Trafford Covid rates still the highest in Greater Manchester despite drop – as youngsters told to avoid care homes

A species of wasp never before seen in the region has caused a buzz in Bury.

Top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include the M60 being closed for hours amid a police incident, parents blasting an 'inappropriate' Squid Game doll at the Trafford Centre, and the tragedy of a teenager who found it 'difficult' after being dropped by Man City academy took his own life.

More than 1,000 of Greater Manchester’s care home workers have not yet had a Covid-19 jab as the vaccination deadline approaches.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in four boroughs of Greater Manchester, latest figures has shown.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that no one is calling for his Covid 'plan B' rules to be implemented now.

Hospitals are struggling under pressure as general beds fill up with Covid-19 patients - leaving people waiting hours longer than they should for emergency help in A&E.

Latest data shows 850 fewer Covid cases were recorded across Greater Manchester in the week to October 31.

As people mill about Bury town centre on market day, it is only the sight of masks on some shoppers' faces that serve as a reminder of the pandemic.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus fell by more than 1,000 across Greater Manchester as a whole in a week, latest official data shows.

Booster Covid-19 vaccines are now being offered at walk-in sites across Greater Manchester this week as the vaccine programme ramps up again for winter.

Just over 40 per cent of schools in Greater Manchester have been visited for 12-15-year-olds to receive their first vaccine - and all school visits have now been booked to take place by the end of November.

Coronavirus infection rates have fallen in nine boroughs in Greater Manchester.

A Bury neighbourhood has become the hardest hit area of Greater Manchester for its Covid-19 infection rate.

Top stories from the Manchester Evening News today include a couple jailed for brutally attacking a man, a Lamborghini driver's battle over a Trafford Centre parking ticket and an inquest report on a dad-of-three who died just minutes after walking out of hospital.

Coronavirus measures are slowly being brought back as guidance for some neighbourhoods of Greater Manchester as infections rates continue to skyrocket.

Greater Manchester residents are abandoning face masks despite the spiralling coronavirus rates in some areas of the region, as health bosses hope precautionary measures adopted over the weekend will be ‘sufficient’ to curtail the spread.

Trafford neighbourhoods are continuing to dominate the top 10 biggest Covid-19 hotspots in Greater Manchester.

Trafford has become the country's covid hotspot - and cases are still soaring.

Coronavirus cases continue to surge in Trafford, as the borough's worst ever infection rate climbs even higher.

Coronavirus cases in Trafford are continuing to soar - with the infection rate increasing by 50 per cent week, the latest figures show.