Coronavirus outbreak hits Strangeways Prison as cases in the area increase by more than 100 per cent We are working with our colleagues at Public Health England and the Ministry of Justice to monitor any new cases, and prevent the virus from spreading further.”
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Strangeways Prison has been hit by a coronavirus outbreak.
Manchester City Council and the Ministry of Justice have confirmed that the prison has seen a spike in cases of the virus.
Government figures revealed that in the seven days to February 16th there was a 105 per cent increase in cases in the Strangeways district - from 40 to 82. But the MOJ will not confirm how many of these are within the prison.
By Paul Hurley
Murderer Harold Berry lived in Ledward Street, Wharton, pictured here in 1935 LET us start our story today in the office of a moneylender in Manchester in early 1946. With the end of the war, the moneylenders tried to ease the formalities of borrowing. But because of the following story, these more straightforward formalities were rescinded. One of the men employed as a moneylenders manager at the Refuge Lending Society in Walker Street, Manchester, was Bernard Phillips of Meade Hall Road, Prestwich who was 37 years old and married with one child. On January 3, 1946, a man came into the office to apply for a loan; he wanted £60, that would equate today as £2,529.43. He gave the name George Wood, the address he provided was Moss Side Farm in Tarporley and his wife’s name was Jessie.