Coronavirus live: Govt 'working hard' on reaching agreement with Greater Manchester
19 October 2020, 10:21 | Updated: 19 October 2020, 18:47
The government is "working hard" on reaching an agreement with local leaders in Greater Manchester over Tier 3 lockdown measures.
Greater Manchester may be offered millions in extra funding to accept the strictest coronavirus restrictions as Boris Johnson seeks to prevent a lockdown revolt and mayor Andy Burnham presses for a Commons vote.
It comes as a leaked report claims that hospital beds in Manchester are running out.
Separately, Wales will enter a second national lockdown. First Minister Mark Drakeford set out the details today aimed at stopping a second wave of the virus.
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