themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-10--The first couple in the world to marry at Salford Lads Club

Joy Ainsley ca n't wait to tie the knot with her charming man .
There might even be a vicar in a tutu .
For they will be the first couple in the world to marry at Salford Lads Club since it got a licence to stage weddings .
The red-brick Edwardian building has global iconic status after being used for a photo shoot of The Smiths .
The image , by Stephen Wright is now displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in London .
It was used on the inner-sleeve of The Queen Is Dead album from 1986 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funds for the club .
Joy , 45 , and the groom , Dean Baylin , 46 , are life-long fans of the band and Morrissey .
They even take their teenage children to see Mozza in concert .
At Christmas they each intend to have a Salford Lads Club tattoo .
Joy said : `` We ca n't believe that we can now officially get married at Salford Lads Club .
We 're lifelong Smiths and Morrissey fans and have seen Morrissey 33 times .
`` My fiancé Dean , popped the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have visited it numerous times , had tours , and been to the club attending other events .
`` We 've taken so many photos inside and outside the club , and we 've recreated the album photo pose outside with friends , that it feels like a second home .
“ The wedding itself will be very much in a Smiths-vintage style and our bridesmaids will be wearing Doc Martens with their hair done in victory rolls and guests will receive Smiths and Salford Lads Club themed wedding favours to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manchester band playing -The Lottery Winners - who have just been signed by Warner Records by the legendary A & R , Seymour Stein , who also signed The Smiths and has dubbed them as the best thing he 's heard since The Smiths !
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“ The band who are huge Smiths fans themselves , will play 'There Is A Light That Never Will Go Out at the ceremony , which is also featured on their current lockdown covers album Sounds of Isolation.
” Built in 1903 , and opened the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the corner of Coronation Street and St Ignatius Walk in Ordsall , has been granted a licence to hold weddings , civil partnerships , civil services and vow renewals .
Prospective brides and grooms can select one of four function rooms that accommodate 20-150 people including The Band Room ( 20 guests ) , The Smiths Room ( 40 guests max ) The Senior Games Room ( up to 80 guests ) and The Concert Hall , for up to 150 guests .
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the couple , from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from August this year to May 2021 .
Weddings at the Club are being managed and run by local leisure operator , Salford Community Leisure , which also hosts weddings at the city 's medieval manor house , Ordsall Hall , and Salford Museum and Art Gallery .
Salford Community Leisure Weddings & Events Manager , Sue Bainbridge , said : “ We ’ re thrilled to bring this historic venue into our wedding fold .
It ’ s one of the city ’ s most iconic buildings and unusual wedding venues , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and music folklore .
With the current Covid-19 restrictions in place , the smaller spaces are ideal for up to 15 people.
” Profits from weddings at Salford Lads Club will be split between the official Salford Lads ’ and Girls ’ Club charity for the ongoing upkeep of the building , and the services managed by Salford Community Leisure including leisure centres , community centres , and libraries .
A Smith 's Room was set up in 2004 in the building by artist Leslie Holmes , to satisfy a legion of fans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pilgrimage to stand on the same spot as The Smiths under the famous club sign .
Morrissey has a fondness for the club too .
He donated £20,000 at Christmas 2007 towards urgently needed repairs .
In 2016 in a one off ceremony Johanna Wroe and Neil Roberts from Runcorn hired The Smiths Room for a blessing after getting married in a Registry Office .
Independent Family Celebrant , Liz Thompson , conducted the ceremony , with wedding guests cramming into the tiny room which is plastered with newspaper cuttings , photographs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the famous , and a mural .
But now the Club has a licence to stage and put on weddings themselves with Salford Community Leisure .

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Joy Ainsley can't wait to tie the knot with her charming man.
There might even be a vicar in a tutu.
For they will be the first couple in the world to marry at Salford Lads Club since it got a licence to stage weddings.
The red-brick Edwardian building has global iconic status after being used for a photo shoot of The Smiths.
The image, by Stephen Wright is now displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
It was used on the inner-sleeve of The Queen Is Dead album from 1986, and later on T-shirts to raise vital funds for the club.
Joy, 45, and the groom, Dean Baylin, 46, are life-long fans of the band and Morrissey. They even take their teenage children to see Mozza in concert.
At Christmas they each intend to have a Salford Lads Club tattoo.
Joy said: "We can't believe that we can now officially get married at Salford Lads Club. We're lifelong Smiths and Morrissey fans and have seen Morrissey 33 times.
"My fiancé Dean, popped the question outside the club last year and we have visited it numerous times, had tours, and been to the club attending other events.
"We've taken so many photos inside and outside the club, and we've recreated the album photo pose outside with friends, that it feels like a second home.
(Image: M.E.N.)
“The wedding itself will be very much in a Smiths-vintage style and our bridesmaids will be wearing Doc Martens with their hair done in victory rolls and guests will receive Smiths and Salford Lads Club themed wedding favours to keep forever.
"We even have a Manchester band playing -The Lottery Winners - who have just been signed by Warner Records by the legendary A&R, Seymour Stein, who also signed The Smiths and has dubbed them as the best thing he's heard since The Smiths!.
“The band who are huge Smiths fans themselves, will play 'There Is A Light That Never Will Go Out at the ceremony, which is also featured on their current lockdown covers album Sounds of Isolation.”
Built in 1903, and opened the next year by Lord Baden-Powell, the building at the corner of Coronation Street and St Ignatius Walk in Ordsall, has been granted a licence to hold weddings, civil partnerships, civil services and vow renewals.
(Image: Getty Images Europe)
Prospective brides and grooms can select one of four function rooms that accommodate 20-150 people including The Band Room (20 guests), The Smiths Room (40 guests max) The Senior Games Room (up to 80 guests) and The Concert Hall, for up to 150 guests.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the couple, from Harrogate, have switched their wedding day from August this year to May 2021.
Weddings at the Club are being managed and run by local leisure operator, Salford Community Leisure, which also hosts weddings at the city's medieval manor house, Ordsall Hall, and Salford Museum and Art Gallery.
Salford Community Leisure Weddings & Events Manager, Sue Bainbridge, said: “We’re thrilled to bring this historic venue into our wedding fold. It’s one of the city’s most iconic buildings and unusual wedding venues, steeped in heritage, local social history and music folklore. With the current Covid-19 restrictions in place, the smaller spaces are ideal for up to 15 people.”
Profits from weddings at Salford Lads Club will be split between the official Salford Lads’ and Girls’ Club charity for the ongoing upkeep of the building, and the services managed by Salford Community Leisure including leisure centres, community centres, and libraries.
A Smith's Room was set up in 2004 in the building by artist Leslie Holmes, to satisfy a legion of fans from all over the world who make the pilgrimage to stand on the same spot as The Smiths under the famous club sign.
Morrissey has a fondness for the club too. He donated £20,000 at Christmas 2007 towards urgently needed repairs.
In 2016 in a one off ceremony Johanna Wroe and Neil Roberts from Runcorn hired The Smiths Room for a blessing after getting married in a Registry Office.
Independent Family Celebrant, Liz Thompson, conducted the ceremony, with wedding guests cramming into the tiny room which is plastered with newspaper cuttings, photographs, and handwritten messages left by fans and the famous, and a mural.
But now the Club has a licence to stage and put on weddings themselves with Salford Community Leisure.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-10--The 22 fugitives who are 'most wanted' by the National Crime Agency

