themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Coffins removed from home of funeral services amid 'concerns about how a business is being run' - po

Coffins removed from home of funeral services amid 'concerns about how a business is being run' - police

Police removed coffins from a property registered as a funeral services 'due to concerns about how a business is being run ' .
Officers first arrived at the semi-detached home on Capricorn Road in Blackley at around 8.45pm on Friday night due to reports of 'suspicious circumstances ' .
Police activity has been ongoing at the address ever since and footage shared with the Manchester Evening News showed several coffins being removed .
The address is registered as the office of a funeral services business .
In an update released by Greater Manchester Police tonight , a spokesman said a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspicion of fraud and has now been released on bail pending further inquiries .
`` Police were called at 8.45pm on Friday evening to reports of suspicious circumstances , '' a spokesperson said .
`` Officers attended and arrested a man in his 50s on suspicion of fraud .
`` He has since been bailed pending further investigation . ''
`` Police removed a number of items from the address following concerns about how a business is being run .
`` We have taken steps to make sure the right measures are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officer had been guarding the property overnight on Friday .
One neighbour told the Manchester Evening News he was woken up by police arriving in the early hours of Saturday .
He said : `` We wondered what the commotion was .
`` The police have been coming and going ever since and they 've been sat outside all night . ''
`` There were a couple of coffins taken out and they took him away on Saturday afternoon .
`` You would n't believe it because he 's a nice man , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ searching the house police cordoned off a hearse , which is covered in tarpaulin , and a car parked on the drive .
Sometime on Saturday afternoon , neighbours say the man was led away in handcuffs .
A number of plain clothed officers were seen searching the house throughout the afternoon .
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Police removed coffins from a property registered as a funeral services 'due to concerns about how a business is being run'.
Officers first arrived at the semi-detached home on Capricorn Road in Blackley at around 8.45pm on Friday night due to reports of 'suspicious circumstances'.
Police activity has been ongoing at the address ever since and footage shared with the Manchester Evening News showed several coffins being removed.
The address is registered as the office of a funeral services business.
In an update released by Greater Manchester Police tonight, a spokesman said a man in his 50s was arrested on suspicion of fraud and has now been released on bail pending further inquiries.
"Police were called at 8.45pm on Friday evening to reports of suspicious circumstances," a spokesperson said.
"Officers attended and arrested a man in his 50s on suspicion of fraud.
"He has since been bailed pending further investigation."
(Image: Joel Goodman)
"Police removed a number of items from the address following concerns about how a business is being run.
"We have taken steps to make sure the right measures are in place."
Neighbours say a police officer had been guarding the property overnight on Friday.
One neighbour told the Manchester Evening News he was woken up by police arriving in the early hours of Saturday.
He said: "We wondered what the commotion was.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
"The police have been coming and going ever since and they've been sat outside all night."
"There were a couple of coffins taken out and they took him away on Saturday afternoon.
"You wouldn't believe it because he's a nice man, always friendly."
(Image: Joel Goodman)
Neighbours say after searching the house police cordoned off a hearse, which is covered in tarpaulin, and a car parked on the drive.
Sometime on Saturday afternoon, neighbours say the man was led away in handcuffs.
A number of plain clothed officers were seen searching the house throughout the afternoon.
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themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Basketball legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash in California

Basketball giant Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in California .
The NBA legend , 41 , was travelling with at least three other people in his private helicopter when it crashed in Calabasas on Sunday Morning , the Mirror reports .
The chopper is said to have been on fire after going down , as emergency services battled to save those on board .
Five people have been confirmed dead as a result of the crash , reports TMZ .
The tragedy is now under investigation .
Bryant 's wife Vanessa is not believed to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pair share four daughters , Gianna , Natalia and Bianca and their newborn Capri .
Bryant , 41 , regularly used his Sikorsky S-76 helicopter to travel to and from matches at the Staples Center for years .
The son of former NBA player Joe Bryant , he started his career for the Lakers in 1996 after becoming the first guard to be drafted straight out of high school by the Hornets , who immediately traded him .
He grew up in Philadelphia , and had attended Lower Merion High School in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a reputation as a leading star of the future , and was soon making headlines as a rookie in the NBA .
Bryant won the 1997 Slam Dunk contest , and was named an All-Star in his second season .
Forming a formidable relationship with Shaquille O'Neal on the court , Bryant helped the Lakers win three back-to-back NBA championships from 2000-2002 .
After being awarded most valuable player in 2008 , Bryant added a further two championships to his and the Lakers ' tally , once again winning them consecutively in 2009 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ titles is the joint-highest total in franchise history , and he remains the Lakers ' all-time leading points scorer .
The shooting guard wore numbers eight and 24 during his career , which were both retired by the Lakers in December 2017 .

