When is the next Greater Manchester lockdown review?

Manchester is the country's coronavirus hotspot as new data shows it has the highest infection rate of any area in England.

in Bolton have been closed since early September, with only takeaway services available.  Speaking in the Commons today, health secretary Matt Hancock said today: "We are aligning the measures in Bolton with the rest of Greater Manchester. "I'd like to pay tribute to David Greenhalgh, the leader of Bolton Council, for his constructive support and the Bolton MPs for all they have done in support of Bolton."There are no changes to measures in West Yorkshire, West Midlands, Leicester, Lancashire,

coronavirus is constantly being reviewed and updated.Measures are in place across the UK to help curb the spread of the deadly virus while local lockdown restrictions have also been imposed.Greater Manchester has been under a local lockdown since the end of July, however the rules and areas it applies to has changed frequently.Residents in Bolton still face tighter restrictions than the other nine boroughs after pubs and restaurants were ordered to close.But people in local lockdown areas still

Children should not be playing out with anyone outside their own household or support bubble, the government has confirmed. With rules in Greater Manchester being tighter than elsewhere - and the areas of Wigan and Stockport only just being added - there's been much confusion over what youngsters can and can't do.

coronavirus pandemic swept across the UK - and the globe - it was clear that people with other life-limiting conditions would be impacted as NHS medics focused all their efforts on tackling the virus.

Stockport and Wigan, bringing the boroughs in line with the rest of Greater Manchester, except Bolton where extra measures apply.

"Whitefield is like Tesco's for car thieves," says Maureen Patel.She has a point.CCTV footage of two criminals trying to take her husband's BMW 3 series captures their arrogant belief that they are untouchable.At 3.45am on Tuesday they arrived outside her home in the Bury suburb.As one wafts an amplifier in front of the porch windows of their house the other, holding a transmitter in his hand, gets into the car.He has no balaclava, no hoodie, over his face, and is tiptoeing on the driveway in

ten boroughs in the region are now at red alert level. Most of the boroughs in the region are under tighter lockdown rules than the rest of the UK.To find out what the rules are in your area, search here:Fines were issued in Blackley after officers shut down a party.There was loud music and a 'number of different households mixing at an address', police said in a Facebook post.Shorlty afterwards, police posted about a 'large event' in Platt Bridge, Wigan.When officers attended, they asked the

Greater Manchester could escape further Covid-19 restrictions for the time being, the M.E.N.

Police and firefighters are to be used as contact tracers in bid to dodge Greater Manchester lockdown.The proposals are contained in a letter sent to Matt Hancock by the mayor today Greater Manchester plans to use the police and fire service to track down thousands of people being missed by the national test and trace service as it seeks to stave off any kind of ‘blanket lockdown’. It also wants to provide its own temporary ‘self isolation’ fund for people who cannot afford to stay at home due

hereBut the weather is expected to stay fine, and largely dry today, with maximum temperatures of  20 °C.The Met Office is forecasting sunny spells, with the potential for patchy drizzle.It's also going to be much cooler at night than it has been recently, with minimum temperatures of  7 °C.Forecasters say there will be a cloudy start tomorrow, but the weather will quickly become brighter with clear skies and plenty of sunshine for much of the day.

coronavirus infection rates soar in the last few weeks. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust both recorded one more death.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, September 11, currently stands at: Meanwhile in Greater Manchester, the latest figures show there are sharp increases in coronavirus infection rates in every single borough.

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

Salford has entered coronavirus red alert after the number of new infections in the city increased.

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.

infection rates in Bolton are still too high to allow such businesses and services to reopen.

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.

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