Coronavirus cases in one Greater Manchester borough have seen a huge increase of 131 per cent, an ex-firefighter who plied two women with alcohol and drugs before raping them has been jailed, staffing levels within the NHS are raising concerns as the workforce is hit by a challenging combination of Covid cases and people isolating and a man in his 20s is currently fighting for his life in hospital after he was involved in a crash in Bolton.
Here are the top stories from our website today. More than 22,000 people tested positive for Coronavirus in just one week in Greater Manchester, new data has revealed.
And cases are continuing to rise in all ten boroughs - with five claiming figures higher than the national average as of week ending
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