Two people arrested after knife found at Metrolink tram stop

direct to your inboxNine more 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 5,717.Three more deaths were recorded by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.The trust's figures include those of North Manchester General, the Royal Oldham, Rochdale Infirmary and Fairfield General.Stockport NHS Foundation trust confirmed two more deaths.Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop

direct to your inboxAnother nine people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has now reached 5,708, the latest NHS figures show.In the last 24-hour reporting period, five coronavirus-related deaths were recorded at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.Three further deaths were reported at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and one at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.Get the latest updates from across Greater

direct to your inboxAnother 11 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's coronavirus hospital death toll has now reached 5,699, the latest NHS figures show.Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust recorded three new deaths each.Elsewhere, two more deaths were confirmed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: the organisation in charge of the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI)

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

direct to your inboxMore than 100 people who had previously refused or ignored the coronavirus vaccine offer have now had the jab - after being contacted in their mother tongue.A multilingual team called dozens of people of Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in south Manchester to answer questions and “debunk vaccination myths”.The volunteers - translating into Urdu, Punjabi, Kurdish, Arabic and Bengali - rang people identified by GPs at Ladybarn Group Practice, Al-Shifa Medical Centre

direct to your inboxThree more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals within 28 days of having a positive coronavirus test.It means the region's coronavirus hospital death toll is now 5,673, the latest NHS England figures show.All three deaths recorded in the last 24 hours took place at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.It brings the total number of covid-related fatalities at the hospital to 492. The total number of coronavirus-related deaths at hospital trusts in Greater

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 inboxThree people have been taken to hospital after being cut from two vehicles following a crash in Ashton-under-Lyne.Police, firefighters and paramedics were all sent out to Broadoak Road at 2pm today, March 5, following the two-vehicle collision.The road was closed following the incident while firefighters also dealt with an oil spillage on the road, and buses were diverted along Smallshaw Road.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service added: “At just after

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.

direct to your inbox More than 5,500 people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals alone after contracting coronavirus. And tragically, this number continues to rise everyday.

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

direct to your inboxHarrowing body cam footage shows a father begging to be let free as he was restrained by Metrolink-contracted staff in Manchester city centre - before he suffered a cardiac arrest and later died.Jack Barnes, 29, was pinned outside Australasia restaurant on Deansgate.The dad-of-one had been involved in an altercation with staff at Victoria Station, before he and a friend were chased to Spinningfields.Mr Barnes repeatedly told four customer service representatives (CSRs)

direct to your inboxA 17-year-old boy is being questioned by police investigating racist graffiti scrawled on the George Floyd mural in Manchester's Northern Quarter, it's been revealed.The teenager was held by officers after a chase early on Friday morning, Greater Manchester Police said.Police were called at 5.25am to a report of criminal damage at Stevenson Square.The boy was subsequently arrested on suspicion of racially-aggravated criminal damage, GMP confirmed.He remained in custody for