themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--How does Greater Manchester get itself out of the Covid ‘red zone’?

The working week has begun with bad news for Matt Hancock .
Not only has there been a spike in Covid cases nationally over the weekend , but people across the country are now struggling to access tests .
At the same time there is evidence intensive care admissions are rising in France , fuelling fears among public health experts that soaring cases among younger people here will eventually feed through to those who are more vulnerable , even if that pattern is taking its time to materialise .
However if the national picture is taking a turn for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news has been a fixture of pretty much the entire summer .
As a Public Health England report leaked to the Observer over the weekend concluded , the virus is endemic here .
Echoing similar views expressed to the M.E.N .
in August by local officials , it found that the first wave never went away in many of our boroughs .
Some of that is due to a combination of bad housing , high-risk jobs and poverty , none of which are problems that can be quickly fixed .
Extra restrictions were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of July as a result of rising rates .
Oldham narrowly avoided an economic lockdown a few weeks later , before Bolton saw a dramatic and sudden spike in infections at the end of August .
Today ’ s figures now show most of our local authorities in the government ’ s ‘ red zone ’ for infections , officially defined as more than 50 cases per 100,000 people .
Privately , senior local figures admit ministers could simply choose to shut some of our economy down this week , Leicester-style @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given the government ’ s mood music around reopening the economy and the politics of the former red wall , is debatable .
At the same time as our rates have increased , however , worried public health officials are also eyeing up the return of 100,000 students to Greater Manchester over the coming days .
Today the region is already dealing with more than a dozen school outbreaks , with more than 1,000 children self isolating .
Meanwhile people asking for tests via the government ’ s website are being sent as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even Inverness , alongside a message this morning stating that there are currently no home tests available at all for Mancunians , despite the city being a hotspot .
There is suspicion within the local system that bookings for test centres are simply being switched off nationally when lab capacity fills .
In the same way as Scotland initially ran out of capacity when the schools reopened , England now appears to be following the same pattern - except capacity was already pretty much full to begin with .
So Greater Manchester now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , from a public health , economic and political point of view .
It is preparing a detailed ask of government after agreeing last week that the current approach of half-way house lockdown measures - which currently see four different sets of rules applied across the ten boroughs - isn ’ t the solution .
One major concern is the resulting impact that approach is having on the public health message .
“ The message is so confusing : different things in different places , in or out , shake it all about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ’ s 'hokey cokey ' approach of changing restrictions in different boroughs of Greater Manchester .
“ It ’ s really not helping and it ’ s undermining public confidence .
We have to grab that back very clearly .
“ There ’ s mixed messaging coming from national and from us .
People lose confidence and say ‘ sod this ’ , which is absolutely the wrong thing going into autumn and winter.
” The messaging question is one that MPs have raised concerns about too .
On Friday night , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as casinos could open in most of Greater Manchester , the government suddenly announced extra social mixing restrictions in Bolton as a result of rocketing rates .
The news broke at around 6pm .
To pick three neighbouring boroughs as an example , that now means people in Bolton can not meet other households at all ; people in Salford can meet each other outside ; and people in Wigan can meet anywhere .
Bolton South East ’ s Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi wrote to Matt Hancock over the weekend describing a ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way this has been handled ’ .
Pointing to confusion over what rules actually apply to the borough , she warned : “ This is leading to an erosion of compliance with the local lockdown measures.
” A senior councillor elsewhere in the conurbation also points out that if people have been listening to the messages around getting a test until now , that won ’ t necessarily last if it becomes impossible to secure one .
And once that compliance is lost , it ’ s potentially lost forever .
Against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manchester is drawing up a detailed practical request to government .
They believe extra resource and control over a localised testing and contact trace system is the single most important thing the government needs to provide .
It is an argument they have been making for months , but they are now ramping it up .
Latest figures published by local authority last week show that not only is the national test and trace system not hitting its targets , but its success rate here is even lower than in England as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been traced by the national system - as opposed to those followed up by local authorities - in Greater Manchester since May , compared to 61pc nationally .
Oldham and Rochdale continue to have among the worst performance in the country .
The emerging plans for a locally-run system , which are being drawn up on behalf of the region by PricewaterhouseCoopers with the help of World Health Organisation expert David Nabarro , propose a German-style track and trace set-up , controlled not by outsourcers such as Serco but by public health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the existing national team redeployed and ringfenced to Greater Manchester .
They would continue to be the first port of call for contact tracing , but anyone they fail to reach within 24 hours would then be passed immediately to more specialised local teams .
One senior figure says they want a ‘ 24/7 ’ system that would probably need an extra couple of hundred staff .
They also want to see financial support currently being trialled in Oldham for people who can ’ t afford to self-isolate rolled out across all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would also be control over lab capacity , along with the ability to send mobile testing units where they need them , rather than waiting for the Department of Health and Social Care to agree their mobilisation by firms such as G4S or Sodexo .
It could mean a further £20m or more in investment by the government , but they believe it ’ s worth it .
“ We want the development of test and trace in its entirety coming to us , ” says one senior figure , adding that if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adapted to work anywhere in the country .
“ With a fraction of the investment that ’ s gone into Serco , you could have a much more robust system which is future proof for further pandemics.
” Some of the principles are basic .
More than one health official says something as simple as ringing people from a local number , with a local accent , can mean people are more likely to engage with contact tracers .
In Oldham , the fire service has been used to knock on doors - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people like the fire service and are happy to chat to them .
Oldham MP Jim McMahon has also written to the health secretary this week warning of a chronic gap in the test and trace system .
Ever since its inception , local public health departments have been pointing to a lack of workplace information in the data that comes through .
When you book a test , the reason for that becomes pretty apparent : you are not required to fill out that field .
“ We may find it difficult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much more to target the source transmission , ” wrote the MP for Oldham West and Royton , noting that Oldham has particularly large numbers of people in jobs where they are far more likely to come into contact with the virus .
“ Specifically , we must be able to accurately target high risk occupations where workers are exposed to a higher risk of transmission either because of the significant public contact inherent in the job , or because social distancing and safe working practices are not routinely achieved .
“ Efforts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in my view , seriously hampered by the failure to properly capture occupational data for those receiving Covid-19 tests .
The online booking system does not mandate that users submit occupational data .
`` The little explanation which has been offered appears to be only that it might discourage the uptake of tests to mandate this information.
” But even with a functioning test and trace system in place , an uneasy balancing act will remain for decision-makers both here and in Westminster .
In order to keep some or all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country ’ s most deprived areas , an element of risk will inevitably come in alongside - and the question , which politicians don ’ t know exactly how to answer , is how much risk is acceptable .
There is a live internal debate about what levels of Covid-19 Greater Manchester is realistically going to have to learn to live with .
One senior local politician says it is increasingly difficult to gauge where the government itself thinks that is either .
Whereas previously they knew a rate of 50 cases per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from ministers , at the moment there is little sense of what their reaction to Greater Manchester ’ s current situation will actually be .
“ It has got less clear what threshold constitutes panic , ” they say .
Some insiders believe the strategy can not realistically be about getting out of that red zone at all , when we ’ re already in it before the impact of school and university reopening is added in ; and when the deep-seated economic scars of previous recessions - and austerity - make us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus in the first place .
In other words an ‘ arbitrary ’ red threshold may not work here at all , says one .
“ In Greater Manchester , because of environmental , deprivation and demographic factors , your infection rate is going to be higher than in the Home Counties , ” they say .
“ The numbers are going to continue to rocket in the next few weeks when the biggest student population in Europe starts partying .
“ The thresholds probably need to be higher in places like this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what is an acceptable level of risk.
” Manchester council ’ s leader Sir Richard Leese - who also leads on health politically for the region as a whole - is increasingly making clear his view that we may need to live with a certain rate of the virus until a vaccine materialises .
Any attempt to lock down the economy here will be vigorously opposed from that quarter , not least because the impacts of the 1980s recession still loom painfully large in the thinking within Manchester town hall .
Others in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economic measures won ’ t be politically palatable to the government either , or to Conservatives in Bolton , which is currently recording the highest rates in the country .
Avoiding full-scale lockdown in Greater Manchester is not just a goal for the region ’ s largely Labour leadership , but for its generation of red wall Tories , who make up a third of its MPs .
“ Are they seriously going to say , as a ‘ levelling up ’ administration , that you want to close our economy ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Equally , however , no decision makers really know if and when the current high rates will translate into hospital admissions among the more vulnerable .
Several senior public health figures - including Liverpool ’ s director of public health Matt Ashton and Wigan ’ s , Kate Ardern - have publicly said they believe they will do , potentially in October .
Others believe the virus may have mutated into a lesser strain .
If the economy is to stay open , some mutter that the trade-off may have to be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time , which is itself a difficult political message to sell .
Either way , as the nights draw in , Greater Manchester is walking a tightrope .
Desperate not to lock down its economy , careful of maintaining a fragile political consensus , hopeful of finally convincing the government of its test and trace plans , working blind on what ministers might decide - and what the virus will do .
Succeeding will be crucial not just for the health of its population now , but well into the future .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonstrates , this crisis lays bare just where decades of regional inequality can end up leading .

