People in parts of Greater Manchester should ignore lockdown lifting, says Andy Burnham

UPDATE: Controversial rapper Kodak Black (aka Bill Kapri) has been identified as one of the three people shot last night outside the Justin Bieber after-party in West Hollywood, according to law enforcement officials and various media accounts.

Young apprentices in Lanarkshire are carving out a career for themselves after graduating from a government jobs scheme.

Osaze Urhoghide had a tough debut at his new Belgian club as the young Celtic defender was substituted at the break for KV Oostende.

Rebel Wilson, 41, had her fan girl moment with Aaron Rodgers, 48! The How To Be Single actress made her way over to the Green Bay Packer at the NFL Honors event on February 10, 2022 after he won MVP. “Many of the players and celebs were outside and backstage at the YouTube Theater for the NFL Honors looking to get on golf carts that led them to their cars or the nearby after party,” an eyewitness from the event spilled EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife.

An early Valentine’s Day celebration! Ahead of the loved-up holiday, Jennifer Lopez shared the sweet, personal gift that boyfriend Ben Affleck made: a special remixed music video of her new single “On My Way.”

Although the evening would take a turn for the worse, Khloe Kardashian showed up for Justin Bieber’s party looking like everything was on point in her world. The reality star stunned in a black leather ensemble as she arrived to the pop star’s soiree at The Nice Guy in West Hollywood on Feb. 11 sometime before gun shots were fired in the street outside, causing three victims to be rushed to a hospital. It is unknown if Khloe was still at the restaurant when the incident occurred, which was at 2:45 am, according to a police statement obtained by HollywoodLife.

Panda was crowned as the 2022 champion Masked Singer UK and fans have started reminiscing about an iconic X Factor moment after the identity behind the mask was revealed.Natalie Imbruglia was unmasked as Panda during the finale of ITV's The Masked Singer, a revelation that left fans completely shocked. Viewers of the popular guessing game who also watched The X Factor more than a decade ago were quick to clock that the unmasked Panda was responsible for one of the most infamous auditions on the talent show.

Kanye West's girlfriend Julia Fox has opened up about "partner swapping and watching," admitting that she's never tried it but thinks it's "hot". Opening up about her private life in a new podcast, the Uncut Gems star spoke of her past as a dominatrix, her possessiveness in relationships and her interest in partner swapping.The 32-year-old actress has been dating 44-year-old Kanye, who is now legally known as Ye, since the beginning of the year, but has now lifted the lid on her sexual fantasies.Speaking on the Call Her Daddy Podcast, the brunette beauty said: “I’m into, weirdly, partner swapping and watching."I have never done it.

Jimmy Carr, 49, has come under fire for a comment on his Netflix special, His Dark Material. In a new interview Tyson Fury, 33, has admitted he wants to "chin" the comedian, who needs to be "man enough" to get "punished" for his actions.The 8 Out of 10 Cats star had a new show, His Dark Material released on Netflix in December.In the stand up show, he said the public "never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis" in the Holocaust, because "no one ever wants to talk about the positives".A petition urging Netflix to remove the joke has so far received over 15,000 signatures.In response, Tyson admitted in a new interview that he was not happy with the comedian's choice of words.Speaking to LadBible he said: "I don't really have any comments about what people do or say because I'm not a sheep."And two, I don't jump on board when someone's down."Probably has enough s**t going on in his life at the moment so he doesn't need me, the Gypsy King, to jump on board that boat."The Gypsy King then went on to say what he believes should happen in the situation.He continued: " I believe in free speech in this country."Say what you want, pay with the consequences."If he's man enough to say it he's man enough to get punished for it."Or whatever he's going to do, it's up to him."I don't get involved with jumping on board a ship that's sinking.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has struck a deal with operators to run around 300 additional bus journeys every weekday. Duplicate buses that will be used exclusively by school and college students will have their route numbers marked with an ‘S’ to show they are school services.

