 people have died in our region's hospitals alone. And tragically, this number is continuing to rise.

Manchester Evening News.“From 1996 to 2001 it was a catalogue of errors in that school in terms of representation the systems in place and things like that.“It wasn’t the tip of the iceberg stuff in terms of dealing with overt racism, it was just how everything was communicated which is a parallel to today.“They didn’t have any type of method, strategy or policy to support the black children at that time.“There was a growing black and Asian community as well, I won’t say it was a battle everyday

direct to your inbox A further 18 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

direct to your inboxTeaching staff at a North Manchester high school were encouraged to book coronavirus vaccination slots despite not being eligible for the jabs.Leaders at the King David High School in Crumpsall said in an email that teachers could book a vaccine appointment by using slots for health and social workers.The email, circulated earlier this month, included a link to the NHS booking system for slots at the Etihad vaccination centre.Under Government guidelines only those classed as

direct to your inboxThe NHS has confirmed the deaths of 18 more patients in hospitals in Greater Manchester who had tested positive for coronavirus.Nationally, a further 309 hospital deaths were reported on Thursday.Of those, 42 were in hospitals in the north west region.Six further deaths have been recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, with five more at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.Three further deaths were recorded at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

direct to your inboxAn expert paraglider with an 'adventurous spirit' who was murdered as he trekked across Mongolia told his wife before he left he would be safer there than in Manchester, an inquest heard.Award-winning Steve Nash, 53, from Cheshire, had planned to travel 350km in 10 days across the Khangai Nuruu mountain range with a friend, Gareth Aston, in August, 2016.The inquest heard he continued alone after Mr Aston sustained a hip injury halfway through the journey.The day after they

list of more than 100 schools that mums, dads and grandparents said had gone 'above and beyond' to support pupils and families.

praised families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank - and we were inundated with suggestions. More than 200 parents replied to posts on our Manchester Family Facebook page naming schools and teachers who have made this unprecedented time easier for pupils.

Salford which have mental health support teams out of the 76 mainstream schools in the city, including academies. It comes after Salford was selected as a Greater Manchester 'trailblazer' site alongside three other areas to set up mental health support teams in schools.The 'multi-agency' team brings together the health, voluntary, community and social enterprise sector into groups which coordinates support for schools.

direct to your inboxThe Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester held a closed meeting with Trafford council this week to discuss policing, following the city-region’s police force being placed into special measures.The meeting came after local calls for Mayor Andy Burnham to set out an action plan to bring Greater Manchester Police ‘up to scratch’ in Trafford.Conservative members of the council criticised the fact that the meeting was held in private and felt members of the public,

direct to your inboxThe delay in getting firefighters to the Manchester Arena bomb attack meant 'vital assistance to the dying was denied them', the inquiry into the atrocity has heard.Regular fire engines loaded with one stretcher each and specialist fire service vehicles each with five stretchers, as well as firefighters trained in treating blast injuries, took two hours to get to the Arena after Salman Abedi detonated a huge bomb in his backpack as mainly young concert-goers were leaving an

straight to your inbox every day for freeMason Greenwood was substituted in the second-half against West Ham because Manchester United are managing his game-time.Greenwood, 19, has started in six of United's last seven matches but was replaced by Edinson Cavani in the 86th minute, much to the surprise of many observers who felt he had performed better than fellow forwards Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial.Martial was starting for the first time in four games but failed to score while

reported earlier this week how there were calls from some families for children to start their current year from scratch in September.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer made his expectations abundantly clear when he finally sanctioned Jesse Lingard's loan exit last week.The 28-year-old midfielder had been eager to leave on loan in the January transfer window, having grown sick of only occupying a squad role and was desperate to reignite a reputation as one of the finest technical players to graduate from the Manchester United academy."We want Jesse to come back here revitalised and having shown at