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The working week has begun with bad news for Matt Hancock.
Not only has there been a spike in Covid cases nationally over the weekend, but people across the country are now struggling to access tests. At the same time there is evidence intensive care admissions are rising in France, fuelling fears among public health experts that soaring cases among younger people here will eventually feed through to those who are more vulnerable, even if that pattern is taking its time to materialise.
However if the national picture is taking a turn for the worse, in Greater Manchester bad Covid news has been a fixture of pretty much the entire summer.
As a Public Health England report leaked to the Observer over the weekend concluded, the virus is endemic here.
Echoing similar views expressed to the M.E.N. in August by local officials, it found that the first wave never went away in many of our boroughs. Some of that is due to a combination of bad housing, high-risk jobs and poverty, none of which are problems that can be quickly fixed.
Extra restrictions were initially introduced across the entire conurbation at the end of July as a result of rising rates. Oldham narrowly avoided an economic lockdown a few weeks later, before Bolton saw a dramatic and sudden spike in infections at the end of August.
Today’s figures now show most of our local authorities in the government’s ‘red zone’ for infections, officially defined as more than 50 cases per 100,000 people.
Privately, senior local figures admit ministers could simply choose to shut some of our economy down this week, Leicester-style - although how likely that is, given the government’s mood music around reopening the economy and the politics of the former red wall, is debatable.
At the same time as our rates have increased, however, worried public health officials are also eyeing up the return of 100,000 students to Greater Manchester over the coming days. Today the region is already dealing with more than a dozen school outbreaks, with more than 1,000 children self isolating.
Meanwhile people asking for tests via the government’s website are being sent as far away as Llandudno, Leicester and even Inverness, alongside a message this morning stating that there are currently no home tests available at all for Mancunians, despite the city being a hotspot.
There is suspicion within the local system that bookings for test centres are simply being switched off nationally when lab capacity fills. In the same way as Scotland initially ran out of capacity when the schools reopened, England now appears to be following the same pattern - except capacity was already pretty much full to begin with.
So Greater Manchester now has a serious situation on its hands, from a public health, economic and political point of view. It is preparing a detailed ask of government after agreeing last week that the current approach of half-way house lockdown measures - which currently see four different sets of rules applied across the ten boroughs - isn’t the solution.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
One major concern is the resulting impact that approach is having on the public health message.
“The message is so confusing: different things in different places, in or out, shake it all about,” says one official of the government’s 'hokey cokey' approach of changing restrictions in different boroughs of Greater Manchester.
“It’s really not helping and it’s undermining public confidence. We have to grab that back very clearly.
“There’s mixed messaging coming from national and from us. People lose confidence and say ‘sod this’, which is absolutely the wrong thing going into autumn and winter.”
The messaging question is one that MPs have raised concerns about too.
On Friday night, a few hours after announcing businesses such as casinos could open in most of Greater Manchester, the government suddenly announced extra social mixing restrictions in Bolton as a result of rocketing rates. The news broke at around 6pm.
(Image: PA)
To pick three neighbouring boroughs as an example, that now means people in Bolton cannot meet other households at all; people in Salford can meet each other outside; and people in Wigan can meet anywhere.
Bolton South East’s Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi wrote to Matt Hancock over the weekend describing a ‘widespread feeling of exasperation and frustration with the way this has been handled’.
Pointing to confusion over what rules actually apply to the borough, she warned: “This is leading to an erosion of compliance with the local lockdown measures.”
A senior councillor elsewhere in the conurbation also points out that if people have been listening to the messages around getting a test until now, that won’t necessarily last if it becomes impossible to secure one. And once that compliance is lost, it’s potentially lost forever.
Against the backdrop of those concerns, Greater Manchester is drawing up a detailed practical request to government.
(Image: Steve Allen)
They believe extra resource and control over a localised testing and contact trace system is the single most important thing the government needs to provide. It is an argument they have been making for months, but they are now ramping it up.
Latest figures published by local authority last week show that not only is the national test and trace system not hitting its targets, but its success rate here is even lower than in England as a whole.
Just 56pc of routine contacts have been traced by the national system - as opposed to those followed up by local authorities - in Greater Manchester since May, compared to 61pc nationally. Oldham and Rochdale continue to have among the worst performance in the country.
The emerging plans for a locally-run system, which are being drawn up on behalf of the region by PricewaterhouseCoopers with the help of World Health Organisation expert David Nabarro, propose a German-style track and trace set-up, controlled not by outsourcers such as Serco but by public health departments here.
(Image: PA)
That would see part of the existing national team redeployed and ringfenced to Greater Manchester. They would continue to be the first port of call for contact tracing, but anyone they fail to reach within 24 hours would then be passed immediately to more specialised local teams.
One senior figure says they want a ‘24/7’ system that would probably need an extra couple of hundred staff. They also want to see financial support currently being trialled in Oldham for people who can’t afford to self-isolate rolled out across all ten boroughs.
Key to the plan would also be control over lab capacity, along with the ability to send mobile testing units where they need them, rather than waiting for the Department of Health and Social Care to agree their mobilisation by firms such as G4S or Sodexo.
It could mean a further £20m or more in investment by the government, but they believe it’s worth it.
“We want the development of test and trace in its entirety coming to us,” says one senior figure, adding that if it works here, it can be adapted to work anywhere in the country.
(Image: Getty Images)
“With a fraction of the investment that’s gone into Serco, you could have a much more robust system which is future proof for further pandemics.”
Some of the principles are basic. More than one health official says something as simple as ringing people from a local number, with a local accent, can mean people are more likely to engage with contact tracers. In Oldham, the fire service has been used to knock on doors - not least because, put simply, people like the fire service and are happy to chat to them.
Oldham MP Jim McMahon has also written to the health secretary this week warning of a chronic gap in the test and trace system.
Ever since its inception, local public health departments have been pointing to a lack of workplace information in the data that comes through. When you book a test, the reason for that becomes pretty apparent: you are not required to fill out that field.
“We may find it difficult to drive down infection unless we do much more to target the source transmission,” wrote the MP for Oldham West and Royton, noting that Oldham has particularly large numbers of people in jobs where they are far more likely to come into contact with the virus.
“Specifically, we must be able to accurately target high risk occupations where workers are exposed to a higher risk of transmission either because of the significant public contact inherent in the job, or because social distancing and safe working practices are not routinely achieved.
“Efforts to build a robust evidence base are, in my view, seriously hampered by the failure to properly capture occupational data for those receiving Covid-19 tests. The online booking system does not mandate that users submit occupational data.
"The little explanation which has been offered appears to be only that it might discourage the uptake of tests to mandate this information.”
(Image: ABNM Photography)
But even with a functioning test and trace system in place, an uneasy balancing act will remain for decision-makers both here and in Westminster.
In order to keep some or all of the economy open in one of the country’s most deprived areas, an element of risk will inevitably come in alongside - and the question, which politicians don’t know exactly how to answer, is how much risk is acceptable.
There is a live internal debate about what levels of Covid-19 Greater Manchester is realistically going to have to learn to live with.
One senior local politician says it is increasingly difficult to gauge where the government itself thinks that is either. Whereas previously they knew a rate of 50 cases per 100,000 would immediately result in extra attention from ministers, at the moment there is little sense of what their reaction to Greater Manchester’s current situation will actually be.
“It has got less clear what threshold constitutes panic,” they say.
Some insiders believe the strategy cannot realistically be about getting out of that red zone at all, when we’re already in it before the impact of school and university reopening is added in; and when the deep-seated economic scars of previous recessions - and austerity - make us more vulnerable to the spread of the virus in the first place.
In other words an ‘arbitrary’ red threshold may not work here at all, says one.
“In Greater Manchester, because of environmental, deprivation and demographic factors, your infection rate is going to be higher than in the Home Counties,” they say.
“The numbers are going to continue to rocket in the next few weeks when the biggest student population in Europe starts partying.
(Image: MEN Media)
“The thresholds probably need to be higher in places like this. It’s about working out what is an acceptable level of risk.”
Manchester council’s leader Sir Richard Leese - who also leads on health politically for the region as a whole - is increasingly making clear his view that we may need to live with a certain rate of the virus until a vaccine materialises. Any attempt to lock down the economy here will be vigorously opposed from that quarter, not least because the impacts of the 1980s recession still loom painfully large in the thinking within Manchester town hall.
Others in the system are more cautious. But economic measures won’t be politically palatable to the government either, or to Conservatives in Bolton, which is currently recording the highest rates in the country. Avoiding full-scale lockdown in Greater Manchester is not just a goal for the region’s largely Labour leadership, but for its generation of red wall Tories, who make up a third of its MPs.
“Are they seriously going to say, as a ‘levelling up’ administration, that you want to close our economy?” muses one official of the government.
(Image: Getty Images)
Equally, however, no decision makers really know if and when the current high rates will translate into hospital admissions among the more vulnerable.
Several senior public health figures - including Liverpool’s director of public health Matt Ashton and Wigan’s, Kate Ardern - have publicly said they believe they will do, potentially in October. Others believe the virus may have mutated into a lesser strain. If the economy is to stay open, some mutter that the trade-off may have to be the shielding of older people for quite some time, which is itself a difficult political message to sell.
Either way, as the nights draw in, Greater Manchester is walking a tightrope. Desperate not to lock down its economy, careful of maintaining a fragile political consensus, hopeful of finally convincing the government of its test and trace plans, working blind on what ministers might decide - and what the virus will do.
Succeeding will be crucial not just for the health of its population now, but well into the future. As the Covid-19 case map of northern England demonstrates, this crisis lays bare just where decades of regional inequality can end up leading.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Man City see £62m Jose Gimenez bid rejected and more transfer rumours