The mayor of Greater Manchester has spelled out how he believes tighter coronavirus measures should be lifted across the city-region.Andy Burnham has called for an end to ‘crude blanket restrictions’ that are becoming ‘less effective’ despite initially helping to stop rising infection rates.A ‘more sophisticated’ exit strategy which puts local leaders at the heart of decision-making has been proposed, with Mr Burnham arguing that they are better placed to know when to impose tougher restrictions ‘as a last resort’.This would avoid the confusion experienced by residents and councillors in Trafford and Bolton where restrictions were lifted and reinstated within 12 hours after a spike in Covid-19 cases.Health secretary Matt Hancock is aware of

hereThe infection rate for Trafford is now 35.4 per 100,000 people - more than three times the national average. The rate has doubled over the last few weeks.Mr Burnham said: “I’m sure they’re fed up and frustrated, and possibly confused, like everybody to some degree given the complete chaos over recent days.“It’s a different situation in Trafford as the council leader, Andrew Western, on advice from his director for public health, took the view last week that it wasn’t right to lift restrictions because of what they could see.

Trafford were expected to be allowed to visit friends and family in their homes and gardens again following an announcement by the government that social distancing measures were being relaxed. The move came despite a spike in cases in the borough over the last seven days, which has seen the infection rate rise to three times the national average.

officially lifted by the government today.The Greater Manchester mayor said the region finds itself in “a completely unsustainable position” after restrictions were released in the two boroughs overnight. The Mayor - who said restrictions are now "completely illogical" - is urging ministers to agree an exit strategy from local lockdowns.He is calling for a “more effective” move towards door-to-door interventions and “testing, tracing, messaging”.Stockport, Bolton and Trafford were all released from local lockdown restrictions at midnight, meaning residents can meet with other households inside or in private gardens.

when it emerged the latest figures show Trafford's infection rate has increased.Reacting to the row, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said more consultation with local authorities is needed.He told BBC Breakfast: "I think we will better negotiate what lies ahead of us in the autumn and winter if Government listens to local leaders - they know their communities."It wasn't just in Greater Manchester where they overruled us.

here"I've worried about things like people's mental health, we know people have died, people are grieving and people get a lot of support from loved ones and friends, not being able to see them has been really, really hard."Although Greater Manchester's leaders, including Mayor Andy Burnham, had asked for Stockport and Bolton to have restrictions lifted on Wednesday, the decision was not confirmed until Friday evening ahead of a bank holiday weekend.Asked about the timing of the announcement, Cllr Wilson said: "That was recommended because we thought that way it would give people the opportunity to prepare and also be mindful of the bank holiday."We do need people take this seriously and do what's right."It has sometimes be very difficult

confirmed the borough is being released from stricter lockdown measures next week, thanks to a government decision. This decision is not one that Coun Western agrees with.

ECHO. Anybody without a mask and who needs one will now be able to purchase one at the supermarket's entrance.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said that Bolton has the backing of Greater Manchester's leaders.He said: "There's a very much changed position in Bolton and Stockport and consistent with what we said last week where Wigan had a very different position, we're obviously following that approach this week."There's a political consensus within those boroughs now to ask the government to remove the restriction on social gatherings in the home introduced at the back end of July."Mr Burnham will be writing to the health secretary, who will make the final decision on restrictions, setting out Greater Manchester's position.He repeated calls to reopen casinos, bowling alleys and beauty parlours in the region following delays to the permitted

wearing face masks in schools in parts of Greater Manchester under tighter lockdown restrictions But the mayor has expressed concerns about the number of Covid-19 home testing kits that will be made available for pupils, saying it is ‘nowhere near’ what is needed.The government announced on Tuesday that it had reviewed its opposition to the introduction of masks in schools after receiving new public health advice.Under the new guidance, secondary school pupils in areas that are still having to follow extra measures around social mixing will have to wear masks in corridors and communal spaces.This will be mandatory in schools across Greater Manchester except for Wigan, where headteachers will have the final say after restrictions were

hereThe infection rate across nine out of the ten boroughs is continuing to fall."I think we are beginning to see the numbers move in the right direction and that includes Oldham, which saw a noticeable fall in the number of cases this week, and we have begun to see falls in other Greater Manchester boroughs as well," Mr Burnham told the BBC."We had the restrictions introduced about three weeks ago and I would say we have begun to see these restrictions are now working, so fingers crossed we can see more boroughs released from these measures soon."But on the whole we think it was right to put these restrictions in and hopefully people can see now they were put in for a good reason."At the end of last month, the government announced that