Rochdale council leader 'worried for hospitality industry' after Tier 3 announcement

direct to your inboxManchester council will proceed with plans to axe its ‘declining’ schools catering service next year despite concerns from councillors and trade unions.Around 430 people - mostly women on low incomes - are employed by Manchester Fayre across a third of the city’s schools.More schools are opting out of the council-run service every year as they want a greater control over pricing and the type of food provided to its pupils.With a dwindling client base and a potential £1m bill

direct to your inboxNew barriers are being installed on Deansgate to allow buses to travel through following a row over pedestrianisation.The stretch of road between Blackfriars Street and King Street has been closed to traffic since May.Manchester Council brought in a temporary traffic order saying it would allow more room for people returning to the area following the first coronavirus lockdown.But it emerged last week that Diamond Bus company had objected to the order, claiming that it was

direct to your inboxA man has appeared in court in relation to an incident outside a school in Rochdale.Police said Rian Power, 19, appeared in court after being charged with 10 assaults, and was remanded in custody.GMP previously said officers were called to reports that 10 pupils had been assaulted outside Wardle Academy yesterday morning.One boy, 14, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN

direct to your inboxA teenage care leaver was unable to get a job and had his life ‘put on hold’ after Manchester council failed to secure a passport for him.The council’s errors feature in a damning Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman report detailing how children had been ‘let down’ by those charged with looking after them.Manchester council has since paid the 18-year-old, known as Marcus, £1,600 for ‘avoidable distress’ after he missed out on three job opportunities and feared for his

direct to your inboxRochdale council has dropped its vote on the region's controversial ‘spatial framework’ masterplan, with one chief admitting the blueprint is now ‘dead’.Councillors were due to decide whether to sign up to the joint-strategy for housing and businesses at a meeting next week. It comes after elected members in Stockport voted against the long-term development plan, effectively killing it off in its intended 10-borough form.

direct to your inboxCouncil tax in Manchester could rise by almost five per cent next year as the council continues to grapple with the economic fallout from Covid-19.Town hall bosses say the move, which would be taken with ‘a heavy heart’, could raise £8.5m to prevent cuts to frontline services such as adult social care.The government is allowing local authorities to increase council tax by just under two per cent, plus an additional three per cent to meet social care demands.Manchester had

direct to your inboxForty-six more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after contracting coronavirus.The latest NHS figures bring the region's hospital death toll to 3,833.Thirteen more Covid-19 deaths were recorded by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in their 24 hour data.The trust's figures include those for the Royal Oldham, Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield General and North Manchester General.The Royal Bolton Hospital recorded 12 new deaths while Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh

direct to your inboxA furious row has erupted between Manchester Council and Diamond Bus company over the decision to pedestrianise a stretch of Deansgate earlier this year.A section between Blackfriars Street and King Street has been closed to traffic since May after the council said it would give people more space to return to businesses in the area following national lockdown.It is understood money was used from the government's £250m emergency Active Travel Fund set up to encourage more

direct to your inboxA restaurant in Crumpsall will be allowed to serve alcohol despite 'unfounded' claims that the premises attracts gang-related violence and drug dealing.The new licence applied for by Ryan's sought to sell alcohol from 11am to 9.30pm seven days a week prompted objections ahead of a licensing hearing.Manchester council licensing officers had been monitoring the Lansdowne Road establishment after allegedly finding customers eating and smoking inside in November during

What do you think about the mini markets? Have your say in the comments below Coun Pat Karney, Manchester’s Christmas spokesperson, said: "We know people were so disappointed to hear this year’s Christmas Markets could not go ahead. "Public safety must be at the heart of everything we do, and we could not put on our usual world-class event while keeping people safe. "Since then, we have been looking at ways of supporting the Christmas traders at an important time of year for their businesses,

forced a policy U-turn from Boris Johnson.

direct to your inboxTalks over the uncertain future of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) will continue, despite Stockport councillors voting against the proposals.Opposition groups argued that the long-delayed masterplan for jobs and housing favoured the needs of developers over residents, and would lead to unnecessary green belt development.Labour had hoped that by removing or scaling down schemes planned up to 2037, that it could appease Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, and the

A Manchester city centre bar has lost its appeal against a decision to revoke its licence after operating as a nightclub during lockdown.Mahiki was found to be in breach of government guidance on several occasions in the weeks after rules on reopening bars were relaxed in July.The decision taken in September to strip the bar of its licence was subject to an appeal by Adam Karim, the licence holder and designated premises supervisor (DPS).But neither Mr Karim or his solicitor turned up to a

Manchester Evening News, Mark said his grandmother accidentally dropped a piece of tissue as she tried to get her keys from her handbag.The council say it was 'deliberate'.Margaret was told the fine would increase to £100 if she didn't pay it within two weeks.That's the same amount as her weekly state pension, which she says she needs to cover her bills buy food."We were just walking to the shop on Monday at about 12pm, it was a residential road, not a very busy main road," Mark said."I was

coronavirus  deaths have been recorded in Greater Manchester's hospitals.

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Manchester council has thrown its weight behind the beleaguered regional masterplan for jobs and housing - despite uncertainty over its future.With no end in sight to the political standoff in Stockport, plans to approve the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) have been postponed in Salford, Trafford, Oldham, Rochdale and Bury.Councillors in Manchester were told this week that there was a ‘very high risk’ that the GMSF would not get the support it needed.Under the proposals the city

Rishi Sunak, the calling for support to ‘bridging the funding gap’ for green spaces.

national lockdown is lifted. The whole of Greater Manchester will be placed in the 'very high' alert level, meaning that hospitality will remain closed, alongside other entertainment venues such as play areas and cinemas.