These are the 22 men and women currently on the run from the National Crime Agency ( NCA ) .
Their alleged crimes include conspiracy to supply drugs , murder and rape .
The NCA publishes details of their 'most wanted ' so the public are aware of who they are after - and are able to help track them down .
Members of the public should not approach any person featured on this list .
Instead , if you know the whereabouts of a wanted fugitive you should contact the independent charity Crimestoppers , anonymously , by calling 0800 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ listed as Most Wanted by the NCA as of October 9 .
Costas Sampson was convicted of raping a girl he met at a nightclub in London in February 2010 .
The girl was taken unwell after accepting a drink from a stranger , and Sampson and a friend offered to take her home .
Sampson , a Cypriot national , told one of the girl ’ s friends that he was a medical expert .
He later raped the girl at her flat while she was incapacitated .
Sampson was also convicted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her flatmate ’ s laptop and games console .
Sarah Panitzke is wanted by HMRC for conspiracy to acquire criminal property .
Panitzke was a senior member of a crime group involved in a VAT fraud .
She controlled the company accounts of many companies remotely via different IP addresses .
Panitzke travelled extensively to further the fraud - including to Dubai , Spain and Andorra - and was responsible for laundering approximately £1 billion pounds .
Panitzke absconded in May 2013 prior to the end of the trial and was convicted in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight years in prison along with another eighteen members of the crime group receiving sentences totalling 135 years .
She is described as 170cm tall , slim build with mousy straight hair , blue eyes and has a Yorkshire accent .
Mehmet Salih is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to supply cocaine between December 2010 and November 2011 .
It is believed he was contacted on a regular basis by an associate for the purposes of buying cocaine , delivering it and collecting payments .
In May 2011 Salih , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deliver a quantity of cocaine that was subsequently recovered by the police .
Police found that he was in possession of £20,000 when they arrested him .
He was released on bail to appear at a police station later in the year but failed to attend .
Salih has short brown hair and a scar on his right eye .
Richard Wakeling , from Brentwood , Essex , tried to import £8m of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April 2016 .
In 2018 he absconded before his 12-week trial began and was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in prison .
Wakeling has a right lower leg amputation , uses a prosthetic leg and requires regular medical treatment .
He has family and friends in Ireland , Spain , Canada and Thailand .
In July 2015 , Ungi and two others were in a vehicle on Banks Road in Garston , Liverpool , which police believe rammed a motorcycle carrying two men .
A single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun was fired inflicting a fatal injury to one of the men and injuring the other .
Ungi is also alleged to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ controlled drugs in the Liverpool area .
Rezgar Zengana has been convicted of a rape he committed in 2006 - but is yet to be sentenced for the offence .
The Iraqi national posed as a private hire taxi driver to pick up the 25-year-old woman before driving her to a property where he raped her .
The incident took place in Glasgow .
He is described as 180cm , with black hair and of Middle Eastern appearance .
Daniel Dugic is suspected of being involved in a conspiracy to import 255kg of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ UK vessel meeting a commercial container ship in the English Channel from which the drugs were transferred .
Although Dugic , who is originally from Serbia , was not on board either vessel , he is alleged to have played a major part in organising the importation .
A number of other individuals were convicted in June 2011 .
Shazad Ghafoor allegedly took a courtesy car from a dealership in Manchester in August 2013 using a driving license in another person ’ s name .
Police spotted the car and the pursuit ended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
His wife and two children , who were also in the car , suffered minor injuries .
Cash to the value of up to £100,000 was recovered and there were traces of heroin , cocaine and cannabis on the notes .
Ghafoor was charged with fraud , possession of criminal property , dangerous driving and disqualified driving .
He was also charged with possession of cannabis with intent to supply after a vehicle was searched in Withington in November 2013 and cannabis worth £245,000 was found .
In May 2014 Ghafoor pleaded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to appear at court in February 2015 in relation to the other charges but failed to answer his bail and a warrant was issued for his arrest .
In addition , Ghafoor was charged with possession of cannabis with intent to supply in relation to a separate seizure of cannabis worth £24,000 that was found at a house on Kingsway Avenue , Burnage , in September 2014 .
He was due to appear in court but failed to answer his bail and another warrant was issued for his arrest .
Derek McGraw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a murder investigation .
Thomas Cameron was killed at the Auchinairn Tavern , Bishopbriggs near Glasgow , in June 2007 .
Ferguson , 56 , is described as having green/blue eyes and short balding brown/grey hair .
He is around 155-160cm in height .
Allan Foster is alleged to have murdered David 'Noddy ' Rice at the Marsden Bay Car Park , South Shields in May 2006 .
He is also wanted for two offences of conspiring to supply controlled drugs and also for the theft of a diamond ring .
Foster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Majorca .
He is also known to use the alias Shaun Michael Wilkinson .
Ozgur Demir is wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of diamorphine .
Three others have already been convicted in connection with the offence .
Kevin Thomas Parle is wanted in connection with the Liverpool murders of 16-year-old Liam Kelly in 2004 and Lucy Hargreaves in 2005 .
Parle is also known as Hemp .
He is described as stocky , 195cm in height and with short ginger hair .
Between 2006 to 2008 , Ersin Mustafa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insider dealing with seven other individuals .
While employed at the London branch of investment bank JP Morgan Cazenove , he allegedly obtained information about future acquisitions and mergers , which were provided to others who then traded using this information .
Over a two-year period , the group is believed to have made approximately £2.5 million in criminal profits .
In July 2008 Mustafa was arrested by the City of London Police and then released on bail .
It is believed he fled the UK around December 2009 .
Fatah Benlaredj is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ girl in 2007 .
He is known to use the nickname Samir .
Christakis Philippou was involved in conspiracies where he and his co-defendants repeatedly set out to acquire , or sometimes to set up from scratch , travel agency businesses which were used as vehicles for fraud .
The travel agencies attracted customers by offering cut-price holidays , which were so cheap that legitimate companies could not compete with them .
In each case , the travel agency ceased to trade , leaving customers without a holiday .
Philippou is known to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is of Mediterranean appearance , around 165cm tall and with dark receding hair .
Michael Paul Moogan , from Liverpool , is believed to be linked to a Rotterdam café raided in 2013 as part of a series of coordinated strikes in the UK and the Netherlands .
It is suspected the café was being used as a front for an operations centre for international drug traffickers where they could meet for negotiations with cartels and for arranging the financing and transportation of huge quantities of drugs .
It is alleged that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to import cocaine into the UK .
He has blue eyes and a tattoo of a cross and a large crucifix on his left arm .
Shashi Sahnan is accused of being involved in the importation of heroin into the United Kingdom .
A huge quantity of drugs , which were concealed in packaging surrounding air conditioning units , was seized by HM Revenue and Customs during a joint operation with Leicestershire Police in July 2007 .
Customs officers found the drugs hidden in the struts of pallets upon which the machinery was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ born in India , has brown eyes and wears an overt hearing aid in his right ear which sits over the ear .
Timur Mehmet is wanted for his role in a conspiracy to cheat the public revenue by operating a Missing Trader Intra-community ( MTIC ) fraud .
This caused a loss to the UK of £25 million .
Mehmet appeared in court in June 2007 and was told that failure to return for his trial in October 2007 could result in him being tried and sentenced in his absence .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guilty .
He was sentenced to eight years in jail .
Jonathan Kelly is wanted by Police Scotland on recall to prison .
He is due to serve a remaining sentence of nine years and 10 months for a number of serious assaults .
Kelly is said to be extremely violent and poses a high risk to both police and members of the public , according to the NCA .
He was convicted at various courts of a number of offences between 2002 and 2010 and received sentences in excess of 16 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on licence but failed to adhere to conditions set .
The offences he was convicted of included an assault to severe injury and danger of life , robbery , assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement , breach of the peace and having a sharply pointed implement in prison .
In one of the most serious assaults Kelly stabbed and paralysed his victim using a machete .
He is described as 180cm tall , heavy build , blue/grey eyes , short brown hair , Scottish accent , and occasionally has a beard .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and right side of the face , on his arms and his right hand .
John Barton was sentenced to 20 years in jail for conspiring to import a commercial amount of heroin into the UK .
He was convicted is his absence in 2003 .
Barton is believed to have links to Fuengirola in Spain .
Osman Aydeniz is wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of diamorphine .
Three others have already been convicted in connection with the offence .
He is also wanted for conspiracy to commit theft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is wanted by Police Scotland on suspicion of supplying amphetamine .
Between August 2013 and April 2014 , Quinn was allegedly involved in an organised crime group concerned in the production , transportation and distribution of amphetamine with a street value of over £11 million .
He is described as 5ft 9ins tall , of large build and with short brown hair .