Manchester City have seen a £62million bid for Atletico Madrid 's Jose Gimenez rejected , according to a report in Italy .
MEN Sport understands that Pep Guardiola wants another centre-back during this summer transfer window , despite already landing Nathan Ake from Bournemouth for £40million .
Kalidou Koulibaly is the principal City target , though it 's claimed Gimenez is a credible alternative to the Napoli centre-back , with Chelsea also linked with the Uruguayan defender , 25 .
Italian news outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport report that Atletico have knocked back City 's approach for Gimenez , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ players at Wanda Metropolitano beyond the end of the window .
It has been reported Gimenez has a £109m release clause , though still has three years to run on his contract .
City have already signed Ake and Ferran Torres so far this summer .
Meanwhile , a deal has been agreed to allow Angelino a return to RB Leipzig on loan next season , according to German media outlet Kick .
They claim , via Bulinews that the City full-back already has a deal 'in principle ' lined up , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loan at Leipzig with the option for the German club to buy him for €20million .
The 23-year-old has impressed for the Bundesliga side , nailing down a regular spot in Julian Nagelsmann 's side , playing 13 times in the league after moving on loan in January .

Manchester City have seen a £62million bid for Atletico Madrid's Jose Gimenez rejected, according to a report in Italy.
MEN Sport understands that Pep Guardiola wants another centre-back during this summer transfer window, despite already landing Nathan Ake from Bournemouth for £40million.
Kalidou Koulibaly is the principal City target, though it's claimed Gimenez is a credible alternative to the Napoli centre-back, with Chelsea also linked with the Uruguayan defender, 25.
Italian news outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport report that Atletico have knocked back City's approach for Gimenez, with Diego Simeone keen to keep his star players at Wanda Metropolitano beyond the end of the window. It has been reported Gimenez has a £109m release clause, though still has three years to run on his contract.
City have already signed Ake and Ferran Torres so far this summer.
Meanwhile, a deal has been agreed to allow Angelino a return to RB Leipzig on loan next season, according to German media outlet Kick.
They claim, via Bulinews that the City full-back already has a deal 'in principle' lined up, which will see him spend next season on loan at Leipzig with the option for the German club to buy him for €20million.
The 23-year-old has impressed for the Bundesliga side, nailing down a regular spot in Julian Nagelsmann's side, playing 13 times in the league after moving on loan in January.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Man United intensify interest in Alex Telles and more transfer rumours

Manchester United have intensified their interest in full back Alex Telles this summer , according to reports in Portuguese media .
News outlet A Bola claim that United have registered a firm interest in the Brazilian left-back from Porto , while Sevilla are also mentioned in the article .
It comes after reports that Real Madrid were ready to offer Sergio Reguilon to United , after the left-back impressed on a season-long loan spell at Sevilla in 2019/20 .
He starred in the Spanish club 's Europa League semi-final victory over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's men in Cologne .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a top priority for United in the transfer window , due to the emergence of Brandon Williams and Luke Shaw 's solid form .
But that situation may change with both players suffering injury problems of late .
Elsewhere , it has been reported that United are yet to respond to Roma ’ s latest offer for centre-back Chris Smalling .
Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport report that United 's radio silence has affected the confidence in Rome that a permanent deal could be struck for the England international .
Smalling impressed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ club last season and it has been reported that Roma offered €12million plus more in bonuses for the player .
United are believed to be holding out for a bigger fee , amid interest from other Serie A sides this summer .

Manchester United have intensified their interest in full back Alex Telles this summer, according to reports in Portuguese media.
News outlet A Bola claim that United have registered a firm interest in the Brazilian left-back from Porto, while Sevilla are also mentioned in the article.
It comes after reports that Real Madrid were ready to offer Sergio Reguilon to United, after the left-back impressed on a season-long loan spell at Sevilla in 2019/20. He starred in the Spanish club's Europa League semi-final victory over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men in Cologne.
It was previously thought that left-back was not a top priority for United in the transfer window, due to the emergence of Brandon Williams and Luke Shaw's solid form. But that situation may change with both players suffering injury problems of late.
Elsewhere, it has been reported that United are yet to respond to Roma’s latest offer for centre-back Chris Smalling.
Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport report that United's radio silence has affected the confidence in Rome that a permanent deal could be struck for the England international.
Smalling impressed on a season-long loan with the Italian capital club last season and it has been reported that Roma offered €12million plus more in bonuses for the player. United are believed to be holding out for a bigger fee, amid interest from other Serie A sides this summer.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Gary Neville makes predictions about three Man United transfers

Gary Neville believes Manchester United must make three more signings this summer and believes the club will make the necessary additions .
Donny van de Beek is the only confirmed United summer transfer so far , amid interest in Borussia Dortmund 's Jadon Sancho and possible left-back and central defensive targets .
RB Leipzig 's Dayot Upamecano was initially mentioned as a possible answer to the latter position , while MEN Sport understands Real Madrid left-back Sergio Reguilon is currently under consideration .
And Neville believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to strengthen in both those positions , while getting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I think the left-back area is important because Luke [ Shaw ] has had injury problems , '' Neville told the Webby and O ’ Neill YouTube channel .
`` I think centre-back is critical and I do think at least one forward is important .
I still think we need three or four signings .
`` I ’ ve got a feeling they [ the United board ] are on it and are just not getting them over the line quite as quickly as they ’ d want .
`` But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re still in control I think .
They ’ re not reacting to the market like they were a few years ago , they ’ re in control .
`` The signings are better , they ’ re a better age-profile and look like they will be at the club for a long time rather than a season or two .
I ’ m positive generally about United , but getting those players over the line is critical . ''
MEN Sport understands United are still on the hunt for three more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been their priority target , but negotiations with Dortmund have proven difficult .
David Brooks and Vitaliy Mykolenko are among the back-up options on United 's transfer shortlist , with the window open until October 6th .

Gary Neville believes Manchester United must make three more signings this summer and believes the club will make the necessary additions.
Donny van de Beek is the only confirmed United summer transfer so far, amid interest in Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho and possible left-back and central defensive targets.
RB Leipzig's Dayot Upamecano was initially mentioned as a possible answer to the latter position, while MEN Sport understands Real Madrid left-back Sergio Reguilon is currently under consideration.
And Neville believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to strengthen in both those positions, while getting the extra forward reinforcement that United require.
"I think the left-back area is important because Luke [Shaw] has had injury problems," Neville told the Webby and O’Neill YouTube channel.
"I think centre-back is critical and I do think at least one forward is important. I still think we need three or four signings.
"I’ve got a feeling they [the United board] are on it and are just not getting them over the line quite as quickly as they’d want.
"But they’re not panicking and they’re still in control I think. They’re not reacting to the market like they were a few years ago, they’re in control.
"The signings are better, they’re a better age-profile and look like they will be at the club for a long time rather than a season or two. I’m positive generally about United, but getting those players over the line is critical."
MEN Sport understands United are still on the hunt for three more additions this summer. Sancho has long been their priority target, but negotiations with Dortmund have proven difficult.
David Brooks and Vitaliy Mykolenko are among the back-up options on United's transfer shortlist, with the window open until October 6th.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Neil Buchanan says 'I am not Banksy'

Neil Buchanan says 'I am not Banksy'

Talk that Neil Buchanan could be Banksy has been denied by the children 's TV presenter and artist .
Rumours have been swirling on Twitter that the Art Attack star might be the famous guerrilla artist .
The gossip , which apparently has been circulating for years but resurfaced on Friday , has delighted many fans .
But it has since been flatly denied in a message on Neil 's official website neilbuchanan.co.uk after the site was flooded with enquiries .
`` Neil Buchanan is NOT Banksy , '' it says emphatically .
`` PLEASE NOTE : We have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the current social media story .
`` Unfortunately this website does not have the infrastructure to answer all these enquiries individually , however we can confirm that there is no truth in the rumour whatsoever . ''
It adds : `` Neil spent lockdown with vulnerable members of his family and is now preparing to launch his new art collection in 2021 .
`` Thank you and please stay safe . ''
It was theorised that a link could be found in Neil 's heavy metal rock band Marseille .
The band performed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and a Banksy artwork was found on a wall on Sauchiehall Street near the music venue .
The band also played at the famous the Roundhouse in Camden , London , near another Banksy work .
On Friday a Twitter user fanned the flames by writing : “ Just heard that it 's rumoured Neil Buchanan is Banksy .
`` If true , it 's the funniest s*** ever .
Aintree 's finest.
” Explaining the theory further they added : “ He 's a musician and art has followed in the cities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And they added this was enough to convince them , saying : “ This is straight in the believe without question category.
” Neil , 58 , shot to fame in the 80s as a host on the Saturday morning show No .
73 , later renamed 7T3 .
He presented the CITV programme Art Attack from 1990 to 2007 .
He also presented the game show Finders Keepers from 1991 to 1996 .
Banksy is an anonymous England-based street artist who has been active since the 1990s , known for satirical street @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
His works of political and social commentary have featured on streets , walls , and bridges throughout the world .

