‘King of the North’ Andy Burnham is tipped as new Labour leader after his landslide victory in key mayoral race Andy Burnham saw a landslide re-election as Greater Manchester mayor Former Cabinet Minister made clear he still had ambitions to be Labour leader Mr Burnham dubbed King of the North after standing up to Boris … Read more
Only half of appointments for coronavirus vaccines are being used at Manchester’s mass vaccination centre, it was revealed today, as Andy Burnham called for the rollout to be expanded to stop doses going to waste. The mayor of Greater Manchester said the jabs are just ‘sitting in fridges’ at the Etihad stadium’s hub, and warned … Read more
Only half of appointments for coronavirus vaccines are being used at Manchester’s mass vaccination centre, it was revealed today, as Andy Burnham called for the rollout to be expanded to stop doses going to waste. The mayor of Greater Manchester said the jabs are just ‘sitting in fridges’ at the Etihad stadium’s hub, and warned … Read more
Lockdown is creating an ‘unprecedented’ mental illness pandemic with a surge in calls to helplines, experts have warned. Mental health charity Mind’s daily website views rose from 9,580 on January 4 to 14,167 after the announcement of a third lockdown in the UK last week. Two former health secretaries also spoke out about the crisis, … Read more
Lockdown is creating an ‘unprecedented’ mental illness pandemic with a surge in calls to helplines, experts have warned. Mental health charity Mind’s daily website views rose from 9,580 on January 4 to 14,167 after the announcement of a third lockdown in the UK last week. Two former health secretaries also spoke out about the crisis, … Read more
Priti Patel is planning to launch a ‘power grab’ against woke police chiefs and ‘failing’ police and crime commissioners, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The Home Secretary will this month present the recommendations of her review into the powers of PCCs, which will include looking at the police’s ‘operational independence’. It is understood the … Read more
The Mayor of Greater Manchester said today that he expects the UK Government to put the region’s 2.8million people in the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions. Andy Burnham said it is ‘more likely than not’ that Ministers will put his area in the ‘very high’ level when the national lockdown ends next Wednesday at 00.01am. … Read more
Manchester braces for return to Tier Three: Mayor Andy Burnham predicts government will plunge region back under toughest Covid curbs when UK-wide lockdown ends on December 2 Andy Burnham said it is ‘more likely than not’ that GM will go into ‘very high’ level Decision will be announced tomorrow over which regions go into which … Read more
Sky Sports pundit and ex footballer Gary Neville backs campaign group with business leaders encouraging workers to return to Manchester to get city ‘back on its feet’ amid Covid pandemic Ex-footballer Gary Neville, 45, has encouraged workers to return to Manchester He has helped form UnitedCity with the aim of getting the city ‘back on … Read more
Sky Sports pundit and ex footballer Gary Neville backs campaign group with business leaders encouraging workers to return to Manchester to get city ‘back on its feet’ amid Covid pandemic Ex-footballer Gary Neville, 45, has encouraged workers to return to Manchester He has helped form UnitedCity with the aim of getting the city ‘back on … Read more