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These are the 22 men and women currently on the run from the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Their alleged crimes include conspiracy to supply drugs, murder and rape.
The NCA publishes details of their 'most wanted' so the public are aware of who they are after - and are able to help track them down.
Members of the public should not approach any person featured on this list.
Instead, if you know the whereabouts of a wanted fugitive you should contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, by calling 0800 555 111.
These are the people listed as Most Wanted by the NCA as of October 9.
Costas Sampson
Costas Sampson was convicted of raping a girl he met at a nightclub in London in February 2010.
The girl was taken unwell after accepting a drink from a stranger, and Sampson and a friend offered to take her home.
Sampson, a Cypriot national, told one of the girl’s friends that he was a medical expert.
He later raped the girl at her flat while she was incapacitated.
Sampson was also convicted of stealing her mobile phone, plus her flatmate’s laptop and games console.
Sarah Panitzke
Sarah Panitzke is wanted by HMRC for conspiracy to acquire criminal property.
Panitzke was a senior member of a crime group involved in a VAT fraud.
She controlled the company accounts of many companies remotely via different IP addresses.
Panitzke travelled extensively to further the fraud - including to Dubai, Spain and Andorra - and was responsible for laundering approximately £1 billion pounds.
Panitzke absconded in May 2013 prior to the end of the trial and was convicted in her absence.
She was sentenced to eight years in prison along with another eighteen members of the crime group receiving sentences totalling 135 years.
She is described as 170cm tall, slim build with mousy straight hair, blue eyes and has a Yorkshire accent.
Mehmet Salih
Mehmet Salih is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to supply cocaine between December 2010 and November 2011.
It is believed he was contacted on a regular basis by an associate for the purposes of buying cocaine, delivering it and collecting payments.
In May 2011 Salih, a Cypriot national, allegedly visited Lincolnshire to deliver a quantity of cocaine that was subsequently recovered by the police.
Police found that he was in possession of £20,000 when they arrested him.
He was released on bail to appear at a police station later in the year but failed to attend.
Salih has short brown hair and a scar on his right eye.
Richard Wakeling
Richard Wakeling, from Brentwood, Essex, tried to import £8m of liquid amphetamine into the UK in April 2016.
In 2018 he absconded before his 12-week trial began and was later convicted and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Wakeling has a right lower leg amputation, uses a prosthetic leg and requires regular medical treatment.
He has family and friends in Ireland, Spain, Canada and Thailand.
David Ungi
In July 2015, Ungi and two others were in a vehicle on Banks Road in Garston, Liverpool, which police believe rammed a motorcycle carrying two men.
A single shot from a 12-gauge shotgun was fired inflicting a fatal injury to one of the men and injuring the other.
The murder victim was Garston teenager Vinny Waddington.
Ungi is also alleged to be involved in the unlawful distribution of controlled drugs in the Liverpool area.
Rezgar Zengana
Rezgar Zengana has been convicted of a rape he committed in 2006 - but is yet to be sentenced for the offence.
The Iraqi national posed as a private hire taxi driver to pick up the 25-year-old woman before driving her to a property where he raped her.
The incident took place in Glasgow.
He is described as 180cm, with black hair and of Middle Eastern appearance.
Daniel Dugic
Daniel Dugic is suspected of being involved in a conspiracy to import 255kg of cocaine.
The conspiracy involved a small UK vessel meeting a commercial container ship in the English Channel from which the drugs were transferred.
Although Dugic, who is originally from Serbia, was not on board either vessel, he is alleged to have played a major part in organising the importation.
A number of other individuals were convicted in June 2011.
Shazad Ghafoor
Shazad Ghafoor allegedly took a courtesy car from a dealership in Manchester in August 2013 using a driving license in another person’s name.
Police spotted the car and the pursuit ended in the Halifax area when he crashed. His wife and two children, who were also in the car, suffered minor injuries.
Cash to the value of up to £100,000 was recovered and there were traces of heroin, cocaine and cannabis on the notes.
Ghafoor was charged with fraud, possession of criminal property, dangerous driving and disqualified driving.
He was also charged with possession of cannabis with intent to supply after a vehicle was searched in Withington in November 2013 and cannabis worth £245,000 was found.
In May 2014 Ghafoor pleaded guilty to dangerous driving. He was due to appear at court in February 2015 in relation to the other charges but failed to answer his bail and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
In addition, Ghafoor was charged with possession of cannabis with intent to supply in relation to a separate seizure of cannabis worth £24,000 that was found at a house on Kingsway Avenue, Burnage, in September 2014.
He was due to appear in court but failed to answer his bail and another warrant was issued for his arrest.
Derek McGraw Ferguson
Derek McGraw Ferguson is wanted by police in connection with a murder investigation.
Thomas Cameron was killed at the Auchinairn Tavern, Bishopbriggs near Glasgow, in June 2007.
Ferguson, 56, is described as having green/blue eyes and short balding brown/grey hair.
He is around 155-160cm in height.
Allan Foster
Allan Foster is alleged to have murdered David 'Noddy' Rice at the Marsden Bay Car Park, South Shields in May 2006.
He is also wanted for two offences of conspiring to supply controlled drugs and also for the theft of a diamond ring.
Foster has links to the Canary Islands and Majorca.
He is also known to use the alias Shaun Michael Wilkinson.
Ozgur Demir
Ozgur Demir is wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of diamorphine.
He is a Turkish national.
Three others have already been convicted in connection with the offence.
Kevin Thomas Parle
Kevin Thomas Parle is wanted in connection with the Liverpool murders of 16-year-old Liam Kelly in 2004 and Lucy Hargreaves in 2005.
Parle is also known as Hemp.
He is described as stocky, 195cm in height and with short ginger hair.
Ersin Mustafa
Between 2006 to 2008, Ersin Mustafa is believed to have been involved in insider dealing with seven other individuals.
While employed at the London branch of investment bank JP Morgan Cazenove, he allegedly obtained information about future acquisitions and mergers, which were provided to others who then traded using this information.
Over a two-year period, the group is believed to have made approximately £2.5 million in criminal profits.
In July 2008 Mustafa was arrested by the City of London Police and then released on bail.
It is believed he fled the UK around December 2009.
Fatah Benlaredj
Fatah Benlaredj is wanted over the rape of a seven-year-old girl in 2007.
He is known to use the nickname Samir.
Christakis Philippou
Christakis Philippou was involved in conspiracies where he and his co-defendants repeatedly set out to acquire, or sometimes to set up from scratch, travel agency businesses which were used as vehicles for fraud.
The travel agencies attracted customers by offering cut-price holidays, which were so cheap that legitimate companies could not compete with them.
In each case, the travel agency ceased to trade, leaving customers without a holiday.
The scam defrauded an estimated 20,000 people.
Philippou is known to use the alias Christakis Chrysostomou.
He is of Mediterranean appearance, around 165cm tall and with dark receding hair.
Michael Paul Moogan
Michael Paul Moogan, from Liverpool, is believed to be linked to a Rotterdam café raided in 2013 as part of a series of coordinated strikes in the UK and the Netherlands.
It is suspected the café was being used as a front for an operations centre for international drug traffickers where they could meet for negotiations with cartels and for arranging the financing and transportation of huge quantities of drugs.
It is alleged that in 2013 Moogan was involved in a conspiracy to import cocaine into the UK.
He has blue eyes and a tattoo of a cross and a large crucifix on his left arm.
Shashi Dhar Sahnan
Shashi Sahnan is accused of being involved in the importation of heroin into the United Kingdom.
A huge quantity of drugs, which were concealed in packaging surrounding air conditioning units, was seized by HM Revenue and Customs during a joint operation with Leicestershire Police in July 2007.
Customs officers found the drugs hidden in the struts of pallets upon which the machinery was being transported.
Sahnan, who was born in India, has brown eyes and wears an overt hearing aid in his right ear which sits over the ear.
Timur Mehmet
Timur Mehmet is wanted for his role in a conspiracy to cheat the public revenue by operating a Missing Trader Intra-community (MTIC) fraud.
This caused a loss to the UK of £25 million.
Mehmet appeared in court in June 2007 and was told that failure to return for his trial in October 2007 could result in him being tried and sentenced in his absence.
He failed to attend and was subsequently found guilty.
He was sentenced to eight years in jail.
Jonathan Kelly
Jonathan Kelly is wanted by Police Scotland on recall to prison.
He is due to serve a remaining sentence of nine years and 10 months for a number of serious assaults.
Kelly is said to be extremely violent and poses a high risk to both police and members of the public, according to the NCA.
He was convicted at various courts of a number of offences between 2002 and 2010 and received sentences in excess of 16 years.
In September 2013 he was released on licence but failed to adhere to conditions set.
The offences he was convicted of included an assault to severe injury and danger of life, robbery, assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement, breach of the peace and having a sharply pointed implement in prison.
In one of the most serious assaults Kelly stabbed and paralysed his victim using a machete.
He is described as 180cm tall, heavy build, blue/grey eyes, short brown hair, Scottish accent, and occasionally has a beard.
He also has scars to the left and right side of the face, on his arms and his right hand.
John Barton
John Barton was sentenced to 20 years in jail for conspiring to import a commercial amount of heroin into the UK.
He was convicted is his absence in 2003.
Barton is believed to have links to Fuengirola in Spain.
Osman Aydeniz
Osman Aydeniz is wanted in connection with conspiracy to supply 17.83 kg of diamorphine.
Three others have already been convicted in connection with the offence.
He is also wanted for conspiracy to commit theft and transferring criminal property.
Aydeniz is a Cypriot national.
Mark Quinn
Mark Quinn is wanted by Police Scotland on suspicion of supplying amphetamine.
Between August 2013 and April 2014, Quinn was allegedly involved in an organised crime group concerned in the production, transportation and distribution of amphetamine with a street value of over £11 million.
He is described as 5ft 9ins tall, of large build and with short brown hair.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-10--The blistering rage of northern leaders locked out of lockdown decisions