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Talk that Neil Buchanan could be Banksy has been denied by the children's TV presenter and artist.
Rumours have been swirling on Twitter that the Art Attack star might be the famous guerrilla artist.
The gossip, which apparently has been circulating for years but resurfaced on Friday, has delighted many fans.
But it has since been flatly denied in a message on Neil's official website neilbuchanan.co.uk after the site was flooded with enquiries.
(Image: YouTube/CITV)
"Neil Buchanan is NOT Banksy," it says emphatically.
"PLEASE NOTE: We have been inundated with enquiries over the weekend regarding the current social media story.
"Unfortunately this website does not have the infrastructure to answer all these enquiries individually, however we can confirm that there is no truth in the rumour whatsoever."
It adds: "Neil spent lockdown with vulnerable members of his family and is now preparing to launch his new art collection in 2021.
(Image: YouTube/CITV)
"Thank you and please stay safe."
It was theorised that a link could be found in Neil's heavy metal rock band Marseille.
The band performed at the Garage in Glasgow in 2010 and a Banksy artwork was found on a wall on Sauchiehall Street near the music venue.
The band also played at the famous the Roundhouse in Camden, London, near another Banksy work.
On Friday a Twitter user fanned the flames by writing: “Just heard that it's rumoured Neil Buchanan is Banksy.
(Image: Tamworth Herald)
"If true, it's the funniest s*** ever. Aintree's finest.”
Explaining the theory further they added: “He's a musician and art has followed in the cities of shows he's done allegedly.”
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And they added this was enough to convince them, saying: “This is straight in the believe without question category.”
Neil, 58, shot to fame in the 80s as a host on the Saturday morning show No. 73, later renamed 7T3.
He presented the CITV programme Art Attack from 1990 to 2007. He also presented the game show Finders Keepers from 1991 to 1996.
Banksy is an anonymous England-based street artist who has been active since the 1990s, known for satirical street art executed in a distinctive stencilling technique.
His works of political and social commentary have featured on streets, walls, and bridges throughout the world.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Man City's Phil Foden issues apology for breaching restrictions on England duty

Manchester City star Phil Foden has issued an apology after he was sent home from international duty with England .
Foden and national team-mate Mason Greenwood were axed from Gareth Southgate 's squad after they were found to have breached rules surrounding COVID-19 guidance while in Iceland over the weekend .
Icelandic media published stills and a short video of girls in a hotel room with the pair from Sunday .
Foden and Greenwood will now miss England 's match against Denmark on Tuesday night .
Now , after being criticised by both his club and the FA , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his social media channels .
He said : `` Following the story which has emerged today regarding my actins in Iceland , I want to make a full apology .
`` I apologise to Gareth Southgate , to my England team mates , to the staff , supporters , and also my Club and my family .
`` When I was called up by Gareth for these games , my first reaction was that of immense pride .
To pull on that short for the senior team in my England debut was an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young player with a lot to learn , but I am aware of the huge responsibility I have in representing Manchester City and England at this level .
`` On this occasion I made a poor decision and my behaviour did n't meet the standards expected of me .
`` I breached COVID-19 protocols put in place to protect myself and my England colleagues .
As a consequence I will now miss the opportunity to travel to Denmark with the squad , and that hurts .
`` I will learn a valuable lesson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wish Gareth and the team good luck this week . ''

Manchester City star Phil Foden has issued an apology after he was sent home from international duty with England.
Foden and national team-mate Mason Greenwood were axed from Gareth Southgate's squad after they were found to have breached rules surrounding COVID-19 guidance while in Iceland over the weekend.
Icelandic media published stills and a short video of girls in a hotel room with the pair from Sunday. Foden and Greenwood will now miss England's match against Denmark on Tuesday night.
Now, after being criticised by both his club and the FA, the City youngster has released a statement on his social media channels.
He said: "Following the story which has emerged today regarding my actins in Iceland, I want to make a full apology.
"I apologise to Gareth Southgate, to my England team mates, to the staff, supporters, and also my Club and my family.
"When I was called up by Gareth for these games, my first reaction was that of immense pride. To pull on that short for the senior team in my England debut was an incredible privilege.
"I am a young player with a lot to learn, but I am aware of the huge responsibility I have in representing Manchester City and England at this level.
"On this occasion I made a poor decision and my behaviour didn't meet the standards expected of me.
"I breached COVID-19 protocols put in place to protect myself and my England colleagues. As a consequence I will now miss the opportunity to travel to Denmark with the squad, and that hurts.
"I will learn a valuable lesson from this error in judgment and I wish Gareth and the team good luck this week."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--How easy is it to book a coronavirus test in Greater Manchester?

How easy is it to book a coronavirus test in Greater Manchester ?
Is it easier to go to a drive-through test centre , to a walk-in centre or to order a home-testing kit ?
In recent weeks , some people have complained about being sent to centres miles away from their homes - one resident was even told the closest facility to him was in Llandudno , Wales .
Some parts of the region - such as Bolton and Oldham - have among the highest infection rates in the country .
Seven boroughs in Greater Manchester are 'red alert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And the government insists that areas with outbreaks are prioritised .
This evening ( Monday ) , the Manchester Evening News used the government website to try book a Covid-19 test using a number of different postcodes from across the region .
We looked at how easy it is to get a home testing kit in places like Bolton and Oldham and whether it 's easier to go to a drive-through or walk-in test centre .
For every postcode that we tried , we ticked the option of having coronavirus symptoms .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ borough .
Bolton currently has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the country .
The town has been locked down further .
Using a postcode for Bolton town centre and selecting the option of displaying coronavirus symptoms and having a car , the nearest drive-through site available was in Trafford .
The nearest walk-through site was also at the Bruntwood Trafford House Car Park on Chorley Street - around three miles away .
There were no home testing kits available .
The website said : `` There are currently no home test kits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Using the same postcode to book test and selecting the option of having a car , the result came out with no home testing kits available .
Inputting a postcode for Horwich brought out the same results as the Bolton town centre postcode .
For residents trying to book a test using a Bury postcode , no home testing kits were available on Monday .
The nearest drive-through and walk-in test centre available was at Bruntwood Trafford House Car Park on Chorley Street in Trafford .
The results were the same using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Radcliffe postcode .
No home test kits were available for every Manchester postcode we tried - including a Manchester city centre postcode and a Fallowfield postcode .
The nearest drive-through and walk-in test centre showed on the government website as being the Earl Business Centre in Oldham .
This is around seven miles away from the borough .
Manchester remains under local lockdown measures , preventing people from meeting with other households indoors or in private gardens .
Using a Wigan postcode , no home testing kits were available on Monday .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up as Oldham Leisure Centre for both drive-through and walk-in .
Residents of Wigan and are under national guidance and are not subject to any lockdown measures .
At around 7pm on Monday , the M.E.N tried to book a test using a number of postcodes from the remaining six boroughs in Greater Manchester .
For a variety of different postcodes in Oldham , Rochdale , Trafford , Tameside , Salford and Stockport the website would not load when trying to book a test .
No matter which options we selected , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using any postcode in these boroughs .
We tried refreshing the page , but no tests were showing as available .
In a statement , a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said that there is currently ' a high demand for tests ' .
They said areas with outbreaks are being made a priority .
The statement read : “ There is a high demand for tests and to help stop the spread of the virus we are targeting testing capacity at the areas that need it most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outbreak , as well as prioritising at-risk groups .
“ We have the capacity to test for coronavirus at an unprecedented scale .
`` We are expanding capacity to 500,000 tests a day by the end of October , increasing the number of testing sites and bringing in new technology to process results faster.
” 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 .
Seven of the ten @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'red alert ' , meaning they have an infection rate above 50 .

