Bev Craig: Last News

Andy Burnham has unveiled a shake-up of roles and responsibilities which the leaders of each council in Greater Manchester have within his mayoral team.

Manchester council has appointed a new leader for the first time in a quarter of a century.

Manchester council’s new leader is under no illusions. On Tuesday morning, the eve of stepping into Sir Richard Leese’s shoes at the top of the town hall, she admits to some trepidation.

A Manchester councillor has quit six months into her term - claiming she has been bullied.

Improvements to two of the busiest off-road cycle routes in Manchester have been approved.

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here"When I was taking people’s photographs people would say ‘why am I smiling?’, but you can see it in their eyes."A person’s personality comes out even though we all look the same."I wanted to try and represent the vast number of people in Manchester who every day are doing an incredible job."They are great at what they are doing and in spite of everything, having fun doing it."It never ceases to amaze me how dedicated they all are.

a series of tweets labelling Covid-19 a ‘bogus virus’ and a ‘lod of bol**x’ appeared on Mr Dobson’s Twitter account.

Bury in second place and Bolton remaining the highest in England, with 212.8 cases per 100,000.

city’s worst hit area and public health officials have been visiting households to reinforce messaging on social distancing, mask wearing, and the mixing of households. Manchester Council’s health lead, Bev Craig, says officials are aware of a higher number of cases in Levenshulme than other city wards.

Mancunians have been told their partying has to be put on hold as the city’s Covid infection rate rose almost to the government’s red alert threshold.Latest figures show Manchester recording 49 cases per 100,000, just below the 50 mark that would push it into the government’s riskiest category.The city’s rate has more than tripled in a month.Its leaders have now warned that house parties - which are believed to partly be behind the rise - and other inside gatherings must stop, or else Manchester will face full lockdown.“For now, the party is on hold,” said Coun Bev Craig, executive member for adult health and wellbeing.“We’ve all had to give up things we enjoy, things we love and things that make us happy.“We still need to keep up with a