The way the meeting began really should have been a sign .
When Greater Manchester leaders - finally - sat down to discuss local lockdowns with Number 10 at 5.30pm on Friday evening , the tech immediately went down .
For ten minutes , local government waited while central government switched rooms and struggled to get its IT working .
When Rochdale ’ s leader Allen Brett suggested ministers were incapable of organising ‘ a p*** up in a brewery ’ , a central government voice responded that actually some of them were still there and could hear him .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been muted by then .
The call had been billed as a mini ‘ gold ’ meeting - a version of the ones held by Boris Johnson each week in Whitehall to decide the lockdown fate of communities across England .
Its necessity had become swiftly apparent after the disbelief and fury that was unleashed by the news on the front page of Thursday ’ s Times that northern areas were to see pub and restaurant closures .
Local leaders had not been told or consulted .
If they had any hope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was quickly dispelled .
Once the IT was working , the call saw leaders addressed by housing secretary Robert Jenrick , Public Health England official Thomas Waits , the Prime Minister ’ s chief strategic adviser Sir Edward Lister and ‘ some bloke from the Treasury ’ , according to one local official .
The Chief Medical Officer , who some had thought might be there to present the data , was conspicuously absent .
It began with a presentation of Office for National Statistics sides about the prevalence of the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things are worse here than they are in the south , a fact that did not come as revelatory news to leaders .
One of those present said there was nothing in the presentation that would not already be tabled at their own weekly emergency Covid committee meetings , which draw together public sector officials from across the Greater Manchester system .
Arguably , in fact , it amounted to less than that , since it was North West level and not local .
“ The data was no different from what we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report and PHE ’ s own latest sit rep - ie very high level and no narrative or actual analysis and interpretation , ” said one of those present .
“ There was no attempt to present intelligence at a Greater Manchester or individual ten-borough level .
So nothing as detailed or contextualised and interpreted as the emergency committee see weekly .
“ Nor were there any slides presented showing the actual evidence and scientific , social and economic impact assessment of any proposed measures .
Nor were any proper details on tiers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the message was that the government thought pubs were the problem .
That was pushed back on by Manchester ’ s Sir Richard Leese , who has been forcefully opposed to any further economic measures .
The city ’ s own internal analysis of Greater Manchester-wide contact tracing suggests that while bars and restaurants were the most common setting - aside from households - for outbreaks between mid-August and mid-September , that then began to drop steeply and the sector is now behind offices , shops and factories .
One theory is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had an impact .
Meanwhile the impact of students household transmission is stark in Manchester ’ s data .
Some figures fear pub closures will merely drive socialising underground , making enforcement much harder .
But the evidence and analysis from Greater Manchester ’ s own devolved system did not seem to be of interest , said several present .
No real debate was to be had about what it showed , or the impact of different options .
The first half of the meeting was taken up with the government 's presentation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Bolton ’ s Conservative leader David Greenhalgh then had enough time to - forcefully - put their thoughts forward before the meeting was swiftly wrapped up .
Coun Greenhalgh apparently also had to point out on a number of occasions that Manchester and Greater Manchester were two different things .
“ Total joke .
Not a negotiation , not a briefing of anything useful .
And when he got kickback , Lister basically went ‘ we are out of time ’ and ended the call extremely abruptly , ” said another leader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agreed : “ It was a sh**show and completely pointless .
“ That ’ s the most insulting thing about it .
They wasted an hour and a half of our time.
” Others were more comprehensive in their assessment .
“ It was an object lesson in 1. how not to conduct a ‘ gold ’ 2. how little respect central government hold senior local government leaders and officials in - outright contempt - and 3. how little science , evidence or robust intelligence is informing their decision making , ” says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ presentation as 'patronising b******s ' .
“ No evidence was presented to us that justifies measures , restrictions or tiers .
And none about what would be the most effective .
“ The local politicians were all way better briefed than the government officials .
It comes to something when the least objectionable government person on the call is the bloke from the Treasury.
” This is more than a group of grumpy - mainly Labour - politicians and weary local officials complaining .
Neither is it simply that they wo n't be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have struggled to agree in recent weeks .
Greater Manchester has long prided itself on its ability to work with governments of either stripe and indeed some of its own officials have on occasion advised central government during the pandemic .
Carolyn Wilkins , chief executive at Oldham council , is currently seconded to them and was on the call last night , while health officials from within the system here have been consulted on various aspects of national policy over the past few months .
So for leaders and officials here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to how broken the relationship between central and local now is .
Greater Manchester 's only Tory council leader , Bolton 's David Greenhalgh , had been so frustrated in recent weeks that his remarks ended up being quoted at Boris Johnson by the opposition at PMQs .
And this week was not the first time an announcement affecting millions of people has appeared late at night on Twitter .
The first was on the night of July 30 , when Greater Manchester ’ s 3m-strong population was informed via a tweet from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go in each others ’ houses or gardens .
It has been illegal for them to do so ever since .
The local system here - and elsewhere - is tired of the same avoidable mistakes being repeated .
During summer ’ s window , they had hoped the national test and trace service would begin to be localised , for example .
A government press release in August even announced that it would be - with a chunk of the national team ringfenced to local councils .
It is now October .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ tracing has been raised repeatedly with Matt Hancock and he always agrees .
“ So if we think it ’ s a good idea , and he thinks it ’ s a good idea , then why hasn ’ t it happened ?
” they ask .
Nobody seems to know .
Equally Manchester knew the return of students would create a problem , particularly within accommodation .
That pattern is now being borne out in the statistics there and in other northern cities .
A mass testing pilot of students in Manchester @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 42.5pc of them had the virus , mostly asymptomatically .
The simmering northern uprising also goes beyond a group of angry council leaders .
Northern MPs of both parties are furious - and while they might not all agree on the way forward , they are united with mayors and council leaders in their disbelief at the a lack of genuine consultation .
Latterly government has apparently realised what an error it made in allowing the lockdown plan to emerge via a relatively vague briefing to a national newspaper .
Reportedly it now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that should have been much more solid - whether that ’ s those with Tory MPs who owe their seats to Boris Johnson ’ s red wall surge , or whether it ’ s with normally pragmatic Labour council leaders and experienced local health officials - at this stage in the Parliament are now seriously compromised .
Arguably the northern explosion of recent days has been at least six months in the making .
For those staring down yet another season of eyewatering council budget-setting , it has been ten years .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fuse .
“ I ’ m used to all sorts of sh** from government , '' says one veteran northern politician .
`` But I ’ ve not been this angry for so long .
”

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The way the meeting began really should have been a sign.
When Greater Manchester leaders - finally - sat down to discuss local lockdowns with Number 10 at 5.30pm on Friday evening, the tech immediately went down.
For ten minutes, local government waited while central government switched rooms and struggled to get its IT working.
When Rochdale’s leader Allen Brett suggested ministers were incapable of organising ‘a p*** up in a brewery’, a central government voice responded that actually some of them were still there and could hear him. Probably fortunately for all concerned, he had been muted by then.
The call had been billed as a mini ‘gold’ meeting - a version of the ones held by Boris Johnson each week in Whitehall to decide the lockdown fate of communities across England.
Its necessity had become swiftly apparent after the disbelief and fury that was unleashed by the news on the front page of Thursday’s Times that northern areas were to see pub and restaurant closures. Local leaders had not been told or consulted.
If they had any hope that this meeting would rectify that, it was quickly dispelled.
Once the IT was working, the call saw leaders addressed by housing secretary Robert Jenrick, Public Health England official Thomas Waits, the Prime Minister’s chief strategic adviser Sir Edward Lister and ‘some bloke from the Treasury’, according to one local official.
The Chief Medical Officer, who some had thought might be there to present the data, was conspicuously absent.
It began with a presentation of Office for National Statistics sides about the prevalence of the virus in the north of England, showing things are worse here than they are in the south, a fact that did not come as revelatory news to leaders.
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One of those present said there was nothing in the presentation that would not already be tabled at their own weekly emergency Covid committee meetings, which draw together public sector officials from across the Greater Manchester system.
Arguably, in fact, it amounted to less than that, since it was North West level and not local.
“The data was no different from what we’d seen from the latest ONS report and PHE’s own latest sit rep - ie very high level and no narrative or actual analysis and interpretation,” said one of those present.
“There was no attempt to present intelligence at a Greater Manchester or individual ten-borough level. So nothing as detailed or contextualised and interpreted as the emergency committee see weekly.
“Nor were there any slides presented showing the actual evidence and scientific, social and economic impact assessment of any proposed measures. Nor were any proper details on tiers and thresholds given.”
(Image: MEN)
Overall, though, the message was that the government thought pubs were the problem.
That was pushed back on by Manchester’s Sir Richard Leese, who has been forcefully opposed to any further economic measures.
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The city’s own internal analysis of Greater Manchester-wide contact tracing suggests that while bars and restaurants were the most common setting - aside from households - for outbreaks between mid-August and mid-September, that then began to drop steeply and the sector is now behind offices, shops and factories. One theory is that the 10pm curfew may have actually had an impact.
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Meanwhile the impact of students household transmission is stark in Manchester’s data. Some figures fear pub closures will merely drive socialising underground, making enforcement much harder.
But the evidence and analysis from Greater Manchester’s own devolved system did not seem to be of interest, said several present. No real debate was to be had about what it showed, or the impact of different options.
(Image: ABNM Photography)
The first half of the meeting was taken up with the government's presentation. Andy Burnham, Sir Richard Leese and Bolton’s Conservative leader David Greenhalgh then had enough time to - forcefully - put their thoughts forward before the meeting was swiftly wrapped up.
Coun Greenhalgh apparently also had to point out on a number of occasions that Manchester and Greater Manchester were two different things.
“Total joke. Not a negotiation, not a briefing of anything useful. And when he got kickback, Lister basically went ‘we are out of time’ and ended the call extremely abruptly,” said another leader afterwards.
Another senior political figure present agreed: “It was a sh**show and completely pointless.
“That’s the most insulting thing about it. They wasted an hour and a half of our time.”
Another council leader simply called the meeting ‘f****** awful’.
Others were more comprehensive in their assessment.
“It was an object lesson in 1. how not to conduct a ‘gold’ 2. how little respect central government hold senior local government leaders and officials in - outright contempt - and 3. how little science, evidence or robust intelligence is informing their decision making,” says another senior figure present, describing the presentation as 'patronising b******s'.
“No evidence was presented to us that justifies measures, restrictions or tiers. And none about what would be the most effective.
“The local politicians were all way better briefed than the government officials. It comes to something when the least objectionable government person on the call is the bloke from the Treasury.”
This is more than a group of grumpy - mainly Labour - politicians and weary local officials complaining. Neither is it simply that they won't be party to difficult decisions, even if they have struggled to agree in recent weeks.
Greater Manchester has long prided itself on its ability to work with governments of either stripe and indeed some of its own officials have on occasion advised central government during the pandemic. Carolyn Wilkins, chief executive at Oldham council, is currently seconded to them and was on the call last night, while health officials from within the system here have been consulted on various aspects of national policy over the past few months.
So for leaders and officials here to be so incandescent is a testament to how broken the relationship between central and local now is. Greater Manchester's only Tory council leader, Bolton's David Greenhalgh, had been so frustrated in recent weeks that his remarks ended up being quoted at Boris Johnson by the opposition at PMQs.
And this week was not the first time an announcement affecting millions of people has appeared late at night on Twitter. The first was on the night of July 30, when Greater Manchester’s 3m-strong population was informed via a tweet from Matt Hancock that they could no longer go in each others’ houses or gardens.
(Image: PA)
It has been illegal for them to do so ever since.
The local system here - and elsewhere - is tired of the same avoidable mistakes being repeated. During summer’s window, they had hoped the national test and trace service would begin to be localised, for example. A government press release in August even announced that it would be - with a chunk of the national team ringfenced to local councils. It is now October.
One politician says the localisation of contact tracing has been raised repeatedly with Matt Hancock and he always agrees.
“So if we think it’s a good idea, and he thinks it’s a good idea, then why hasn’t it happened?” they ask. Nobody seems to know.
Equally Manchester knew the return of students would create a problem, particularly within accommodation. That pattern is now being borne out in the statistics there and in other northern cities.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
A mass testing pilot of students in Manchester Metropolitan University halls discovered this week that 42.5pc of them had the virus, mostly asymptomatically.
The simmering northern uprising also goes beyond a group of angry council leaders. Northern MPs of both parties are furious - and while they might not all agree on the way forward, they are united with mayors and council leaders in their disbelief at the a lack of genuine consultation.
Latterly government has apparently realised what an error it made in allowing the lockdown plan to emerge via a relatively vague briefing to a national newspaper. Reportedly it now wants a 'reset'.
But relationships that should have been much more solid - whether that’s those with Tory MPs who owe their seats to Boris Johnson’s red wall surge, or whether it’s with normally pragmatic Labour council leaders and experienced local health officials - at this stage in the Parliament are now seriously compromised.
Arguably the northern explosion of recent days has been at least six months in the making. For those staring down yet another season of eyewatering council budget-setting, it has been ten years. But Thursday's front page news lit a fuse.
“I’m used to all sorts of sh** from government," says one veteran northern politician. "But I’ve not been this angry for so long.”


