'Young people are the big thing' - what's really happening with Manchester's Covid infection rate

Trafford has gone back up sharply in the last couple of days. The weekly case total is now over 25 per 100,000 people, which takes the borough above the threshold to be placed on amber alert on the government watchlist for local intervention.The data published this afternoon gives infection rates up to Tuesday August 25 as there is a 3-4 day delay for cases to be fully reported.

house parties this weekend to help protect older relatives from lethal Covid-19. Nicola Sturgeon and Scotland's top police officer made a joint plea as new laws come into force to ban large gatherings indoors.

A group of young people from across Manchester will be stepping up to provide further scrutiny of the city council’s decisions.The town hall has committed to adopting a shadow executive, which will see teenagers paired with cabinet members to challenge and shape local policies.An eight-strong group has been formed from members of Manchester’s Youth Council, which allows those aged between 11 and 18 to have their voices heard on local issues.They will receive training in problem solving, finance,

Wigan will be removed from local lockdown measures which were implemented last month on Wednesday (August 26).

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

Eccles, to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, after suffering a catastrophic bleed on the brain.

Manchester Evening News."At the end of the day, you can sit in a pub close to people you don't know, but you can't sit in a pub close to people you do know. It's been tough not being able to see family."What concerns me the most is how it's going to affect schools reopening.

the Manchester Evening News understands.

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

Mancunians have been told their partying has to be put on hold as the city’s Covid infection rate rose almost to the government’s red alert threshold.Latest figures show Manchester recording 49 cases per 100,000, just below the 50 mark that would push it into the government’s riskiest category.The city’s rate has more than tripled in a month.Its leaders have now warned that house parties - which are believed to partly be behind the rise - and other inside gatherings must stop, or else Manchester

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

Ryan Reynolds has urged young people in his native Canada to stop going to parties and help slow the spread of coronavirus, saying: “I hope young people don’t kill my mom.”

Ryan Reynolds would really like young people, especially young Canadians, to stop going out and partying during the pandemic.

Ryan Reynolds has an important message for young people partying in British Columbia. The Canada native posted an audio recording on Twitter in response to B.C.

The number of people to have tested positive for coronavirus in Bolton has increased for a fourth week in a row – but the mayor of Greater Manchester says a full local lockdown of the region is not yet necessary.There were 27.1 positive tests of COVID-19 per 100,000 people in the borough in the seven days up to August 8, rising from 23 the week before.Bolton is following the general trend in Greater Manchester – although Oldham has shot up to 108.8 and Wigan remains much lower at 7.3.The