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The region’s worst hit Covid-19 hotspot is a neighbourhood in Rochdale, the latest figures have revealed.

Netflix’s latest collaboration with author Harlan Coben, Fool Me Once, has become another popular hit.Based on the book of the same name, the eight-part thriller series follows ex-soldier Maya (Michelle Keegan) who spots her murdered husband Joe (Richard Armitage) on a secret nanny cam placed within her home.A synopsis reads: “When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.”Alongside Keegan and Armitage, the show’s cast includes Adeel Akhtar, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J. Scanlan and Dino Fetscher.While the original book is set in New York, the show moves the entire story to the UK – specifically the north west of England.The series is set in the fictional town of Winhurst, which is made up of shots filmed in Manchester, Oldham and Cheshire.As reported by Manchester Evening News, many scenes were shot at the Runway Visitor Park at Ringway near Manchester airport, Castlefield Viaduct, Alexandra Park, Stockport’s Air Raid Shelters, and Bramhall village.Arley Hall, a country house in Cheshire, was also used as Judith’s (Joanna Lumley) home, Farmwood, in the series.

A Bury neighbourhood has become the hardest hit area of Greater Manchester for its Covid-19 infection rate.

Five Greater Manchester boroughs are to get extra government support to combat coronavirus this winter, reports claim.

Coronavirus infection rates have gone up in five Greater Manchester boroughs and have fallen in five, the latest data shows.

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direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection continue to climb in eight boroughs in Greater Manchester - with a big spike in cases in Trafford and Tameside.There has been a 10.6pc week-on-week rise in cases in the region as of December 19, according to data from Public Health England.In Trafford, infection rates have spike by 55pc to 170.6 cases per 100,000 people.In Tameside, rates have increased by 45pc to 132.5 cases per 100,000 people.Cases are also rising at a slower rate in Bury, Oldham, Manchester, Salford, Bolton and Stockport.The only areas in the conurbation where cases are falling are Rochdale and Wigan.Despite the rise in cases in most parts of Greater Manchester, infection levels are below the national average.The average

direct to your inboxCoronavirus infection rates are rising in eight of Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs as cases soar nationally.The overall rate of infection rate in our region has risen by 8.3% week-on-week, according to data from Public Health England.Transmission rates in Greater Manchester have shown a steady rise in recent days following weeks of declining cases.The average rate of infection in the region as of December 18 is 168.14 cases per 100,000 people.  Cases are rising in Rochdale, Oldham, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bolton, Tameside and Stockport.Trafford has seen the biggest jump in cases - with a 47pc week-on-week rise in figures.Council bosses yesterday explained that the jump was believed to be due to an 'increase in

More than 4,000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Greater Manchester in a single week.The total number of cases has gone up by 4,322 in the seven days to September 21.Every single borough across the region remains on red alert.Bolton still has the highest infection rate in the country with 218.4 cases per 100,000 people in the week ending September 21.In Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Tameside and Wigan the infection rates are still well above 100.Trafford has the lowest rate in the region with 71.2 cases per 100,000 people.In recent days, infection rates have continued to climb in both Stockport and Wigan.As such, local leaders are expected to imposing tougher restrictions in the two boroughs.Ministers held their

Bolton suggested it will help drive down coronavirus infection rates.Bolton has remained on ‘red’ alert for a number of weeks.There were 212 cases per 100,000 in the town at the beginning of the local lockdown on September 8.Greater Manchester’s other nine boroughs all remain on red alert too for the fourth day running, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.In Wigan, the rate jumped from 90.4 in the week ending September 18 to 101.9 in the week ending September 19.Rates are rising in Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Salford, Rochdale and Tameside too with rates in each borough sitting above 100.Figures are also climbing in Stockport - which has an infection rate of 66.1 per 100,000 - and Trafford - where the rate is 59 - in

The Observer, was written for local government leaders and is said to relate to the north west, which has seen an increase in cases in some areas.

reports the Guardian, as it emerged just three per cent of 112,000 volunteers signed up so far are from British Asian backgrounds.Dr Dinesh Saralaya, one of the recruitment programme's directors, described the low uptake as "very worrying."He said he was "very disappointed in the uptake in the big areas like Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Burnley, Bradford, Wakefield, Dewsbury.”Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereHe explained: “We need to be encouraging these large Asian populations to sign up.

Two men have been caught flouting the lockdown rules as police rumbled their 440 mile round-trip to Glasgow to buy a car.

Police were forced to break up a crowd of 'hundreds' of shoppers queuing outside a supermarket.

People struggling to afford their council tax because of the impact of coronavirus could pay nothing until July under plans being offered by town halls.