The best places to see autumn leaves change colour around Greater Manchester

coronavirus pandemic swept across the UK - and the globe - it was clear that people with other life-limiting conditions would be impacted as NHS medics focused all their efforts on tackling the virus.

Here are 18 places in and around Greater Manchester where you can enjoy an idyllic stroll and witness the season in full swing:Just minutes from the city centre, Whitworth Park is a lovely bit of green space in the otherwise urban metropolis.There's wonderful scenery and tall 126 year-old plane trees, all which display an array of Autumn colours as the season progresses.It's a home to to fifteen species of breeding birds, among them great and blue tits, nuthatches and great spotted woodpeckers

Stockport and Wigan, bringing the boroughs in line with the rest of Greater Manchester, except Bolton where extra measures apply.

"Whitefield is like Tesco's for car thieves," says Maureen Patel.She has a point.CCTV footage of two criminals trying to take her husband's BMW 3 series captures their arrogant belief that they are untouchable.At 3.45am on Tuesday they arrived outside her home in the Bury suburb.As one wafts an amplifier in front of the porch windows of their house the other, holding a transmitter in his hand, gets into the car.He has no balaclava, no hoodie, over his face, and is tiptoeing on the driveway in

hereGMP said it has a Covid-19 contingency plan in place to minimise the impact on police resources, but said the virus 'remains an on-going concern for us as an emergency service'.The force added that following any positive tests among staff, 'internal track and trace protocols are launched and if there are indications that there is learning then we work with both individuals and the organisation to effect changes to minimise future infections amongst our staff.' During the first peak of

coronavirus tests were recorded in a week in Greater Manchester for the first time, the latest figures show.

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ten boroughs in the region are now at red alert level. Most of the boroughs in the region are under tighter lockdown rules than the rest of the UK.To find out what the rules are in your area, search here:Fines were issued in Blackley after officers shut down a party.There was loud music and a 'number of different households mixing at an address', police said in a Facebook post.Shorlty afterwards, police posted about a 'large event' in Platt Bridge, Wigan.When officers attended, they asked the

criminal offences over the past week, with M.E.N.

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise sharply across most of Greater Manchester with all ten boroughs now at the highest level of alert for the first time.Stockport and Trafford have now recorded an infection rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people in the local population - it's the first time the two boroughs have reached that milestone since the height of the pandemic in April.Manchester has also seen a significant rise in cases, registering 100 positive tests for three days in a

imposed in Lancashire, Merseyside and the north east, our region has escaped further Covid-19 restrictions at present. Residents in Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Bury, Tameside, Rochdale must not host or people they do not live with in private homes and gardens, whether inside or outside of the affected areas.

hereBut the weather is expected to stay fine, and largely dry today, with maximum temperatures of  20 °C.The Met Office is forecasting sunny spells, with the potential for patchy drizzle.It's also going to be much cooler at night than it has been recently, with minimum temperatures of  7 °C.Forecasters say there will be a cloudy start tomorrow, but the weather will quickly become brighter with clear skies and plenty of sunshine for much of the day.

coronavirus infection rates soar in the last few weeks. Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust both recorded one more death.The total number of coronavirus deaths at hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, as of Friday, September 11, currently stands at: Meanwhile in Greater Manchester, the latest figures show there are sharp increases in coronavirus infection rates in every single borough.

hereStudents are also being warned not to buy freshers week wristbands that are being sold online for events that won't take place.Greater Manchester Police and council licensing teams will be out visiting premises to remind them of their responsibilities this week.In a joint statement, the university leaders warned: "This September is like no other."The University of Manchester has the biggest student population in the country at around 40,000, with Manchester Met not far behind on 38,000.Most

coronavirus cases.Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use a press conference later today (Wednesday) to announce the change in the law after the number of daily positive Covid-19 cases in the UK rose to almost 3,000.The legal limit on social gatherings will be reduced from 30 - which the law allowed if people were from no more than two households - to six.Groups of more than six can be broken up by police.The new rule will apply to gatherings indoors and outdoors - including private homes, parks,

coronavirus cases.The latest data on coronavirus infection rates shows an increase in every Greater Manchester borough except Trafford.Bolton's rate continues to soar and has now reached 121.7 cases per 100,000 people.On Friday (September 4) health secretary Matt Hancock said that the easing has been made possible due to the hard work of 'residents, communities and local authorities', to bring infection rates down.He announced that casinos, bowling alleys and other leisure facilities can re-open

here. Pack snacks.

Salford has entered coronavirus red alert after the number of new infections in the city increased.

infection rates in Bolton are still too high to allow such businesses and services to reopen.

hereThe relaxation comes as a result of 'local efforts to reduce infection rates'.It will bring most of Greater Manchester in line with the changes made in the rest of the country on 15 August.The restrictions will be reviewed again by next Friday, September 11.The government says however, that a ban on two households mixing indoors - and in gardens - will continue in, Salford, Rochdale, Trafford, Oldham, Bury, Bolton,Tameside and borough of Manchester.