North east gets week-long Tier 3 reprieve - as Greater Manchester row rumbles on
Chronicle Live reports. In the letter, they said there was 'evidence of a flattening of the curve' and that 'there is a collective view - we can make alert level 2 work'.Now Gateshead council leader Martin Gannon has confirmed the government has agreed to give the region another week before a decision is made.Greater Manchester leaders are still at loggerheads with ministers over Tier 3 being imposed on our region.Coun Gannon said of the situation in the north east: "The data shows a significant slow down over the past week.