The rules on meeting people in your garden when the lockdown eases next week

coronavirus rules announced in the House of Commons today by Prime Minister Boris Johnson spell bad news for five-a-side teams who play their sport indoors.

Local leaders are seeking tougher powers to clamp down on businesses that flout Covid rules.Infection rates in Greater Manchester remain stubbornly high, with all ten boroughs currently on ‘red alert’.Bolton has the most cases per 100,000 people in the country while Tameside and Oldham are also among the ten worst hit areas, according to the most recent ‘surveillance report’.Rochdale’s director of public health, Andrea Fallon, has warned it is ‘entirely possible’ there could be a return to the

coronavirus infection rates.

Stockport in line with the rest of the UK. The relaxation also meant that businesses such as bowling alleys were able to reopen, along with close-contact beauty services being able to resume.

As Greater Manchester's coronavirus cases continue to rise, changes have been made to restrictions in all ten boroughs.The latest data on coronavirus infection rates shows an increase in every Greater Manchester borough.But as well as changes locally, rules in England have also changed which may affect the measures already in place across Bolton, Oldham, Bury, Wigan, Stockport, Tameside, Manchester, Trafford, Salford and Rochdale.The 'rule of six' introduced on Monday (September 14) makes it

Oldham have faced stricter measures for weeks now in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. The borough had the highest infection rate in the country up until September when Bolton's rates soared.

coronavirus infections, which have seen a sharp uptick.At a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday last week, Mr Johnson said the new rules would be enforceable by law.

crashed a wedding party with around 100 people in attendance on Friday. Police also attended a 60th birthday in Bolton in breach of guidelines.Fixed penalty notices were handed out on both occaisions.It's understood the owner of the house where the wedding party was held was issued with a fine, but no further details have been revealed.New laws come into force from Monday banning social gatherings of more than six people across England in the wake of increasing coronavirus infection rates.

The Manchester Evening News."I asked for four things, firstly can Bolton have extra funds to help business? Second, can the furlough scheme in Bolton be extended or changed to provide more support."Third, I asked for more efforts to be made to improve test and trace. Some people are having to travel miles to get tested."And, I asked for more resources to be given to the local authority so that they can hire more people.

coronavirus cases.The Prime Minister will use a press conference this afternoon (Wednesday) to announce the change in the law after the number of daily positive Covid-19 cases in the UK rose to almost 3,000.The legal limit on social gatherings will be reduced from 30 - which the law allowed if people were from no more than two households - to six.Groups of more than six can be broken up by police.

Parts of Greater Manchester remain under local lockdown measures - but for how much longer?Restrictions have been in place for more than five weeks now, and only two boroughs have seen a full lifting of local lockdown measures.Residents of Wigan and Stockport are now under national guidance while people living in Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Tameside, Rochdale and Bury are still prevented from mixing with other households in their homes and gardens.Oldham and Bolton are seeing the strictest

coronavirus cases.The latest data on coronavirus infection rates shows an increase in every Greater Manchester borough except Trafford.Bolton's rate continues to soar and has now reached 121.7 cases per 100,000 people.On Friday (September 4) health secretary Matt Hancock said that the easing has been made possible due to the hard work of 'residents, communities and local authorities', to bring infection rates down.He announced that casinos, bowling alleys and other leisure facilities can re-open

Stockport and Wigan are now aligned with the national advice, Bolton has had its restrictions tightened, with Oldham remaining in special measures, with the Department of Health insisting the rate infection is “still too high” to lift lockdown.

but the government decided to keep the restrictions in place at the last minute following a surge in cases.Stricter restrictions that prevent the mixing of different households both indoors and outdoors will remain in Oldham.However, casinos, skating rinks, conference centres and the other venues and services listed above will be allowed to reopen in Oldham along with other boroughs of Greater Manchester.Stockport and Wigan remain the only two boroughs in Greater Manchester to have their local

in addition to a household mixing ban indoors, residents will continue to be advised to avoid mixing with anyone from another household anywhere.

Hundreds of Greater Manchester travellers have been referred to the police after failing to comply with quarantine rules.A total of 263 people have been visited by police and two two fixed penalty notices have been issued following “repeated breaching of the self-isolation regulations”.Travellers who return to the UK from certain countries - including France, Spain and the Czech Republic - must self-isolate for 14 days to try and tackle the spread of coronavirus.Greece and Portugal could become