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How easy is it to book a coronavirus test in Greater Manchester?
Is it easier to go to a drive-through test centre, to a walk-in centre or to order a home-testing kit?
In recent weeks, some people have complained about being sent to centres miles away from their homes - one resident was even told the closest facility to him was in Llandudno, Wales.
Some parts of the region - such as Bolton and Oldham - have among the highest infection rates in the country.
Seven boroughs in Greater Manchester are 'red alert' due to high infection rates.
And the government insists that areas with outbreaks are prioritised.
This evening (Monday), the Manchester Evening News used the government website to try book a Covid-19 test using a number of different postcodes from across the region.
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We looked at how easy it is to get a home testing kit in places like Bolton and Oldham and whether it's easier to go to a drive-through or walk-in test centre.
For every postcode that we tried, we ticked the option of having coronavirus symptoms.
Here are the results for postcodes in each borough.
Bolton
Bolton currently has the highest coronavirus infection rate in the country. The town has been locked down further.
Using a postcode for Bolton town centre and selecting the option of displaying coronavirus symptoms and having a car, the nearest drive-through site available was in Trafford.
The nearest walk-through site was also at the Bruntwood Trafford House Car Park on Chorley Street - around three miles away.
There were no home testing kits available.
The website said: "There are currently no home test kits available. Please try again later."
Using the same postcode to book test and selecting the option of having a car, the result came out with no home testing kits available.
Inputting a postcode for Horwich brought out the same results as the Bolton town centre postcode.
Bury
For residents trying to book a test using a Bury postcode, no home testing kits were available on Monday.
The nearest drive-through and walk-in test centre available was at Bruntwood Trafford House Car Park on Chorley Street in Trafford.
The results were the same using a Bury town centre postcode and a Radcliffe postcode.
(Image: PA)
Manchester
No home test kits were available for every Manchester postcode we tried - including a Manchester city centre postcode and a Fallowfield postcode.
The nearest drive-through and walk-in test centre showed on the government website as being the Earl Business Centre in Oldham.
This is around seven miles away from the borough.
Manchester remains under local lockdown measures, preventing people from meeting with other households indoors or in private gardens.
Wigan
Using a Wigan postcode, no home testing kits were available on Monday.
The nearest drive-through centre available for booking came up as Oldham Leisure Centre for both drive-through and walk-in.
Residents of Wigan and are under national guidance and are not subject to any lockdown measures.
Oldham, Rochdale, Trafford, Tameside, Salford and Stockport
(Image: PA)
At around 7pm on Monday, the M.E.N tried to book a test using a number of postcodes from the remaining six boroughs in Greater Manchester.
For a variety of different postcodes in Oldham, Rochdale, Trafford, Tameside, Salford and Stockport the website would not load when trying to book a test.
No matter which options we selected, it was not possible to book a test using any postcode in these boroughs.
We tried refreshing the page, but no tests were showing as available.
In a statement, a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said that there is currently 'a high demand for tests'.
They said areas with outbreaks are being made a priority.
The statement read: “There is a high demand for tests and to help stop the spread of the virus we are targeting testing capacity at the areas that need it most, including those where there is an outbreak, as well as prioritising at-risk groups.
“We have the capacity to test for coronavirus at an unprecedented scale.
"We are expanding capacity to 500,000 tests a day by the end of October, increasing the number of testing sites and bringing in new technology to process results faster.”
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.
Seven of the ten boroughs in the region are now on 'red alert', meaning they have an infection rate above 50.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Inquest opened into the deaths of couple found dead at their home in Stockport

An inquest has been opened into the deaths of a couple who were found dead at their home in Stockport .
The bodies of Denis and Lynda Cooper were discovered at their house on Sandown Road , in Hazel Grove , on August 25 .
Police immediately launched a murder investigation , however detectives say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation .
An inquest into the couple ’ s deaths was opened today ( September 7 ) .
Stockport Coroners ’ Court heard that Lynda Dianne Cooper , 72 , was born in Hammersmith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assessment and review officer and lived at Sandown Road , in Stockport , with her husband .
Denis Thomas Cooper , 69 , was born in Hale Barns .
A retired operations manager he also lived at Sandown Road , the court heard .
Senior Coroner Alison Mutch said : “ Mr and Mrs Cooper were both found deceased at their home address on August 25 , 2020 .
Mrs Mutch said a Home Office pathologist has carried out post mortem examinations on both Mr and Mrs Cooper .
Though the coroner is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a provisional cause of death was recorded for both .
Mrs Cooper died of strangulation , while Mr Cooper died from hanging , the court heard .
The coroner said full pathological reports in relation to both Mr and Mrs Cooper are awaited and police enquiries are ongoing .
She adjourned proceedings for a pre-inquest review to take place on December 2 .
Speaking to the coroners ’ officer , Mrs Mutch added : “ Please pass on my condolences to the family of Mr and Mrs Cooper at this very difficult time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Sandown Road following a 'report of concern for the occupants ' at around 7.30pm on Tuesday , August 25 .
Crime scene investigators were still at the scene the following afternoon and forensics officers were seen going inside the home .
Neighbours described Mr and Mrs Cooper as a ‘ nice , friendly couple ’ who had lived on the street for around three years .
One person , who asked not to be named , said : `` They were a very nice , friendly couple .
`` We did n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often chat about gardening . ''
Another told the Manchester Evening News : `` It ’ s all a bit of a shock really .
`` I came home from work and saw all the police cars and ambulances .
“ I don ’ t know them very well , but they were a nice friendly couple and we would always say hello in passing .
`` I would see them go out for walks a lot during coronavirus . ''

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An inquest has been opened into the deaths of a couple who were found dead at their home in Stockport.
The bodies of Denis and Lynda Cooper were discovered at their house on Sandown Road, in Hazel Grove, on August 25.
Police immediately launched a murder investigation, however detectives say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation.
An inquest into the couple’s deaths was opened today (September 7).
(Image: stockport)
Stockport Coroners’ Court heard that Lynda Dianne Cooper, 72, was born in Hammersmith, London.
She was a retired assessment and review officer and lived at Sandown Road, in Stockport, with her husband.
Denis Thomas Cooper, 69, was born in Hale Barns. A retired operations manager he also lived at Sandown Road, the court heard.
Senior Coroner Alison Mutch said: “Mr and Mrs Cooper were both found deceased at their home address on August 25, 2020.
“A police investigation has continued.”
(Image: ABNM Photography)
Mrs Mutch said a Home Office pathologist has carried out post mortem examinations on both Mr and Mrs Cooper.
Though the coroner is awaiting the full post mortem reports, a provisional cause of death was recorded for both.
Mrs Cooper died of strangulation, while Mr Cooper died from hanging, the court heard.
The coroner said full pathological reports in relation to both Mr and Mrs Cooper are awaited and police enquiries are ongoing.
She adjourned proceedings for a pre-inquest review to take place on December 2.
Speaking to the coroners’ officer, Mrs Mutch added: “Please pass on my condolences to the family of Mr and Mrs Cooper at this very difficult time for them.”
(Image: ABNM Photography)
Emergency services were called to Sandown Road following a 'report of concern for the occupants' at around 7.30pm on Tuesday, August 25.
Crime scene investigators were still at the scene the following afternoon and forensics officers were seen going inside the home.
Neighbours described Mr and Mrs Cooper as a ‘nice, friendly couple’ who had lived on the street for around three years.
One person, who asked not to be named, said: "They were a very nice, friendly couple.
"We didn't know them really well, but would often chat about gardening."
(Image: ABNM Photography)
Another told the Manchester Evening News: "It’s all a bit of a shock really.
"I came home from work and saw all the police cars and ambulances.
“I don’t know them very well, but they were a nice friendly couple and we would always say hello in passing.
"I would see them go out for walks a lot during coronavirus."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--School worker fined for refusing to self-isolate after returning from Spain

A school worker has been fined £1,000 after refusing to self-isolate after she returned from a family holiday in Spain .
The authorities were tipped off that a family from the Bamford area of Rochdale had returned from their trip to the med but were not isolating at home .
After being contacted by the council they admitted they had not begun their 14-day quarantine as now required by law .
But despite being offered advice and guidance , there were further reports of them flouting self-isolation rules , resulting in police and council officers paying them a visit .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at home , she had left the house to go to work at a high school in Lancashire .
Police made contact , told her to return home immediately - and hit her with a £1,000 fine .
The school is now working with public health officials to address the Covid-19 risk .
It was later discovered the couple had lied to officers about when they returned from Spain in an attempt to self-isolate for less time .
Police are considering taking further action against the pair for giving false information .
Superintendent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GMP ) said : `` This is a really serious breach of the regulations as not only is someone leaving the house while they should be in isolation , they are also , knowingly , putting the pupils and other teachers attending the school at risk of contracting the virus .
`` The risks around this are huge and far-reaching .
`` I completely understand the last few months have been really hard for people as it 's brought about a behaviour change and caused a lot of disruption .
However , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow the regulations to minimise the risk of another spike in cases.
” Supt Sidebotham said it was critically important holidaymakers self-isolated for 14 days when returning from abroad , as passing the virus on to the elderly or medically vulnerable could have ‘ serious consequences ’ .
`` When contacted by PHE it 's important to answer and respond , as once a case is referred to police , it takes up a number of resources in order to visit the address and make contact with the individual , ” he added @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are putting their health at risk by visiting someone who could potentially be carrying the virus .
A risk that is preventable if everyone self-isolates as required . ''
Coun Sara Rowbotham , Rochdale council ’ s cabinet member for health and wellbeing , said it was crucial people continued to play their part in stopping the spread of the virus .
She said : “ We want to avoid enforcement where we can but this was a clear example of someone deliberately ignoring the rules for their own convenience .
Irresponsible behaviour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take action against people who show disregard for the rules.
” A list of countries where visitors are required to self-isolate upon their return to England can be found here To report someone you suspect is not self-isolating when they should be , Rochdale residents should email report.travel @ rochdale.gov.uk