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-11--England vs Belgium kick-off time, TV channel and more

England will be hoping to stick to winning ways as they face Belgium this afernoon .
Gareth Southgate 's side continue their Nations League campaign on Sunday at Wembley Stadium .
The Three Lions currently remain unbeaten , having ended their friendly game against Wales 3-0 on Thursday after a shake up to the line-up .
But Belgium are set to be tough opponents as Roberto Martinez 's team , featuring Manchester City 's Kevin De Bruyne , have won both of their matches so far .
The behind-closed-doors game is on Sunday , October 11 with England vs Belgium @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is n't be played out on ITV like it was on Thursday so fans will need to head to Sky Sports where coverage begins at 4pm on its Main Event channel and 4.30pm on Sky Sports Football .
As for team news , Harry Kane could remain out after picking up a strained muscle in training while Tammy Abraham and Jadon Sancho are back availble .
Sancho , Abraham and Ben Chilwell were temporarily dropped by Southgate for breaking the government 's 'rule of six ' guidelines at a party last weekend .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ absent from the team after also breaching the rules while on international duty in Iceland .

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England will be hoping to stick to winning ways as they face Belgium this afernoon.
Gareth Southgate's side continue their Nations League campaign on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
The Three Lions currently remain unbeaten, having ended their friendly game against Wales 3-0 on Thursday after a shake up to the line-up.
But Belgium are set to be tough opponents as Roberto Martinez's team, featuring Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, have won both of their matches so far.
The behind-closed-doors game is on Sunday, October 11 with England vs Belgium kicking off at 5pm.
The match isn't be played out on ITV like it was on Thursday so fans will need to head to Sky Sports where coverage begins at 4pm on its Main Event channel and 4.30pm on Sky Sports Football.
As for team news, Harry Kane could remain out after picking up a strained muscle in training while Tammy Abraham and Jadon Sancho are back availble.
Sancho, Abraham and Ben Chilwell were temporarily dropped by Southgate for breaking the government's 'rule of six' guidelines at a party last weekend.
Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden are still absent from the team after also breaching the rules while on international duty in Iceland.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-11--The Christmas events still going ahead in Manchester this year

Nobody knows what kind of a Christmas we can expect this year , but after everything 2020 has thrown at us we could all use a little holiday cheer .
With festive fixtures such as pantomimes cancelled and the prospect of parties looking increasingly unlikely , we 'll have to think of other ways to celebrate .
Thankfully there are still plenty of events designed around the social distancing rules that you can book now and look forward to .
From drive-in cinema screenings to outdoor lights trails and virtual events , here are some of the festivities confirmed so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any changes in local and national restrictions , so it 's worth checking refund policies carefully for each event before making your booking .
Lantern festival Lightopia returns to Heaton Park this winter , lighting up the woodland and fields with glowing art .
New for this year will be a Christmas showcase , featuring Santa 's sleigh , glistening snowflakes and a giant interactive walking piano against the sparkling backdrop of the Grade I-listed Heaton Hall .
There 'll also be new areas dedicated to astronomy , the Manchester skyline , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can dance their way through the lights .
Favourites from last year will be back , including the popular animals attraction , woodland fairytale area and lakeside water show .
The event will be back between November 20 and January 3 , with new safety measures including wider footpaths to allow for social distancing and three entry points to minimise queuing .
Tickets are priced from £20 for adults and £13 for children .
Visit lightopiafestival.com to book .
At the Drive In A drive-in cinema where you do n't even need a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also have private igloo viewing pod and chalets you can book for your household .
The event will park up at Emirates Old Trafford in late November , with festive films including Die Hard , Elf , Love Actually and Home Alone shown on a giant screen .
Family-friendly modern blockbusters including Bohemian Rhapsody and Onward will also hit the screen , along with family favourites Frozen 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog , and classics such as Edward Scissorhands , E.T .
and Dirty Dancing .
There 'll also be family games , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car discos , Santa giveaways , and street food delivered by waiters on rollerskates .
Tickets will start at £30 per car , or £15 per person for the chalets and igloos and will go on sale from See Tickets on Friday October 9 .
The Parking Lot Social 's Winter Festival will park up at the intu Trafford Centre in December , with drive-in pantomime performances , festive film screenings and Christmas car-aoke .
Guests can have food delivered to their cars from a selection of stalls serving classic gourmet burgers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dogs alongside sweet winter warmers such as hot chocolate , doughnuts , toasted nuts , gingerbread men and more .
Adding to the festive atmosphere will be a 60ft tall rainbow coloured Christmas tree , a giant DJing Santa Claus and 'the coolest reindeer to have ever left the North Pole ' .
Tickets are on sale now priced from £37.38 per car and are available from the website here .
Organisers are promising a full refund if events have to be cancelled if restrictions change .
Cathedral Gardens ' outdoor ice rink @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surface and reduced capacity to allow for social distancing .
The covered rink will be open from November 17 to January 3 , 11am to 9pm , with sessions starting every 30 minutes during peak times .
Tickets cost £13 for adults and £11 for children , including skate hire and up to 45 minutes on the ice .
Visit skatemanchester.com to book .
Dunham Massey 's outdoor lights trail has become one of the region 's most popular Christmas attractions .
The after-dark event illuminates the house , gardens and parkland with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ colour-changing lakeside reflections and trees glittering with baubles and stars .
Mulled wine and hot chocolate stalls are dotted along the mile-long trail , which takes around an hour and a half to walk around .
The event returns from November 20 to December 30 , with slots between 4.30pm and 8.15pm .
Tickets cost £20 for adults , £13 for children aged three to 16 , or £60 for a family of two adults and two children .
Under twos and carers go free but still require tickets .
There 'll be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the city will still sparkle as the festive season approaches .
A small , socially-distanced event will take place instead , with three of Manchester 's NHS frontline heroes performing the honours of switching on the lights .
The switch-on will take place on Tuesday , November 17 and will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Manchester and live streamed on social media for people to enjoy safely from home .
This year 's illuminations will include a trail of light sculptures through the city centre and the return of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gardens last year .
Social distancing means kids may have to miss out on meeting Santa in his grotto this year .
But just like all of us , Father Christmas has had to adapt to the lockdown rules .
While we 've all had to get used to family FaceTime sessions and Zoom quizzes , the big man is embracing technology this year too and offering video calls from the North Pole instead .
Santa 's Grotto Live will give children a contact-free way to tell St Nick what 's on their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fully personalised HD video experience , in which Santa will have one-to-one chats with each child from his Lapland grotto .
Families also have the option to add multiple guests , so grandparents or other loved ones can share in the magic from anywhere in the world .
Kids can also get a special gift sent out in advance for them to open in front of Santa during the call .
The virtual experience opens in November , with appointments available to book between 8am and 7.45pm from November 28 to December @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with three different packages to choose from and prices starting from £20 .

