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 tiers. It will come into force when national lockdown ends next Wednesday, 00.01am. He had stand-off with Ministers last month whether to place GM into tier three