Manchester United legend Paul Scholes threw a huge party for his son’s 21st birthday, despite further lockdown rules being imposed in Oldham. The football coach went full steam ahead for celebrations for his son Arron’s 21st, even though coronavirus lockdown regulations were imposed across the North West on the same day. The party at Scholes’s … Read more
Love Island’s Paige Turley puts on a leggy display in a tiny silver sequin blazer dress as she enjoys a night out in Manchester By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 01:30 BST, 2 August 2020 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 2 August 2020 She won the 2020 winter series of Love Island. And Paige Turley put … Read more
Groups of Friday drinkers flocked to Manchester’s pubs and bars on the hottest day of the year with beer gardens rammed despite the Government introducing new lockdown measures. As temperatures have risen across the country, people have been seen standing close together in pubs, contrary to recommendations from the government. It comes as new restrictions … Read more
Serious public disorder in the coming months could ‘overwhelm all attempts’ to control coronavirus and ‘catastrophically’ undermine recovery plans, scientific advisers have warned. The current ‘volatile and highly complex situation’ means the UK will face ‘grave challenges’ in maintaining public order, according to a paper considered by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) in … Read more
Wigan residents expressed anger and bemusement at the Government’s new lockdown restrictions questioning why they should apply to them when they can boast of one of the lowest infection rates in the region. Figures show that Wigan has a weekly infection rate of 7.7 compared to other Greater Manchester boroughs such as Oldham, at 57.3 … Read more
Sage scientists told ministers weeks ago that Eid would be ‘problematic’ in the fight against coronavirus, it emerged today In a report submitted to Number 10 on July 2, experts advising the Government highlighted the Islamic festival as one of 10 events that could see Brits discard social distancing. Minutes from a SAGE meeting a … Read more
Pubs, cafes and restaurants in Britain’s new lockdown zone told MailOnline today that they fear the Government ordered shutdown will be the ‘final blow’ for them as customers dried up overnight because people are ‘too frightened to go out’. Sacha Lord, night time economy adviser for Greater Manchester, said one restaurant in the city has … Read more
Matt Hancock got in a muddle on live radio today about whether 4.5million people in the newly locked-down north-west can visit friends outside the area saying: ‘I’ll have to come back to you’. The Health Secretary was speaking to BBC Radio Manchester and appeared so flustered by the question host Becky Want then told him: … Read more
New lockdown for the north: Matt Hancock BANS households in parts of Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire from meeting indoors from TONIGHT after repeated rule breaches led to spike in new Covid cases Councils going back into partial lockdown are Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle Mr Hancock said it is ‘with a heavy heart’ that the measures were … Read more
She was recently spotted enjoying yet more perks of her reality TV fame, when she picked up her brand new £120,000 Range Rover in Manchester on Friday. And it was back to work for Olivia Attwood on Monday, when she returned to filming scenes for TOWIE, months after the COVID-19 lockdown halted production. The 29-year-old reality … Read more