Nobody knows what kind of a Christmas we can expect this year, but after everything 2020 has thrown at us we could all use a little holiday cheer.
With festive fixtures such as pantomimes cancelled and the prospect of parties looking increasingly unlikely, we'll have to think of other ways to celebrate.
Thankfully there are still plenty of events designed around the social distancing rules that you can book now and look forward to.
From drive-in cinema screenings to outdoor lights trails and virtual events, here are some of the festivities confirmed so far.
All events are subject to any changes in local and national restrictions, so it's worth checking refund policies carefully for each event before making your booking.
Lightopia
(Image: Adams Photography / Lightopia)
Lantern festival Lightopia returns to Heaton Park this winter, lighting up the woodland and fields with glowing art.
New for this year will be a Christmas showcase, featuring Santa's sleigh, glistening snowflakes and a giant interactive walking piano against the sparkling backdrop of the Grade I-listed Heaton Hall.
There'll also be new areas dedicated to astronomy, the Manchester skyline, and an immersive 'musical city' where visitors can dance their way through the lights.
Favourites from last year will be back, including the popular animals attraction, woodland fairytale area and lakeside water show.
The event will be back between December 3 and January 10, with new safety measures including wider footpaths to allow for social distancing and three entry points to minimise queuing.
Tickets are priced from £20 for adults and £13 for children. Visit lightopiafestival.com to book.
At the Drive In
(Image: Publicity Picture)
A drive-in cinema where you don't even need a car, At the Drive In will also have private igloo viewing pod and chalets you can book for your household.
The event will park up at Emirates Old Trafford in late November, with festive films including Die Hard, Elf, Love Actually and Home Alone shown on a giant screen.
Family-friendly modern blockbusters including Bohemian Rhapsody and Onward will also hit the screen, along with family favourites Frozen 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog, and classics such as Edward Scissorhands, E.T. and Dirty Dancing.
There'll also be family games, Christmas quizzes, carol karaoke, silent car discos, Santa giveaways, and street food delivered by waiters on rollerskates.
Tickets will start at £30 per car, or £15 per person for the chalets and igloos and will go on sale from See Tickets on Friday October 9.
Winter Island
Completely new for Manchester this Christmas, Winter Island will be opening at Depot Mayfield in November.
Expanding on the socially-distanced Freight Island venue that opened earlier this year, the fully-heated and seated event will bring festive food, drink and entertainment to the area near Piccadilly, with events geared at people of all ages.
Visitors can look forward to mulled wine and hot cider, a traditional hog roast, an artisan cheese stall, a bratwurst grill, and a local chocolate shop, plus a stall from the Great North Pie Co.
A city-first curling ice rink has been installed inside too, and Heaton Park's lantern festival Lightopia will install a one-off installation at the site.
The full Winter Island experience opening on November 12.
Six people from the same household are able to book tickets for the indoor Ticket Hall, while six from different households can book to sit outside at Winter Island. Tickets are available at escapetofreightisland.com/bookings.
The Parking Lot Social's Winter Festival
(Image: The Parking Lot Social)
The Parking Lot Social's Winter Festival will park up at the intu Trafford Centre in December, with drive-in pantomime performances, festive film screenings and Christmas car-aoke.
Guests can have food delivered to their cars from a selection of stalls serving classic gourmet burgers, loaded fries, wood-fired pizzas and hot dogs alongside sweet winter warmers such as hot chocolate, doughnuts, toasted nuts, gingerbread men and more.
Adding to the festive atmosphere will be a 60ft tall rainbow coloured Christmas tree, a giant DJing Santa Claus and 'the coolest reindeer to have ever left the North Pole'.
Tickets are on sale now priced from £37.38 per car and are available from the website here. Organisers are promising a full refund if events have to be cancelled if restrictions change.
Car Park Panto
(Image: Car Park Panto/MEN)
If you thought this Christmas was going to be grim, this drive-in pantomime from Horrible Histories and Birmingham Stage Company will take you back through the ages to even darker times.
From Victorian villains to Medieval monks, Puritan parties to Tudor treats, the show promises to take the audience on a hair-raising adventure through the history of Christmas in the company of Charles Dickens, Oliver Cromwell, King Henry VIII and St Nicholas as they all join forces to save the festive season.
The event parks up at the AJ Bell Stadium in Salford on December 26 and 27 with five productions of Horrible Christmas across the two days.
Tickets are on sale now priced at £47 per car, plus a £2.50 booking fee.
Visit carparkparty.com to book.
The Trafford Centre's Reindeer Lodge Christmas Experience
A traditional trip to Santa's grotto is back on the Christmas calendar this year.
The Trafford Centre's new Reindeer Lodge Christmas Experience will open on the upper level of the shopping centre, next to the main dome, between November 17 and December 24.
Children will first meet Norbert, an adorable young reindeer who longs to lead the sleigh on Christmas Eve, before collecting some reindeer food to sprinkle to help his friends fly.
Santa will then be waiting in a twinkly, cosy cabin. Little ones can approach the front of his sleigh at a safe two-metre distance to say hello and tell him their Christmas wishes, before having their photo taken and receiving a gift.
There will also be autism-friendly grotto experiences, featuring smaller groups of visitors, quieter music and specially trained characters.
Bosses say the experience has been carefully risk assessed and designed in line with COVID-19 rules, with thorough cleaning, sanitising and social distancing measures in place.
Tickets cost £10.50 per child and £5.50 per adult, and must be booked online prior to arrival, at tickets.eskimojoevents.co.uk/trafford_2020.
Victoria Baths Christmas Market
(Image: STEVE ALLEN)
Victoria Baths is reopening for the first time in over six months to host a series of Christmas markets.
The Festive Winter Fair takes place at the grade II* listed landmark on the weekends of November 14 to 15, and November 21 to 22.
The former swimming pools and Turkish Baths will be filled with stalls selling everything from art, jewellery and ceramics to homewares and decorations, all made by local craftspeople.
Mulled wine and mince pies will also be served in the on-site tea room.
The markets will be open from 10.30am to 4.30pm each day, with timed entry slots, capped visitor numbers, signposted one-way routes and hand sanitiser stations all helping to keep visitors safe.
Tickets cost £3 for adults (children and Friends of Victoria Baths members go free) and may only be booked for up to six people from the same household or support bubble, in line with the current restrictions in Greater Manchester.
Visit vbfestivefair.eventbrite.co.uk to book.
Christmas at Dunham Massey
Dunham Massey's outdoor lights trail has become one of the region's most popular Christmas attractions.
The after-dark event illuminates the house, gardens and parkland with twinkling tunnels, giant sparkling reindeer, colour-changing lakeside reflections and trees glittering with baubles and stars.
Mulled wine and hot chocolate stalls are dotted along the mile-long trail, which takes around an hour and a half to walk around.
The event returns from November 20 to December 30, with slots between 4.30pm and 8.15pm.
Tickets cost £20 for adults, £13 for children aged three to 16, or £60 for a family of two adults and two children. Under twos and carers go free but still require tickets.
Visit SeeTickets to book.
Manchester's virtual Christmas lights switch on
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
There'll be no big public switch-on show this year, but the city will still sparkle as the festive season approaches.
A small, socially-distanced event will take place instead, with three of Manchester's NHS frontline heroes performing the honours of switching on the lights.
The switch-on will take place on Tuesday, November 17 and will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Manchester and live streamed on social media for people to enjoy safely from home.
This year's illuminations will include a trail of light sculptures through the city centre and the return of the giant LED Santa that lit up Piccadilly Gardens last year.
Santa's Grotto Live
(Image: Santa's Grotto Live)
Social distancing means kids may have to miss out on meeting Santa in his grotto this year.
But just like all of us, Father Christmas has had to adapt to the lockdown rules.
While we've all had to get used to family FaceTime sessions and Zoom quizzes, the big man is embracing technology this year too and offering video calls from the North Pole instead.
Santa's Grotto Live will give children a contact-free way to tell St Nick what's on their Christmas lists this year.
Organisers promise a fully personalised HD video experience, in which Santa will have one-to-one chats with each child from his Lapland grotto.
Families also have the option to add multiple guests, so grandparents or other loved ones can share in the magic from anywhere in the world.
Kids can also get a special gift sent out in advance for them to open in front of Santa during the call.
The virtual experience opens in November, with appointments available to book between 8am and 7.45pm from November 28 to December 20.
Tickets are on sale now, with three different packages to choose from and prices starting from £20.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-11--Holly Willoughby shares rare picture of her three children in very cute outfits

Holly Willoughby has shared a rare photo of all three of her children together .
The This Morning presenter opts to keep 11-year-old Harry , nine-year-old Belle , and six-year-old Chester , who she shares with husband Dan Baldwin , out of the spotlight .
But the proud mum still gives them the odd mention as she presents the popular ITV show or in a disguised photo on Instagram .
In her latest snap Holly , 39 , has turned photographer as she enlisted her little tribe to star in a new advert with a Harry Potter twist .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his namesake while Belle is Hermione , and Chester as Ron .
They all have hats covering their faces and are all posing on broomsticks with clouds and the moon surrounding them which looked like Holly had made out of sheets .
Belle was dressed in a shimmery blue dress and witches hat with Harry in a striped jumper , wooly hat , jeans and Chester rocking a yellow jumper , blue jeans , and hat just like his sister .
The shot was part of Holly 's commitments with Marks and Spencer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her Instagram Stories : `` Harry ( Harry ) , Hermione ( Belle ) & Ron ( Chester ) Quarantine project continued… '' New Harry Potter range out now !
Photography by Moi @ marksandspencer . ''
It 's not the first time Holly has got the kids involved in her work with M & S .
Holly 's eldest son has been the photographer for various photos as the presenter posed for a few snaps in her own back garden with Belle getting in on the action on another occasion .

