Residents in Manchester Covid hotspot 'scared to go to the shops' amid rocketing rates

University of Manchester halls of residence. Police were called to the university's Fallowfield campus at around 5pm on October 8.Finn Kitson, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene.Officers were initially called to 'a report of concern for the welfare of a man at a property off Moseley Road', GMP said.The force said Mr Kitson's death was not being treated as suspicious.Manchester Coroners' Court confirmed a file has been received regarding Mr Kiston's death.

Covid-19 infection rates in Manchester are beginning to level off with around 450 fewer cases reported in the last week as cases amongst students begin to fall.Manchester reported a record number of cases last week with 582 per 100,000 people, a spike driven by the return of 74,000 students to the city.But the figures are now around 448 cases per 100,000, though city councillors were told this figure may change as more data is released by the national test and trace system.The most notable

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straight to your inbox every day, freePaul Pogba retains the support of the Manchester United dressing room despite openly flirting with Real Madrid again.Pogba, 27, expressed his desire to join Madrid while on international duty with France last week, having said it was a 'dream' to play for the Bernabeu club in March 2019.The MEN understands Pogba's popularity at United has not waned amid his open interest in a move to Real and the players still believe he is the best player at the club. 

An off-licence near the University of Manchester’s main campus has been prevented from extending its opening hours out of fears it would aggravate ‘already heightened tensions’ between residents and students.Aftabs in Hulme had hoped to stay open for an extra hour and a half Monday to Saturday and until half past midnight on Sunday.The premises licence application submitted to Manchester council would have also allowed the shop to sell alcohol up until the proposed closing times.According to the

A ban on leaving the local area for at least four weeks could be among new coronavirus measures being brought in tomorrow, according to reports this morning.Northern leaders, including the Mayor Andy Burnham, are locked in negotiations with the government over the new rules.Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly signed off an agreement for a simplified, three tier system of local lockdowns for regions in England this week.They are said to be 'medium risk', 'high risk' and 'very high

here"It would also run the risk of severe redundancies across the north of England, particularly when you combine the effect of any new local restrictions."We think it would be to do long term damage to the economy of Greater Manchester and the north of England, and would actually weaken recovery."This package is insufficient to protect our communities as we go into the rest of the autumn and the winter."The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, previously that under a new localised furlough scheme,

hereIn a statement from the university also issued on behalf of the student's family Dr Simon Merrywest, director for the student experience at the University of Manchester, said the tragedy wasn't Covid-19-related.He said: "We can confirm that very sadly one of our students was found deceased in their hall of residence at around 5pm on Thursday, October 8."We are providing all possible support to their family and friends and our utmost sympathies go out to them."The family have asked us to make

the white paper titled ‘Planning for the Future’, which was announced in August.Councillor Suzanne Richards, executive member for housing and regeneration, told an economy scrutiny committee meeting on Thursday: “It trashes our ability entirely to work with local communities to protect them from overdevelopment where people and create places where people genuinely want to live.“It could also potentially have a devastating effect on our local high streets where shops and commercial space would be

Plans to remove dangerous cladding from tower blocks in Manchester city centre have been submitted - three years after the issues were first identified.Residents of City Gate in Castlefield have lived with the knowledge that their buildings were clad in the same aluminum composite material (ACM) found at Grenfell Tower.Two months after the tragedy in August 2017, leaseholders at the three towers were told by property management firm Rendall & Rittner that they would have to pay up to £7,000 to

Manchester Evening News reported yesterday that both Manchester's main universities - the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University - would move teaching entirely online from today (Wednesday) after a surge in cases among students.

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

straight to your inbox Manchester United are expected to try and finalise a permanent deal for Amad Traore next year. United have been working on a move for Atalanta winger Traore, 18, but encountered issues in arranging a visa.

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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.

hugely damaging to residents' health, especially if they live with dementia.Now, care home bosses and charities are calling for a solution to enable safe visitation.Earlier this month, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham spoke of testing for residents and visitors and vowed 'to have a look' at the issue.But on Thursday, a spokesman from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority said: "Under the current central Government measures, local areas with increased restrictions are advised to not

Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden were left in tears during Saturday night's semi-final after Manchester pianist Jon Courtenay performed.