We spoke to Manchester restaurants and bars about how they are taking customer's details - here's what they said

straight to your inboxThe signing of Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho remains Manchester United's number one priority for the summer window, but the club have so far been frustrated in their pursuit of the England international.United’s interest in the 20-year-old is long-standing, but negotiations between Dortmund and the Reds over a transfer of the winger have reached an impasse.Dortmund set an initial deadline of August 10 for any deal to take place but that was missed and not taken

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can be downloaded at this link.The number of coronavirus cases across Greater Manchester began to rise around July 16th and local lockdown measures were announced on July 30th.The case numbers continued to rise up until the end of last week but in recent days have levelled out and may now be falling.There has been no related increase in the number of hospital admissions with Covid-19 or people diagnosed with Covid-19 while in hospital and the majority of recent positive cases have been through

shared the review on Twitter, telling followers: "We cannot express how disheartening it is to read reviews like this in the current climate. "The burgers on the menu f***ing rock and we are so proud of them and what the team are achieving under the current circumstances.

published by NHS England, includes hospital discharges from March 20,  the first day of national lockdown, until August 9.

Manchester city centre. The girl was raped after going to a property on Shudehill with her friends at around 4am on Monday, April 6.She managed to flee the scene but has been left 'shaken and upset' by the incident, police said.

said the closure was 'heavy-handed' but pledged to replace its first come, first served policy with a new booking system to prevent queues.

Up to 6,000 children who normally would have been referred to social services in Greater Manchester have potentially been missed during lockdown.Social care professionals are calling for a change in approach to tackle the ‘hidden harm’ faced by children who are stuck at home with abusive family members while schools remain closed.Alison Alexander, the CEO of children’s services support organisation Cornerstone, said referrals have dropped in many parts of the UK by 50pc, and by up to 75pc in

Manchester council wants all of them to be no-smoking zones in a bid to cut the number of smokers in the city.

Eat Out to Help Out scheme. After months of enforced closures with only takeaway trade to rely on, many have had little or no money coming in.And with lots of people still understandably anxious about going out, or having less money to spend themselves if their jobs have been affected, businesses still have a battle on their hands to get back to pre-lockdown levels of trade.

straight to your inboxHere are your Manchester United morning headlines for Sunday, 9 August.Dortmund planning Sancho contract talksManchester United’s intent to sign Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho is well documented.He is the club’s top target, MEN understands, but the club is also unhappy with the Bundesliga side’s demands over a transfer.A deadline for the deal to be struck was set by BVB for 10 August and United are ready to walk away from the deal.As a result, Dortmund themselves are

in Manchester city centre have been released.The 14 year-old girl was attacked in the Northern Quarter last month.Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said they were called to a report of a rape on the canal tow path near to Dale Street at around 6.50pm on Saturday July 11. They said enquiries have established that the girl and her friends were approached by a group of men close to the scene at around 5.15pm, before the man raped her.The victim and her family are being supported by specialist

straight to your inbox Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane were locked in conversation at pitchside after Manchester City's win over Real Madrid in the Champions League.The two managers chatted amicably after the Blues’ 2-1 win had secured a place in the last-eight tournament, which starts in Lisbon next week.Defender Raphael Varane admitted his two errors had brought the defeat for Madrid, but Zidane’s failure to reach the quarter-finals will pile pressure on him, even though he led them to

Local MPs have urged the government to reconsider its decision to impose new measures on the borough but the region’s mayor has warned that a spike could happen at any moment.

had been approved by Manchester council in the weeks leading up to the reopening of the hospitality sector on July 4.New legislation recently passed by the government now calls for bars and restaurants to provide both smoking and non-smoking areas outside their premises.But the city council will go one step further by making all outdoor areas smoke-free so as to not ‘sleepwalk from one health crisis to another'.Councillor Rabnawaz Akbar, executive member for neighbourhoods, said: “Smoking is not