Lifted a week later. the new package of support includes military assistance, and supervised in school testing. new guidance recommends people minimise travel in and out of the affected areas . residents are also being encouraged to get tested twice a week. 0ur correspondent richard galpin has the story. in the warm summer sun, people here in manchester looking forward to the possibility of covid restrictions being lifted later this month. but, instead, they face new measures, including advice to avoid meeting indoors and to minimise nonessential travel in and out of the area. this due to the delta variant spreading fastest in greater manchester and lancashire. some in the hospitality industry say they are going to be hit again, just weeks after reopening. it s notjust accommodation providers but also, you know, taxi drivers, we have shopkeepers,
An increase in cases. that has generated around 175 positive cases, and, obviously, those positive cases we would not have normally found, because they are asymptomatic, and clearly gives us an opportunity to try to kill that chain of transmission. and it does seem the tactics used in bolton over the past month, with the area flooded with testing and people being encouraged to get vaccinated, are working. the infection rates have dropped by a quarter in the past ten days. richard galpin, bbc news. we are going to continue the story injust a moment we are going to continue the story in just a moment and i ve we are going to continue the story injust a moment and i ve bring you some breaking news. the court found that the company acted unlawfully when it gave a contract worth half £1 million to a company owned by one of friends of dominic cummings. the prime minister denied giving the