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Holly Willoughby has shared a rare photo of all three of her children together.
And it's adorable.
The This Morning presenter opts to keep 11-year-old Harry, nine-year-old Belle, and six-year-old Chester, who she shares with husband Dan Baldwin, out of the spotlight.
But the proud mum still gives them the odd mention as she presents the popular ITV show or in a disguised photo on Instagram.
In her latest snap Holly, 39, has turned photographer as she enlisted her little tribe to star in a new advert with a Harry Potter twist.
In the photo, Harry is dressed as his namesake while Belle is Hermione, and Chester as Ron.
They all have hats covering their faces and are all posing on broomsticks with clouds and the moon surrounding them which looked like Holly had made out of sheets.
(Image: Holly Willoughby Instagram)
Belle was dressed in a shimmery blue dress and witches hat with Harry in a striped jumper, wooly hat, jeans and Chester rocking a yellow jumper, blue jeans, and hat just like his sister.
The shot was part of Holly's commitments with Marks and Spencer.
She wrote alongside the snap on her Instagram Stories: "Harry (Harry), Hermione (Belle) & Ron (Chester) Quarantine project continued…
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"New Harry Potter range out now! Photography by Moi @marksandspencer."
It's not the first time Holly has got the kids involved in her work with M&S.
Holly's eldest son has been the photographer for various photos as the presenter posed for a few snaps in her own back garden with Belle getting in on the action on another occasion.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-11--Scientists are trailing a 100-year-old vaccine in the fight against Covid-19

Scientists are investing if a vaccine usually used to protect children from tuberculosis could help adults fight against coronavirus .
The Bacillus Calmette–Guerin ( BCG ) vaccine - first developed in 1921 - has a number of “ off target effects ” including stimulating the immune system .
As such , it is being trialled globally to 10,000 people , predominantly health care workers .
Researchers say it would not be the ultimate solution to the Covid-19 crisis , but would instead help people fight off coronavirus until more effective vaccines are discovered .
The trial is being led in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and healthcare staff and care home workers are now being recruited .
The study is co-ordinated by the Murdoch Children ’ s Research Institute in Melbourne , Australia , and has received more than 10 million US dollars ( £7.6 million ) from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to allow its global expansion .
The Peter Sowerby Foundation has contributed funding to support the Exeter trial site .
The UK joins study centres in Australia , the Netherlands , Spain and Brazil in the largest trial of its kind .
Participants will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is currently given to more than 100 million babies worldwide each year to protect against tuberculosis , or a placebo injection .
In the UK , routine BCG vaccination was stopped in 2005 because of low rates of TB in the general population .
Professor John Campbell , of the University of Exeter Medical School , said : “ Covid-19 has killed more than a million people globally , with well over 33 million people acquiring the disease , sometimes in its severest forms .
“ BCG has been shown to boost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may offer some protection against Covid-19 .
“ We ’ re excited to be contributing to the large-scale , international study where we are seeking to establish whether the BCG vaccine could help protect people who are at risk of Covid-19 .
“ If it does , we could save lives by administering or topping up this readily available and cost-effective vaccination.
” Previous studies suggest that the BCG vaccine could reduce susceptibility to a range of infections caused by viruses including those similar to the novel coronavirus causing Covid-19 .
Examining the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ part of the trial being conducted by the researchers .
The BCG vaccine boosts immunity by “ training ” the immune system to respond to other subsequent infections with greater intensity .
Researchers hope this improved “ innate immunity ” will buy crucial time to develop an effective and safe vaccine against Covid-19 .
The trial is recruiting care and healthcare workers in the south west of England , who can attend clinics in Exeter .
Researchers are targeting professionals who work in fields with high exposure to Covid-19 .
They are looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infection or Covid-19 symptom severity .
Prof Campbell added : “ People on the Covid-19 front line , including healthcare workers and care home workers , are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus infection .
“ Up until now , care home workers have been overlooked by most research .
“ The trial provides us with a great opportunity to offer potential help to this important group of individuals who are providing healthcare to some of our most vulnerable citizens in important community settings .
“ I ’ d really encourage care home staff to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out if the BCG vaccine might provide a safe , widely available and cost-effective way to reduce the risk of Covid-19.
” You can find out about the trial here .

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Scientists are investing if a vaccine usually used to protect children from tuberculosis could help adults fight against coronavirus.
The Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) vaccine - first developed in 1921 - has a number of “off target effects” including stimulating the immune system.
As such, it is being trialled globally to 10,000 people, predominantly health care workers.
Researchers say it would not be the ultimate solution to the Covid-19 crisis, but would instead help people fight off coronavirus until more effective vaccines are discovered.
(Image: Peter Byrne/PA)
The trial is being led in the UK by the University of Exeter and healthcare staff and care home workers are now being recruited.
The study is co-ordinated by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and has received more than 10 million US dollars (£7.6 million) from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to allow its global expansion.
The Peter Sowerby Foundation has contributed funding to support the Exeter trial site.
The UK joins study centres in Australia, the Netherlands, Spain and Brazil in the largest trial of its kind.
Participants will be given either the BCG vaccine, which is currently given to more than 100 million babies worldwide each year to protect against tuberculosis, or a placebo injection.
In the UK, routine BCG vaccination was stopped in 2005 because of low rates of TB in the general population.
Professor John Campbell, of the University of Exeter Medical School, said: “Covid-19 has killed more than a million people globally, with well over 33 million people acquiring the disease, sometimes in its severest forms.
“BCG has been shown to boost immunity in a generalised way, which may offer some protection against Covid-19.
(Image: PA)
“We’re excited to be contributing to the large-scale, international study where we are seeking to establish whether the BCG vaccine could help protect people who are at risk of Covid-19.
“If it does, we could save lives by administering or topping up this readily available and cost-effective vaccination.”
Previous studies suggest that the BCG vaccine could reduce susceptibility to a range of infections caused by viruses including those similar to the novel coronavirus causing Covid-19.
Examining the mechanism by which this may work is part of the trial being conducted by the researchers.
The BCG vaccine boosts immunity by “training” the immune system to respond to other subsequent infections with greater intensity.
Researchers hope this improved “innate immunity” will buy crucial time to develop an effective and safe vaccine against Covid-19.
The trial is recruiting care and healthcare workers in the south west of England, who can attend clinics in Exeter.
Researchers are targeting professionals who work in fields with high exposure to Covid-19.
They are looking at whether the BCG vaccine reduces coronavirus infection or Covid-19 symptom severity.
Prof Campbell added: “People on the Covid-19 front line, including healthcare workers and care home workers, are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus infection.
“Up until now, care home workers have been overlooked by most research.
“The trial provides us with a great opportunity to offer potential help to this important group of individuals who are providing healthcare to some of our most vulnerable citizens in important community settings.
“I’d really encourage care home staff to join us, to help us find out if the BCG vaccine might provide a safe, widely available and cost-effective way to reduce the risk of Covid-19.”
You can find out about the trial here.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-11--Bolton council leader says he is 'against' lockdown of pubs and restaurants

Bolton council 's leader says he is 'against ' another proposed lockdown of the town 's pubs and restaurants .
Hospitality businesses in the town were allowed to reopen last weekend after being shut for three weeks .
However , extra measures are expected to be brought in across parts of the north this week meaning Bolton 's pubs and restaurants could be locked down for a third time this year .
Appearing on the BBC 's The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning , Coun David Greenhalgh warned that a further lockdown could lead to many businesses closing for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ furlough package offered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak was 'not good enough ' .
Coun Greenhalgh said : `` Our position is very clear that we feel we need to move to extra restrictions , but one that protects those most vulnerable and susceptible to the virus and that does not continue to have an adverse effect on local businesses and our economy .
`` I realise the government is in a very difficult position and we welcome any package that is brought together that helps our businesses , but our businesses in Bolton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in hospitality lockdown .
`` We have lost many jobs already , many of these businesses are already on the brink . ''
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced last week that under a new localised furlough scheme , employees of businesses forced to close would receive just over two thirds of their pay , in comparison to the 80 per cent during the national lockdown earlier this year .
But northern leaders have criticised the scheme .
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham described the proposed scheme as 'insufficient ' and said it could lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called on the government to return to the 80pc wage scheme offered earlier this year .
He said : `` I have called and made very public demands that it has to , at the very least , return to the furlough of the March lockdown .
Anything less is quite frankly unacceptable .
`` Why should the north be treated any different to how the rest of the country was treated when we went into the original lockdown ?
`` Many of these businesses will sadly go under .
We ca n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of these businesses .
`` These great independent businesses that people have put their life savings into will be lost . ''
Coun Greenhalgh added that he was still not clear what restrictions would be introduced in Bolton , but urged the government to 'listen ' .
`` The north feels like they are being treated differently , '' he explained .
`` We know our rates are high , we are not underestimating that , but we have to find a way through this that looks after the economy .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the wall , particularly in the north .
`` We have to keep that going and I urge government to respect that .
`` They ca n't continue with no exit package .
No exit package has been explained to me about how we then get ourselves out of these restrictions .
`` Everyone is talking about a second wave that will only get worse . ''