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A school worker has been fined £1,000 after refusing to self-isolate after she returned from a family holiday in Spain.
The authorities were tipped off that a family from the Bamford area of Rochdale had returned from their trip to the med but were not isolating at home.
After being contacted by the council they admitted they had not begun their 14-day quarantine as now required by law.
But despite being offered advice and guidance, there were further reports of them flouting self-isolation rules, resulting in police and council officers paying them a visit.
While the woman’s partner was at home, she had left the house to go to work at a high school in Lancashire.
Police made contact, told her to return home immediately - and hit her with a £1,000 fine.
The school is now working with public health officials to address the Covid-19 risk.
It was later discovered the couple had lied to officers about when they returned from Spain in an attempt to self-isolate for less time.
Police are considering taking further action against the pair for giving false information.
Superintendent Andrew Sidebotham of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said: "This is a really serious breach of the regulations as not only is someone leaving the house while they should be in isolation, they are also, knowingly, putting the pupils and other teachers attending the school at risk of contracting the virus.
"The risks around this are huge and far-reaching.
"I completely understand the last few months have been really hard for people as it's brought about a behaviour change and caused a lot of disruption. However, it's still really important for people to follow the regulations to minimise the risk of another spike in cases.”
Supt Sidebotham said it was critically important holidaymakers self-isolated for 14 days when returning from abroad, as passing the virus on to the elderly or medically vulnerable could have ‘serious consequences’.
"When contacted by PHE it's important to answer and respond, as once a case is referred to police, it takes up a number of resources in order to visit the address and make contact with the individual,” he added.
“As well as this officers are putting their health at risk by visiting someone who could potentially be carrying the virus. A risk that is preventable if everyone self-isolates as required."
Coun Sara Rowbotham, Rochdale council’s cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said it was crucial people continued to play their part in stopping the spread of the virus.
She said: “We want to avoid enforcement where we can but this was a clear example of someone deliberately ignoring the rules for their own convenience. Irresponsible behaviour puts lives at risk and we will take action against people who show disregard for the rules.”
A list of countries where visitors are required to self-isolate upon their return to England can be found here
To report someone you suspect is not self-isolating when they should be, Rochdale residents should email report.travel@rochdale.gov.uk


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Coronavirus infection rates increase in EVERY borough except Trafford

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 .
Seven of the ten boroughs in the region are now on 'red alert ' , meaning they have an infection rate above 50 .
Rochdale has seen the most significant increase in cases , rising from 49.5 on Sunday , to 59.8 on Monday .
But there have been similar increases in most parts of the region .
Oldham and Salford have now crept above 60 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has also gone from 'amber ' alert at 42.4 to 'red ' alert at 50.8 .
Manchester 's rate is at 56.1 compared with 50.1 on Sunday .
The only positive news is in Trafford where the infection rate has fallen from 31.2 to 27 .
Bev Craig , Manchester Council 's lead on Health , said : `` Throughout the month of August , the city of Manchester has seen weekly average infection rates of between 35-45 per 100,000 .
`` As numbers continue to rise , Manchester is following its 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prevent and reduce the spread of Covid-19 .
`` We continue to see higher numbers of people between the 20-40 age range getting positive tests , with cases spread across different areas of the city .
`` With summer coming to an end and schools returning this week , we want to keep reinforcing the message about how important it is to do everything we can to limit the spread , to keep those around us safe and to get a test if you have symptoms .
`` As we go into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make sure we have this virus under control . ''
It comes after the M.E.N revealed that hundreds of pupils across Greater Manchester are having to self-isolate after positive coronavirus cases in their schools .
Just days after welcoming children back to the classroom 15 schools have had to tell some pupils they must now stay at home for a fortnight .
Although hospital admissions are not yet significantly rising , there are fears it is only a matter of time before the virus spreads to more vulnerable people .
Figures released by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester ’ s hospitals .
The region 's hospital death toll now stands at 2,199 .
Both deaths were reported at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust .
All four Covid-19-related deaths recorded in England on Monday occurred in the North West .
The patients were aged between 76 and 95-years-old and all had known underlying health conditions .
Bolton continues to have the highest number of cases per 100,000 people in the whole country .
While other parts of Greater Manchester are now seeing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performances lifted , they will remain closed in Bolton .
Casinos , bowling alleys and other leisure facilities can re-open everywhere in Greater Manchester from 00.01am on Tuesday 8 September - except in Bolton .
Socially distanced indoor performances will also be able to resume , and remaining restrictions on certain close contact services such as treatments on the face will be lifted .
But this will not be allowed to happen in Bolton due to the spike in infection rate .
As of Monday , September 7 the total number of coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stands at : Every single borough in Greater Manchester currently has a coronavirus infection rate above than the national average .

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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.
Seven of the ten boroughs in the region are now on 'red alert', meaning they have an infection rate above 50.
Rochdale has seen the most significant increase in cases, rising from 49.5 on Sunday, to 59.8 on Monday.
But there have been similar increases in most parts of the region.
Oldham and Salford have now crept above 60 cases per 100,000 people, while Bury has also gone from 'amber' alert at 42.4 to 'red' alert at 50.8.
Manchester's rate is at 56.1 compared with 50.1 on Sunday.
The only positive news is in Trafford where the infection rate has fallen from 31.2 to 27.
Bev Craig, Manchester Council's lead on Health, said: "Throughout the month of August, the city of Manchester has seen weekly average infection rates of between 35-45 per 100,000.
"As numbers continue to rise, Manchester is following its 10 point plan to manage infection rates and to prevent and reduce the spread of Covid-19.
"We continue to see higher numbers of people between the 20-40 age range getting positive tests, with cases spread across different areas of the city.
"With summer coming to an end and schools returning this week, we want to keep reinforcing the message about how important it is to do everything we can to limit the spread, to keep those around us safe and to get a test if you have symptoms.
"As we go into autumn and winter, we need to make sure we have this virus under control."
It comes after the M.E.N revealed that hundreds of pupils across Greater Manchester are having to self-isolate after positive coronavirus cases in their schools.
Just days after welcoming children back to the classroom 15 schools have had to tell some pupils they must now stay at home for a fortnight.
Although hospital admissions are not yet significantly rising, there are fears it is only a matter of time before the virus spreads to more vulnerable people.
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Figures released by NHS England today showed two more people have died from coronavirus in Greater Manchester’s hospitals.
The region's hospital death toll now stands at 2,199.
Both deaths were reported at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
All four Covid-19-related deaths recorded in England on Monday occurred in the North West.
The patients were aged between 76 and 95-years-old and all had known underlying health conditions .
Bolton continues to have the highest number of cases per 100,000 people in the whole country.
While other parts of Greater Manchester are now seeing some restrictions on leisure facilities and indoor performances lifted, they will remain closed in Bolton.
Casinos, bowling alleys and other leisure facilities can re-open everywhere in Greater Manchester from 00.01am on Tuesday 8 September - except in Bolton.
Socially distanced indoor performances will also be able to resume, and remaining restrictions on certain close contact services such as treatments on the face will be lifted.
But this will not be allowed to happen in Bolton due to the spike in infection rate.
As of Monday, September 7 the total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester stands at:
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust - 232
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust - 9
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - 453
NHS Nightingale Hospital North West - 6
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust - 570
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust - 6
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - 184
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust - 232
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust - 241
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust - 13
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust - 253
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Every single borough in Greater Manchester currently has a coronavirus infection rate above than the national average.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Holly Willoughby's emotional message to teacher

Holly Willoughby had an emotional message for a teacher who called into This Morning to say she was scared to go back into school .
The caller , known as 'Linda ' , phoned into the ITV show during a segment with The Speakmans who were giving advice on how to cope with anxiety .
She told experts Nick and Eva , as well as hosts Holly and Phillip Schofield , that she was so anxious about coronavirus that she did n't want to return to the classroom .
But Holly , a mum-of-three , had some heartfelt words for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after months of homeschooling .
The 39-year-old told her : `` You 're doing an amazing thing .
`` Think of all the amazing things you 're doing .
Look what happened to our kids when they were all in lockdown and being home-schooled . ''
Holly added : `` As a parent , thank you so much , you do an incredible job .
`` Hold on to that - try not to see just the darkness .
You 're doing an amazing thing . ''
As she ended the call , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of yourself , all right ? ''
This lead to an emotional response from 'Linda ' who told the hosts : `` Thank you so much for keeping me sane for all of lockdown . ''
Holly and Phil returned for Monday 's This Morning following their first week back on the show after a summer break .
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV .

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Holly Willoughby had an emotional message for a teacher who called into This Morning to say she was scared to go back into school.
The caller, known as 'Linda', phoned into the ITV show during a segment with The Speakmans who were giving advice on how to cope with anxiety.
She told experts Nick and Eva, as well as hosts Holly and Phillip Schofield, that she was so anxious about coronavirus that she didn't want to return to the classroom.
But Holly, a mum-of-three, had some heartfelt words for 'Linda' which probably echoes many parents after months of homeschooling.
The 39-year-old told her: "You're doing an amazing thing.
"Think of all the amazing things you're doing. Look what happened to our kids when they were all in lockdown and being home-schooled."
Holly added: "As a parent, thank you so much, you do an incredible job.
"Hold on to that - try not to see just the darkness. You're doing an amazing thing."
As she ended the call, Holly said: "You take care of yourself, all right?"
This lead to an emotional response from 'Linda' who told the hosts: "Thank you so much for keeping me sane for all of lockdown."
Holly and Phil returned for Monday's This Morning following their first week back on the show after a summer break.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Everything that happened on day one of Manchester Arena bombing public inquiry

A man 'likely ' to have been suicide bomber Salman Abedi was challenged by a dad who asked him 'what have you got in your rucksack ? '
minutes before a bomb detonated and killed 22 people at Manchester Arena , the public inquiry into the atrocity heard .
Their exchange was revealed on the first day of the inquiry on Monday , which also heard experts have concluded there were 'potential ' missed opportunities to identify Abedi as a bomber before the explosion .
His 'hostile reconnaissance ' of the Arena complex and surrounding area in the days prior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CCTV images described as 'chilling ' showed Abedi - who the inquiry heard 'intended as many people as possible would die with him ' - walking around the City Room area with his hands behind his back and staring at box offices queues ahead of a Take That concert four days earlier .
Abedi , 22 , was reported to police and security at the Arena as acting suspiciously in the minutes before the blast , but no action was taken , the inquiry was told .
`` At least once and possibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Abedi acting suspiciously , '' said Paul Greaney QC , counsel to the inquiry .
A couple , known as witnesses A and B , were at the City Room area to collect their daughter and her friend from the Ariana Grande concert on May 22 , 2017 , and went to wait on a raised mezzanine area .
The exchange was revealed by Mr Greaney .
He said the witnesses reported their concerns to a Showsec security guard , but said they felt he 'did not seem interested ' .
Witness A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ returned his wife , Witness B , asked him if he 'd seen a man sitting on the floor , the inquiry was told .
`` She was concerned enough by this man 's behaviour that she suggested moving further away even though they had agreed to meet their children at that spot , '' Mr Greaney said .
`` Witness A then saw the man himself .
He was sitting with his back against the short retaining wall at the rear of the mezzanine level .
`` Witness A thought the man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speak to him .
`` Witness A says he asked the man 'what have you got in your rucksack ? '
, but got no response .
`` Witness A then said 'it does n't look very good you know , what you see with bombs and such , you with a rucksack like this in a place like this .
What are you doing ? '
.
`` The man responded , ' I am waiting for somebody mate .
Have you got the time ?
What time is it ? '
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't know and then walked away . ''
`` Witness A then decided to report this suspicious behaviour as he perceived it . ''
He said he spoke to a Showsec security guard and reported what he had seen - a man with a rucksack , the inquiry heard .
Mr Greaney said the guard 'did not seem interested in what he had to say ' .
He felt 'fobbed off ' , the QC added .
`` It does seem likely that the man Witness A saw was Salman Abedi , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public spotted Abedi wearing a large ruck sack and thought he was praying , less than an hour before the detonation at 10.31pm , where as another told a British Transport Police ( BTP ) officer .
Mr Greaney said that 'of considerable importance , the experts consider , on the basis of the information currently available to them , that , on May 22 , there were missed opportunities to identify Salman Abedi as a threat and take mitigating action . ''
He said that the experts concluded : `` If the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been reported , it is very likely that mitigating actions would 've been taken that could have reduced the impact of the attack .
`` This is because there was sufficient time between Abedi first being spotted by , and also reported to ( security ) staff and his attack to effectively react . ''
`` The evidence about these potential missed opportunities will need to be considered with the greatest possible care . ''
Day one of the inquiry began with solemn remembrance .
The courtroom at Manchester magistrates court stood in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were read out aloud .
Sir John Saunders , a retired High Court judge , is leading the probe examining events before , during and after the attack .
Mr Justice Saunders said : `` This is an exercise in establishing the truth .
“ If I conclude things went wrong then I shall say so but we are not looking for scapegoats .
We are searching for the truth .
“ Salman Abedi blew himself up in the explosion but he intended as many people as possible would die with him.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of pure malevolence ' .
He said : “ What happened that night was the most devastating terrorist attack in the UK for many years .
The inquiry will leave no stone unturned.
” Mr Greaney said the inquiry would look into whether there were 'problems or gaps ' with security at the Arena and whether the security employees 'could have done more ' .
Expert evidence will be heard about the Arena 's security .
Security there was not 'dramatically out of step with the operations being used at other most comparable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inquiry was told , but the experts have identified concerns around risk assessment processes .
`` There was no effective risk assessment that considered the threats from terrorism at Manchester Arena in early 2017 , despite the severe threat level , '' Mr Greaney said .
The security guard spoken to by witnesses A and B , named as Mohammed Agha , spoke about the couple 's concerns to another member of Showsec security staff , Kyle Lawler , around eight minutes before the blast .
Mr Lawler recalled Mr Agha telling him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him to a suspicious male carrying a large backpack .
He said they both then realised the man - likely to be Abedi - 'did n't belong there ' .
Mr Lawler said he attempted to alert the control room as the man walked across into the City Room .
`` I just froze and did n't get anything out on the radio , '' Mr Lawler said in a statement read out by Mr Greaney .
`` I knew at that point it was too late . ''
The bomber 's brother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was last month jailed for life with a minimum 55 years before parole , for his part in the deadly bomb plot , which left hundreds of other people injured .
The possible role of Salman and Hashem Abedi 's family in radicalising them needs to be assessed , the public inquiry also heard .
Mr Greaney said : `` The inquiry will need to explore whether , and if so to what extent , the Adebi family or members of it were a radicalising influence on Salman and Hashem Abedi . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Salman Abedi received text messages from a Libyan number 'associated with the Abedi family ' .
Ismail Abedi , the brother of the killers , has been required by the inquiry 's legal team to answer questions relating to the issue of radicalisation , the inquiry was told , but he has declined to answer .
Requests for information from their parents , believed to be in Libya , have also not been responded to , Mr Greaney added .
The inquiry is due to run through to next spring .

