This Wigan woman was suddenly made redundant because of Covid - now she's started her dream job

A new ITV drama starring Catherine Tyldesley has begun filming in Manchester.The former Coronation Street actress is appearing in Viewpoint, a five part drama focusing on a tense police surveillance operation.This will be the first ITV drama to begin filming since all UK production went into lockdown in March due to coronavirus.The series will focus its attention on a tight knit Manchester community, exploring whether it is ever possible to observe the lives of others with true objectivity and

In future local authorities would have to - ‘immediately’, in Greater Manchester’s case - get around the table with their MPs and hammer out where exactly which parts of their boroughs they want measures to apply to.

hereHe reflected on his time at the Spinningfields courthouse during an interview conducted before the recent coronavirus outbreak at Crown Square.Judge Mansell told the M.E.N.: "I will have fond memories of all my judicial colleagues.

Jet2 has announced plans to make more than 100 pilots redundant. Bosses at the airline said they are 'greatly distressed' and 'deeply regret' the cuts, but that they are caused 'entirely by the current situation'.

delivery boy set up a business in the garage of his parents' home that is now worth billions. Ben Francis was just 19 when he started Gymshark while studying and working at Pizza Hut in the evenings.The 28-year-old confirmed on Friday that the company had struck a whopping £1billion investment deal.

Netflix still have plenty more to offer this week with plenty of new releases and all time favourites added.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereTo help you navigate the streaming services a little more easily, here are the new films this week.Starring Jamie Foxx, Project Power sees an ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source

here Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) told the Manchester Evening News : "Advice for passengers on public transport to adopt a social distance of two metres from people outside their household or support bubble, or a 'one metre plus' approach where this is not possible, will not apply from the autumn term on dedicated transport." The reason given for this is that 'pupils on dedicated school services do not mix with the general public'.There are estimated to be around 1.8m trips per school

Blossoms have backed the #WeMakeEvents campaign ahead of thousands of music industry workers marching through Manchester city centre later today (August 11).The campaign has been launched to increase awareness of the huge crisis facing the touring and festival events sector, which is facing a staggering 114,000 job losses due to the coronavirus pandemic.The march will see crew members including producers, engineers, tour managers, truck drivers, cleaners and security staff passing by some of

straight to your inboxManchester United cannot fully concentrate on Jadon Sancho just yet in this neverending season. Their exhausting defeat of Copenhagen was so long it almost ticked over to the date their season started and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Reds will go marching on beyond a 60th game.This was a nervier night than the Copenhagen coach Stale Solbakken envisaged and United suffered some ominous harbingers.

hereLabour estimated the funding could support an additional 15,000 businesses in areas with local restrictions.Shadow minister for business and consumers Ms Powell said: "It's a week since local restrictions were put in place in Greater Manchester, and West Yorkshire, yet there has been zero extra support for struggling businesses caught up in this public health crisis."We're seeing a wave of redundancies across the high street, threatening jobs and livelihoods, which could lead to ghost towns,

households in the area will be banned from mixing indoor s or in gardens.

Matt Hancock has announced.It means the stricter rules on social gatherings - announced last week to tackle an increase in coronanivirus cases - will continue here and in other parts of the North West, West Yorkshire and Leicester. The decision comes following a review of all the local lockdowns yesterday (Thursday) by government and the local authorities which showed no evidence of a fall in the recent rise of cases per 100,000 people in each of the affected areas.

Netflix  is refreshing what it's got on offer this month.

coronavirus cases. The new measures were announced in a series of tweets on Thursday evening by health secretary Matt Hancock The revised restrictions also prevent members of two different households from mixing in pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues.

An MP has urged the government to 'go the whole hog' with new restrictions as he warned that a rise in cases in some areas 'looks like the start of a second wave'. New local restrictions announced by health secretary Matt Hancock last night (Thursday) ban people from different households from meeting each other indoors.The rules apply in the whole of Greater Manchester, as well as parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire.It comes after NHS data showed that much of the transmission in these

Manchester Evening News has contacted the DHSC asking for clarification.However Mr Hancock has been ridiculed on social media for what is being described as muddled messaging.Many said they had pre-existing plans and needed to know if there allowed or not.Richard Cook said on Twitter: "Matt 'Crystal Clear' Hancock just contradicted the advice on BBC Breakfast TV. "He confirmed that If you live in the affected areas, you can visit someone’s home as long as you follow SD guidelines.

coronavirus transmission which has resulted in a spike in cases in Greater Manchester has occurred in private homes the health secretary said today.The government last night announced a tightening of restrictions across the whole of Greater Manchester as well parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire to try and halt a rise in new infections.Matt Hancock last night claimed on Twitter "the spread is largely due to households meeting and not abiding to social distancing."Asked on BBC Breakfast