Stoic, worried and a little bit angry: What people are saying as new variant surge testing starts in Moston

direct to your inboxMore than 140 cases of Covid-19 have been found as part of localised mass testing in Manchester - though none involve a ‘variant of concern’ found in parts of the city so far.Testing programmes in the north and south of the city have been successful in the ongoing efforts to prevent people unknowingly spreading the virus.But public health officials are ‘frustrated’ with the speed at which positive tests are being analysed by laboratories to see if they matched the E484k

direct to your inboxAnother 12 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.It means the region's covid hospital death toll is now 5,688, the latest NHS England figures show.In the last 24 hours another four deaths were reported at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, while three people died at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.There were two fatalities at both Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Stockport NHS

Is your child returning to school or college this week? How are you feeling about it? Are you a teacher who is nervous about the reopening? Let us know in the comments here, or share your views on our Manchester Family Facebook page. He was fortunate enough to get the vaccine 'by pure luck' after a call from his GP practice, but he's concerned for his colleagues who aren't yet protected and says he would rather have waited for infections rates to be 'right down' before bringing all pupils

direct to your inboxAnother 12 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The latest NHS figures bring the region's coronavirus hospital death toll to 5,671.Six new deaths were recorded by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - the trust in charge of Wythenshawe Hospital and the Manchester Royal Infirmary.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by

direct to your inboxA further 11 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The latest NHS figures bring the region's hospital death toll to 5,659.Four more Covid-related deaths were recorded at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust confirmed three more deaths each.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the

direct to your inboxA further nine people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll now stands at 5,648, the latest NHS England figures show.In the last 24-hour reporting period, three further deaths were reported at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust both recorded two more deaths each.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct

direct to your inbox Twenty-three more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

direct to your inboxAnother four people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has now reached 5,609, the latest NHS figures show.In the last 24 hours two more deaths were recorded at both Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Sunday, February 28, is:Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 614Greater

direct to your inbox Three more people have died in Greater Manchester hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.

The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Saturday, February 27, is:Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 740In England, a further 257 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 82,974, NHS England said on Saturday.Patients were aged between 23 and 98.All except seven, aged between 45 and 95, had known underlying health conditions.The

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United will be reunited with Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the Reds were drawn to face AC Milan in the last 16 of the Europa League.United will be at home for the first leg, which is scheduled to take place on 11th March and the second leg will be away on 18th March. It’ll be the first time Ibrahimovic has returned to Old Trafford since leaving in 2018.

direct to your inboxA further seven people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll is now 5,498, NHS England figures show.In the last 24 hours four more deaths were recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.Two people died at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, while one more death was reported at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater

direct to your inboxA new surge testing site will open in north Manchester as part of ongoing efforts to identify and isolate cases of a new Covid-19 variant. Thousands of people have been tested since four cases of E484K, a mutation of the Kent strain which has spread across the country, were found in Moss Side earlier this month.

has at times jumped up by as much as 8 percent week-on-week.It means that the number of people contracting Covid-19 is not falling in the way it is elsewhere, despite weeks of lockdown measures.Public health bosses have several theories for why this might be, including a high proportion of people who need to leave their homes to work, increased testing and the increased presence of a new strain of the virus.

Big Grillie Style, Burgerize, and a new partnership between Crazy Pedro's and Eat New York. Even Manchester's only Michelin-star restaurant has joined the burger bandwagon this year, with Mana launching a takeaway burger service that's consistently sold out for weeks on end.

straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United have been rocked by the unfortunate news that Paul Pogba is set to miss the next few matches as a result of an injury sustained against Everton. "Paul is still out," Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said ahead of facing West Brom this weekend, with the United boss suggesting that he'll miss 'a few weeks' recently.