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A man 'likely' to have been suicide bomber Salman Abedi was challenged by a dad who asked him 'what have you got in your rucksack?' minutes before a bomb detonated and killed 22 people at Manchester Arena, the public inquiry into the atrocity heard.
Their exchange was revealed on the first day of the inquiry on Monday, which also heard experts have concluded there were 'potential' missed opportunities to identify Abedi as a bomber before the explosion.
His 'hostile reconnaissance' of the Arena complex and surrounding area in the days prior to the attack was also revealed.
CCTV images described as 'chilling' showed Abedi - who the inquiry heard 'intended as many people as possible would die with him' - walking around the City Room area with his hands behind his back and staring at box offices queues ahead of a Take That concert four days earlier.
Abedi, 22, was reported to police and security at the Arena as acting suspiciously in the minutes before the blast, but no action was taken, the inquiry was told.
"At least once and possibly twice, someone drew attention to Salman Abedi acting suspiciously," said Paul Greaney QC, counsel to the inquiry.
A couple, known as witnesses A and B, were at the City Room area to collect their daughter and her friend from the Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017, and went to wait on a raised mezzanine area.
The exchange was revealed by Mr Greaney.
He said the witnesses reported their concerns to a Showsec security guard, but said they felt he 'did not seem interested'.
Witness A went to the toilet and when he returned his wife, Witness B, asked him if he'd seen a man sitting on the floor, the inquiry was told.
"She was concerned enough by this man's behaviour that she suggested moving further away even though they had agreed to meet their children at that spot," Mr Greaney said.
"Witness A then saw the man himself. He was sitting with his back against the short retaining wall at the rear of the mezzanine level.
"Witness A thought the man looked out of place and decided to speak to him.
"Witness A says he asked the man 'what have you got in your rucksack?', but got no response.
"Witness A then said 'it doesn't look very good you know, what you see with bombs and such, you with a rucksack like this in a place like this. What are you doing?'.
"The man responded, 'I am waiting for somebody mate. Have you got the time? What time is it?'
"Witness A said that he didn't know and then walked away."
"Witness A then decided to report this suspicious behaviour as he perceived it."
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He said he spoke to a Showsec security guard and reported what he had seen - a man with a rucksack, the inquiry heard.
Mr Greaney said the guard 'did not seem interested in what he had to say'. He felt 'fobbed off', the QC added.
"It does seem likely that the man Witness A saw was Salman Abedi," he said.
Another member of the public spotted Abedi wearing a large ruck sack and thought he was praying, less than an hour before the detonation at 10.31pm, where as another told a British Transport Police (BTP) officer.
Mr Greaney said that 'of considerable importance, the experts consider, on the basis of the information currently available to them, that, on May 22, there were missed opportunities to identify Salman Abedi as a threat and take mitigating action."
He said that the experts concluded: "If the presence of a potential suicide bomber had been reported, it is very likely that mitigating actions would've been taken that could have reduced the impact of the attack.
"This is because there was sufficient time between Abedi first being spotted by, and also reported to (security) staff and his attack to effectively react."
"The evidence about these potential missed opportunities will need to be considered with the greatest possible care."
Day one of the inquiry began with solemn remembrance.
The courtroom at Manchester magistrates court stood in silence as the names of the dead were read out aloud.
Sir John Saunders, a retired High Court judge, is leading the probe examining events before, during and after the attack.
Mr Justice Saunders said: "This is an exercise in establishing the truth.
“If I conclude things went wrong then I shall say so but we are not looking for scapegoats. We are searching for the truth.
“Salman Abedi blew himself up in the explosion but he intended as many people as possible would die with him.”
Mr Greaney said Abedi was present 'out of pure malevolence'.
He said: “What happened that night was the most devastating terrorist attack in the UK for many years. The inquiry will leave no stone unturned.”
Mr Greaney said the inquiry would look into whether there were 'problems or gaps' with security at the Arena and whether the security employees 'could have done more'.
Expert evidence will be heard about the Arena's security.
Security there was not 'dramatically out of step with the operations being used at other most comparable venues in May 2017', the inquiry was told, but the experts have identified concerns around risk assessment processes.
(Image: PA)
"There was no effective risk assessment that considered the threats from terrorism at Manchester Arena in early 2017, despite the severe threat level," Mr Greaney said.
The security guard spoken to by witnesses A and B, named as Mohammed Agha, spoke about the couple's concerns to another member of Showsec security staff, Kyle Lawler, around eight minutes before the blast.
Mr Lawler recalled Mr Agha telling him a member of the public had alerted him to a suspicious male carrying a large backpack.
He said they both then realised the man - likely to be Abedi - 'didn't belong there'.
Mr Lawler said he attempted to alert the control room as the man walked across into the City Room.
"I just froze and didn't get anything out on the radio," Mr Lawler said in a statement read out by Mr Greaney.
"I knew at that point it was too late."
The bomber's brother, Hashem Abedi, now 23, was last month jailed for life with a minimum 55 years before parole, for his part in the deadly bomb plot, which left hundreds of other people injured.
The possible role of Salman and Hashem Abedi's family in radicalising them needs to be assessed, the public inquiry also heard.
Mr Greaney said: "The inquiry will need to explore whether, and if so to what extent, the Adebi family or members of it were a radicalising influence on Salman and Hashem Abedi."
A few hours before the attack, Salman Abedi received text messages from a Libyan number 'associated with the Abedi family'.
Ismail Abedi, the brother of the killers, has been required by the inquiry's legal team to answer questions relating to the issue of radicalisation, the inquiry was told, but he has declined to answer.
Requests for information from their parents, believed to be in Libya, have also not been responded to, Mr Greaney added.
The inquiry is due to run through to next spring.
Proceeding.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-09-07--Police stepped in to stop a Friday afternoon sex party

Police were tipped off about a large gathering in defiance of local lockdown rules - and found a Friday afternoon sex party in full swing , the Manchester Evening News has learned .
Caught in the act were a number of sex workers and their customers in a flat above a shop in Old Trafford .
The brothel was raided and the party was brought to an abrupt end .
A number of fixed penalty notices were dished out for Covid-19 breaches .
The drama happened in the afternoon of Friday , September 4 , following a tip-off from a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to an imminent sex party scheduled to last two hours .
Officers went to a first floor flat above a parade of shops on Seymour Grove - well-known locally as a brothel - at 2.28pm and found the sex party in progress .
The proceedings were brought to a close and police handed out a number of fixed penalty notices for Covid-19 breaches .
Officers made sure the sex workers had not been coerced - they were satisfied they were not - and have now informed Trafford Council about the incident .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close to the Tollgate pub on Seymour Grove - on Monday afternoon a woman answered the door and denied it was a brothel and any knowledge of the incident .
`` You might be better off getting in touch with the people in charge , '' she said , and closed the door .
Others in the area confirmed the first floor flat had been operating as a brothel for at least a year .
One shop worker said : `` They have a pint in the pub and then a takeaway pizza @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any other needs that have to be satisfied . ''
One member of staff at the Tollgate pub , also aware it was a brothel , said : `` If they do ( go to the brothel ) they certainly do n't tell us about it . ''
No-one spoken to by the M.E.N .
on Seymour Grove was aware that a sex party had been taking place , let alone that it had been shut down by the police .
GMP Stretford , posting on Twitter , said : `` Reports of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Seymour Grove , OT over the weekend .
`` Patrols arrive to find a brothel and a sex party in place !
FPN ’ s issued .
Checks made to ensure staff weren ’ t there against their will and Trafford Council made aware re the use of premises ! ''
Officers are working to make sure people abide by the local lockdown in place in Trafford , which has seen a spike in coronavirus cases especially in Stretford .
Gatherings of two or more people in a private dwelling of people not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parts of the north of England currently subject to local lockdown rules .
These rules apply to eight of Greater Manchester 's ten boroughs ( Stockport and Wigan have been released from local lockdowns ) .
People who breach these rules can be fined £100 for a first offence .
A spokesperson for Trafford Council confirmed it had received a report from police and was considering what steps to take next .
Anyone with information about breaches is urged to call Crimestoppers , anonymously , or to contact GMP via online chat .
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Police were tipped off about a large gathering in defiance of local lockdown rules - and found a Friday afternoon sex party in full swing, the Manchester Evening News has learned.
Caught in the act were a number of sex workers and their customers in a flat above a shop in Old Trafford.
The brothel was raided and the party was brought to an abrupt end.
A number of fixed penalty notices were dished out for Covid-19 breaches.
The drama happened in the afternoon of Friday, September 4, following a tip-off from a member of the public who alerted police to an imminent sex party scheduled to last two hours.
Officers went to a first floor flat above a parade of shops on Seymour Grove - well-known locally as a brothel - at 2.28pm and found the sex party in progress.
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The proceedings were brought to a close and police handed out a number of fixed penalty notices for Covid-19 breaches.
Officers made sure the sex workers had not been coerced - they were satisfied they were not - and have now informed Trafford Council about the incident.
When the M.E.N. visited the brothel - close to the Tollgate pub on Seymour Grove - on Monday afternoon a woman answered the door and denied it was a brothel and any knowledge of the incident.
"You might be better off getting in touch with the people in charge," she said, and closed the door.
Others in the area confirmed the first floor flat had been operating as a brothel for at least a year.
One shop worker said: "They have a pint in the pub and then a takeaway pizza and then go there if they have any other needs that have to be satisfied."
One member of staff at the Tollgate pub, also aware it was a brothel, said: "If they do (go to the brothel) they certainly don't tell us about it."
No-one spoken to by the M.E.N. on Seymour Grove was aware that a sex party had been taking place, let alone that it had been shut down by the police.
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GMP Stretford, posting on Twitter, said: "Reports of a large gathering at an address on Seymour Grove, OT over the weekend.
"Patrols arrive to find a brothel and a sex party in place! FPN’s issued. Checks made to ensure staff weren’t there against their will and Trafford Council made aware re the use of premises!"
Officers are working to make sure people abide by the local lockdown in place in Trafford, which has seen a spike in coronavirus cases especially in Stretford.
Gatherings of two or more people in a private dwelling of people not from the same household are banned in parts of the north of England currently subject to local lockdown rules. These rules apply to eight of Greater Manchester's ten boroughs (Stockport and Wigan have been released from local lockdowns).
People who breach these rules can be fined £100 for a first offence.
A spokesperson for Trafford Council confirmed it had received a report from police and was considering what steps to take next.
Anyone with information about breaches is urged to call Crimestoppers, anonymously, or to contact GMP via online chat.
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