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Basketball giant Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in California.
The NBA legend, 41, was travelling with at least three other people in his private helicopter when it crashed in Calabasas on Sunday Morning, the Mirror reports.
The chopper is said to have been on fire after going down, as emergency services battled to save those on board.
Five people have been confirmed dead as a result of the crash, reports TMZ.
The tragedy is now under investigation.
Bryant's wife Vanessa is not believed to have been involved in the accident.
The pair share four daughters, Gianna, Natalia and Bianca and their newborn Capri.
Bryant, 41, regularly used his Sikorsky S-76 helicopter to travel to and from matches at the Staples Center for years.
The son of former NBA player Joe Bryant, he started his career for the Lakers in 1996 after becoming the first guard to be drafted straight out of high school by the Hornets, who immediately traded him.
He grew up in Philadelphia, and had attended Lower Merion High School in the state of Pennsylvania.
There he developed a reputation as a leading star of the future, and was soon making headlines as a rookie in the NBA.
Bryant won the 1997 Slam Dunk contest, and was named an All-Star in his second season.
Forming a formidable relationship with Shaquille O'Neal on the court, Bryant helped the Lakers win three back-to-back NBA championships from 2000-2002.
After being awarded most valuable player in 2008, Bryant added a further two championships to his and the Lakers' tally, once again winning them consecutively in 2009 and 2010.
His haul of five titles is the joint-highest total in franchise history, and he remains the Lakers' all-time leading points scorer.
The shooting guard wore numbers eight and 24 during his career, which were both retired by the Lakers in December 2017.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--How Manchester United used Tranmere pitch to their advantage

Manchester United insisted on playing the ball on the floor in the FA Cup win over Tranmere , despite concerns about the condition of the Prenton Park pitch .
United only discovered they would face Tranmere on Thursday when they overcame Watford in a re-arranged replay .
The original game had to be postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Prenton Park .
The clash with United was Tranmere 's third home fixture in a week , with the pitch heavily sanded in parts and extremely patchy in others .
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer always insisted that the conditions would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the game captain and goalscorer Harry Maguire revealed how United did not let the pitch change their style of play , however tempting it could be to play more direct to combat the challenges of the playing surface .
“ It was difficult , but it was same for both teams , '' Maguire said of the pitch when speaking to BT Sport .
`` We knew it was difficult coming into the game .
It was hard in the warm-up but we got used to it .
`` We knew we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ground .
If we played them at their game , they 'd probably beat us , so the lads have done really well to handle the conditions .
It was the same for both teams so no excuses.
” Maguire , who opened the scoring for United , said the win was needed after a disappointing result in midweek .
“ It was really important to get the win , coming off the back of a bad performance and result against Burnley , '' Maguire continued .
“ We really set our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ performance for the fans .
We ’ re in the next round which is what we came to do.
” “ It ’ s been a long time coming [ the goal ] .
I ’ ve had a lot of chances this year without finding the back of the net .
It ’ s nice to help the team get into the next round.
” Also on the scoresheet was Jesse Lingard , who registered his first domestic goal of the season .
The midfielder was named Man of the Match by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ game how the result came from a strong team performance .
`` I 've not been in the best form .
It 's always good to score a goal and help the team , '' Lingard explained .
`` A lot of people contributed .
It was a well-rounded performance from everyone .
We stuck at it , we knew it would be tough .
These are always hard places to come but we ’ ve got through .
`` An early goal always helps to settle crowd down once we got one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on . ''

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Manchester United insisted on playing the ball on the floor in the FA Cup win over Tranmere, despite concerns about the condition of the Prenton Park pitch.
United only discovered they would face Tranmere on Thursday when they overcame Watford in a re-arranged replay. The original game had to be postponed due to a waterlogged pitch at Prenton Park. The clash with United was Tranmere's third home fixture in a week, with the pitch heavily sanded in parts and extremely patchy in others.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer always insisted that the conditions would be the same for both sides, and after the game captain and goalscorer Harry Maguire revealed how United did not let the pitch change their style of play, however tempting it could be to play more direct to combat the challenges of the playing surface.
“It was difficult, but it was same for both teams," Maguire said of the pitch when speaking to BT Sport.
"We knew it was difficult coming into the game. It was hard in the warm-up but we got used to it.
"We knew we needed to get the ball down onto the ground. If we played them at their game, they'd probably beat us, so the lads have done really well to handle the conditions. It was the same for both teams so no excuses.”
Maguire, who opened the scoring for United, said the win was needed after a disappointing result in midweek.
“It was really important to get the win, coming off the back of a bad performance and result against Burnley," Maguire continued.
“We really set our stall out to put in a positive performance for the fans. We’re in the next round which is what we came to do.”
“It’s been a long time coming [the goal]. I’ve had a lot of chances this year without finding the back of the net. It’s nice to help the team get into the next round.”
Also on the scoresheet was Jesse Lingard, who registered his first domestic goal of the season. The midfielder was named Man of the Match by broadcasters, and he revealed after the game how the result came from a strong team performance.
"I've not been in the best form. It's always good to score a goal and help the team," Lingard explained.
"A lot of people contributed. It was a well-rounded performance from everyone. We stuck at it, we knew it would be tough. These are always hard places to come but we’ve got through.
"An early goal always helps to settle crowd down once we got one we wanted two or three and carry on."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Caprice explained why she's no longer skating with Hamish on Dancing On Ice - but viewers aren't sat

