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His sartorial style was atypical of the staid local government corridors of power. His immaculate wardrobe included ever-present scarves, vivid socks, suits and sovereign rings.

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Manchester council chief executive Joanne Roney set to leave town hall

Manchester council chief executive Joanne Roney CBE is set to leave the town hall after seven years, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. Having taken over from Sir Howard Bernstein in 2017, she is expected to become top boss at troubled Birmingham council, returning to her hometown.

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The Mancunian Way: ‘The switch-on of a twig’

Keep up to date with all the big stories from across Greater Manchester in the daily Mancunian Way newsletter. You can receive the newsletter direct to your inbox every weekday by signing up right here.

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08.05.2023 / 12:17

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Man City appoint Sir Richard Leese as honorary president

Manchester City have named Sir Richard Leese as a new honorary president of the club.

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22.07.2022 / 19:43

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Latest Covid peak that has seen cases soar will be felt for MONTHS, Manchester's public health boss warns

The knock-on effects of the latest coronavirus peak will be felt for 'some months' by NHS hospital and care services, Manchester's public health director has warned. However, the country is now cresting the wave of infections and should see a decline.

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20.07.2022 / 14:09

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Covid-19 staff absences and bed shortages piling pressure on strained NHS services, say health chiefs

Covid-19 is once more piling pressure on an already strained NHS, according to Greater Manchester health chiefs. Staff absences as a result of coronavirus are seeing shortages in hospitals, GP surgeries, and community care.

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16.06.2022 / 08:39

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Manchester has a housing crisis - this is how the town hall wants to fix it

Manchester must build 36,000 new homes across the city over the next 10 years to keep up with demand – and 10,000 of them should be affordable. That is the town hall's take on what the city must do to tackle its housing crisis.

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08.03.2022 / 20:01

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Grenfell Tower Inquiry chief appointed as boss to run NHS in Greater Manchester as the way we get our health care undergoes major changes

A Grenfell Tower Inquiry chief has been appointed as the new boss of the NHS in Greater Manchester - as the health service undergoes sweeping changes.

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06.03.2022 / 10:37

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'Working class and middle class both feel neglected': The 'perfect storm' that weakened Labour's grip on Ancoats and Beswick

The tension in the room was rising as the votes were being counted.

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01.12.2021 / 19:35

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Huge moment for Manchester as new leader ushered in for the first time in a quarter of a century

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

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01.12.2021 / 10:59

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"I don’t want to be pigeonholed": Manchester’s new town hall leader on who she is and what comes next

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.

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13.10.2021 / 14:26

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Outgoing Manchester council leader Sir Richard Leese to run NHS in Greater Manchester as chair of major new health board

Outgoing Manchester council chief Sir Richard Leese will take charge of the NHS in the region as he becomes chair of a major new health board, it has been announced.

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05.10.2021 / 21:41

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BREAKING: Bev Craig announced as new leader of Manchester council, the first woman to take on the role

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07.09.2021 / 21:35

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Today's updates: Top headlines from the Manchester Evening News

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07.09.2021 / 20:05

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Sir Richard Leese to stand down as Manchester council leader after 25 years

Manchester’s veteran town hall leader Sir Richard Leese will stand down from the top job at the start of December, the M.E.N. can reveal.

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11.06.2021 / 14:23

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Manchester has England's LOWEST vaccination rate outside London - despite 9th highest Covid infection rate in country

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24.02.2021 / 20:53

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Bury's coronavirus infection rate is continuing to rise - and officials say they are unable to explain why

Bury in the week up to February 20 - up 60 on the previous seven days. Whilst cases have continued to fall across most of the region, the borough's infection rate has persistently increased for more than a week and now stands at 233 cases per 100,000 people.

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04.02.2021 / 17:24

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In the last couple of weeks, Greater Manchester's hospitals have almost run out of intensive care beds - the system has hit its third wave peak

direct to your inboxGreater Manchester’s hospitals have almost run out of intensive care beds at points over the last couple of weeks, the region’s health lead has revealed, as the system has hit its peak of the third wave.Sir Richard Leese said that at times, critical care occupancy had come ‘very close to the absolute number of beds we’ve currently got available’.In the last week there has been a dip in admissions, however, and the third wave is now believed to have peaked within the NHS here - but severe pressures are nonetheless expected to remain for three or four weeks to come.In the week to Monday, there were 288 new Covid admissions and 485 new inpatient diagnoses of the virus, 23pc fewer than the week earlier.The number of Covid

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13.01.2021 / 22:00

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Most people in intensive care here now have Covid - how our hospitals face their ‘worst crisis’ of the pandemic

direct to your inboxCovid patients now make up two thirds of people in our critical care beds as the region’s health lead warns Greater Manchester faces its ‘worst crisis’ since the pandemic began.Fears are also growing that people with other life-threatening illnesses are now staying away from A&E, in echoes of the first wave.But priority operations, including cancer, are continuing to be postponed as the region tracks close to its ‘worst case scenario’ for bed occupancy and attempts to manage scarce critical care beds.Sir Richard Leese, political lead on health for Greater Manchester, has warned that any results of New Year’s Eve mixing are also yet to be felt on the system - adding that when the peak does arrive for hospitals here it

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Andy Burnham calling on government not to send Oldham into full lockdown

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called on the government NOT to send Oldham into full lockdown to stamp out rising coronavirus cases – as he warned there is a danger to ‘overreact’ to the numbers.Oldham council stated on Wednesday that three weeks of increasing cases in the borough mean that it could soon become subject to a Leicester-style lockdown, with shops, pubs and businesses forced to close.There has been a spike of 255 cases in the week up to August 8 – almost double the previous week’s total of 137 cases.However speaking at a press conference, Mr Burnham said that they had written to the government to ask them to hold fire on a decision for a further week to give the current restrictions time to work.Sir Richard Leese,

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07.07.2020 / 22:04

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We are nearly at the coronavirus peak here - and spare hospital space could soon be used for other things

Greater Manchester is nearly at its coronavirus peak, its health chief has said, as admissions and deaths begin to level off.

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