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Bolton council's leader says he is 'against' another proposed lockdown of the town's pubs and restaurants.
Hospitality businesses in the town were allowed to reopen last weekend after being shut for three weeks.
However, extra measures are expected to be brought in across parts of the north this week meaning Bolton 's pubs and restaurants could be locked down for a third time this year.
Appearing on the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning, Coun David Greenhalgh warned that a further lockdown could lead to many businesses closing for good.
He added that the proposed furlough package offered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak was 'not good enough'.
Coun Greenhalgh said: "Our position is very clear that we feel we need to move to extra restrictions, but one that protects those most vulnerable and susceptible to the virus and that does not continue to have an adverse effect on local businesses and our economy.
"I realise the government is in a very difficult position and we welcome any package that is brought together that helps our businesses, but our businesses in Bolton have already been closed for three months in hospitality lockdown.
"We have lost many jobs already, many of these businesses are already on the brink."
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced last week that under a new localised furlough scheme, employees of businesses forced to close would receive just over two thirds of their pay, in comparison to the 80 per cent during the national lockdown earlier this year.
But northern leaders have criticised the scheme.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham described the proposed scheme as 'insufficient' and said it could lead to 'severe hardship'.
Coun Greenhalgh called on the government to return to the 80pc wage scheme offered earlier this year.
He said: "I have called and made very public demands that it has to, at the very least, return to the furlough of the March lockdown. Anything less is quite frankly unacceptable.
"Why should the north be treated any different to how the rest of the country was treated when we went into the original lockdown?
"Many of these businesses will sadly go under. We can't build back better if we have lost some of these businesses.
"These great independent businesses that people have put their life savings into will be lost."
Coun Greenhalgh added that he was still not clear what restrictions would be introduced in Bolton, but urged the government to 'listen'.
"The north feels like they are being treated differently," he explained.
"We know our rates are high, we are not underestimating that, but we have to find a way through this that looks after the economy.
"We cannot throw our local economy to the wall, particularly in the north.
"We have to keep that going and I urge government to respect that.
"They can't continue with no exit package. No exit package has been explained to me about how we then get ourselves out of these restrictions.
"Everyone is talking about a second wave that will only get worse."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-11--Wenger lifts lid on how Man United hijacked Ronaldo transfer to Arsenal

Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger has revealed just how close he came to signing Cristiano Ronaldo before Manchester United hijacked the move .
Portuguese winger Ronaldo moved to United for £12.24million in the summer of 2003 after impressing against Sir Alex Ferguson 's side in a pre-season fixture against Sporting Lisbon .
Ronaldo went on to cement himself as a legend at Old Trafford where he won the first of his five Ballon d'Or awards as well as playing a pivotal role in their last Champions League triumph .
Since leaving Old Trafford the 35-year-old has established himself as arguably the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at both club and international level .
However , things might well have turned out differently had he opted to sign for Arsenal rather than United , with Wenger labelling the missed opportunity as perhaps the biggest transfer regret of his own illustrious career .
“ Oof !
I would say there is not one player , there are 50 ( I regret not signing ) !
” Wenger told The Guardian .
`` On the other hand , maybe the closest was Cristiano Ronaldo , when he signed for Man United .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Man United took Carlos Queiroz as assistant coach , and they just outbid us quickly and took Ronaldo .
But we had an agreement basically .
He had the shirt of Arsenal , I had lunch with him and his mother at the training ground !
“ It ’ s one example but there were so many .
The history of a big club is full of missed great players !
”

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Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger has revealed just how close he came to signing Cristiano Ronaldo before Manchester United hijacked the move.
Portuguese winger Ronaldo moved to United for £12.24million in the summer of 2003 after impressing against Sir Alex Ferguson's side in a pre-season fixture against Sporting Lisbon.
Ronaldo went on to cement himself as a legend at Old Trafford where he won the first of his five Ballon d'Or awards as well as playing a pivotal role in their last Champions League triumph.
Since leaving Old Trafford the 35-year-old has established himself as arguably the greatest footballer of all-time with prolonged success at both club and international level.
However, things might well have turned out differently had he opted to sign for Arsenal rather than United, with Wenger labelling the missed opportunity as perhaps the biggest transfer regret of his own illustrious career.
“Oof! I would say there is not one player, there are 50 (I regret not signing)!” Wenger told The Guardian.
"On the other hand, maybe the closest was Cristiano Ronaldo, when he signed for Man United.
“We had an agreement with Sporting and Man United took Carlos Queiroz as assistant coach, and they just outbid us quickly and took Ronaldo. But we had an agreement basically. He had the shirt of Arsenal, I had lunch with him and his mother at the training ground!
“It’s one example but there were so many. The history of a big club is full of missed great players!”


themanchestereveningnews--2020-10-11--Man United named as backers of radical shake-up for English football

The Premier League could be reduced to 18 teams in a radical shake-up reportedly being driven by Manchester United and Liverpool .
Both clubs are said to be the driving force behind what the Telegraph report is called ‘ Project Big Picture ’ - a proposal to revolutionise English football .
The plans would reshape the finances of the game and would see the Premier League hand out a £250m rescue package to the EFL to help see them through the coronavirus crisis .
Alongside this , the League Cup and Community Shield would both be scrapped , with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the division ’ s biggest clubs .
There is a chance that the League Cup could survive the shake-up , provided that clubs in Europe would no longer take part .
The report claims that Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have written the working document for the plans and have support from their Old Trafford rivals , with both clubs expecting the rest of the big six - Man City , Chelsea , Tottenham and Arsenal - to back the proposals .
Twenty-five per cent of the Premier League ’ s annual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the proposals , alongside the proposed rescue package .
The FA would also be gifted £100m to see them through the coronavirus .
Yet the one-club , one-vote principle , which sees every Premier League side get an equal say in proceedings , would be scrapped alongside the minimum threshold of 14 votes to pass regulation changes .
The nine clubs who have been in the Premier League the longest would then dictate how the competition is run .
These nine clubs are currently the big six alongside Everton , Southampton and West @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be required to vote in favour in order to make changes to Premier League regulation The Premier League would also shrink to 18 teams , with two being automatically relegated to the Championship .
Teams finishing in 16th place would enter the Championship play-offs in order to fight for their survival .
Other proposals include a later start to the Premier League season to allow greater scope for pre-season friendlies , changes to the loan system that would allow clubs to send 15 players out on loan domestically , and a women ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ League and the FA .
The plans are supported by EFL chairman Rick Parry , who has held talks with both Liverpool and Manchester United ’ s owners .
Parry believes that many of the EFL ’ s 72 members would also back the plans .
He said : “ What do we do ?
Leave it exactly as it is and allow the smaller clubs to wither ?
Or do we do something about it ?
“ And you can ’ t do something about it without something changing .
And the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big six get some benefits but the 72 also do , we are up for it.
” Relegated clubs from the Premier League would no longer receive parachute payments , with Premier League revenue now being shared more equally among EFL clubs .
Alongside this , there would be a new model of distribution for TV revenue in the Premier League , although FSG argue that there would be no greater share for the top six and the main aim is to eliminate the huge gap in earnings between the Premier League and @ @ @

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The Premier League could be reduced to 18 teams in a radical shake-up reportedly being driven by Manchester United and Liverpool.
Both clubs are said to be the driving force behind what the Telegraph report is called ‘Project Big Picture’ - a proposal to revolutionise English football.
The plans would reshape the finances of the game and would see the Premier League hand out a £250m rescue package to the EFL to help see them through the coronavirus crisis.
Alongside this, the League Cup and Community Shield would both be scrapped, with the controlling power of the Premier League handed to the division’s biggest clubs.
There is a chance that the League Cup could survive the shake-up, provided that clubs in Europe would no longer take part.
The report claims that Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group have written the working document for the plans and have support from their Old Trafford rivals, with both clubs expecting the rest of the big six - Man City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Arsenal - to back the proposals.
Twenty-five per cent of the Premier League’s annual revenue would go to EFL clubs in the proposals, alongside the proposed rescue package.
The FA would also be gifted £100m to see them through the coronavirus.
Yet the one-club, one-vote principle, which sees every Premier League side get an equal say in proceedings, would be scrapped alongside the minimum threshold of 14 votes to pass regulation changes.
The nine clubs who have been in the Premier League the longest would then dictate how the competition is run.
These nine clubs are currently the big six alongside Everton, Southampton and West Ham.
Just six of them would be required to vote in favour in order to make changes to Premier League regulation
The Premier League would also shrink to 18 teams, with two being automatically relegated to the Championship.
Teams finishing in 16th place would enter the Championship play-offs in order to fight for their survival.
Other proposals include a later start to the Premier League season to allow greater scope for pre-season friendlies, changes to the loan system that would allow clubs to send 15 players out on loan domestically, and a women’s professional league independent of the Premier League and the FA.
The plans are supported by EFL chairman Rick Parry, who has held talks with both Liverpool and Manchester United’s owners.
Parry believes that many of the EFL’s 72 members would also back the plans.
He said: “What do we do? Leave it exactly as it is and allow the smaller clubs to wither? Or do we do something about it?
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“And you can’t do something about it without something changing. And the view of our clubs is if the big six get some benefits but the 72 also do, we are up for it.”
Relegated clubs from the Premier League would no longer receive parachute payments, with Premier League revenue now being shared more equally among EFL clubs.
Alongside this, there would be a new model of distribution for TV revenue in the Premier League, although FSG argue that there would be no greater share for the top six and the main aim is to eliminate the huge gap in earnings between the Premier League and the EFL.