Caprice explained why she's no longer skating with Hamish on Dancing On Ice - but viewers aren't satisfied

Caprice Bourret returned to the rink to make a new start with a different partner on Dancing On Ice - but viewers were n't satisfied with the explanation behind the change .
The model was originally skating with pro Hamish Gaman but is now partnered with Swiss skater Oscar Peter in the ITV skating contest .
She missed last week 's show while Hamish performed as part of the pro skating number .
In her introduction video before her first skate with Oscar Caprice said : `` I missed last week 's show because I 'm no longer skating with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to me why Caprice is with a different partner ? ''
asked one .
`` Why was Caprice allowed to change dance partners ?
What have I missed ?
!
!
tweeted another .
`` Is that it @ dancingonice ?
! '
I 'm no longer skating with Hamish , ' asked another viewer .
`` As a loyal viewer I feel utterly insulted at the total lack of explanation , '' they added .
And another tweeted : `` Uh @ dancingonice why is Caprice back and no word on what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her skate Caprice told host Holly Willioughby that she 'd had a 'tough week . '
Hamish was was spotted as an extra at the Rovers Return bar during actress Lisa George 's Coronation Street-themed routine with her co-stars Antony Cotton and Jane Danson , who have previously competed on the show .
In a first for the show ITV announced that Caprice and Hamish had 'parted ways ' last Sunday .
`` Unfortunately Caprice and Hamish have parted ways and will not be skating this week , '' ITV explained .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Hamish remains very much part of our professional team and we hope to have Caprice back on the ice next week . ''

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Caprice Bourret returned to the rink to make a new start with a different partner on Dancing On Ice - but viewers weren't satisfied with the explanation behind the change.
The model was originally skating with pro Hamish Gaman but is now partnered with Swiss skater Oscar Peter in the ITV skating contest.
She missed last week's show while Hamish performed as part of the pro skating number.
In her introduction video before her first skate with Oscar Caprice said: "I missed last week's show because I'm no longer skating with Hamish."
Her explanation left viewers still demanding answers.
(Image: ITV)
"Can somebody explain to me why Caprice is with a different partner?" asked one.
"Why was Caprice allowed to change dance partners? What have I missed?!! tweeted another.
"Is that it @dancingonice ?! 'I'm no longer skating with Hamish,' asked another viewer.
"As a loyal viewer I feel utterly insulted at the total lack of explanation," they added.
And another tweeted: "Uh @dancingonice why is Caprice back and no word on what happened with Hamish?!"
(Image: ITV)
After her skate Caprice told host Holly Willioughby that she'd had a 'tough week.'
Hamish was was spotted as an extra at the Rovers Return bar during actress Lisa George's Coronation Street-themed routine with her co-stars Antony Cotton and Jane Danson, who have previously competed on the show.
In a first for the show ITV announced that Caprice and Hamish had 'parted ways' last Sunday.
"Unfortunately Caprice and Hamish have parted ways and will not be skating this week," ITV explained.
"As you saw in our opening number, Hamish remains very much part of our professional team and we hope to have Caprice back on the ice next week."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Man City fans name who should play alongside Aymeric Laporte against Manchester United

Man City fans want to see the centre-back pairing of Aymeric Laporte and Eric Garcia play against Manchester United on Wednesday .
City strolled to a 4-0 victory over 10-man Fulham on Sunday , with goals from Ilkay Gundogan , Bernardo Silva and a Gabriel Jesus double seeing them advance to the fifth round .
Fulham had their man sent off after just seven minutes when Tim Ream hauled down Jesus as he went through on goal and from then on it was a walk in the park for the Blues , although Garcia still got the chance to shine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seventh start of the season as he continues to impress at the back and had another assured display , alongside Nicolas Otamendi .
Supporters loved one moment in particular when , late in the match , he made a perfectly timed sliding tackle to put an end to a rare Fulham attack and start a City counter .
Garcia 's performances have pleased fans so much that they want to see him play alongside Laporte at the back .
The Frenchman made his long awaited return from injury in the victory over Sheffield @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cup clash , with one eye on the Manchester derby .
City have a 3-1 lead after the first leg in the Carabao Cup semi-final , and the Blues will be hoping to make it to the final so they have the opportunity to win the trophy for a third season in a row .
For the best chance of getting there , some fans think that the new partnership of Garcia and Laporte should be deployed .
See a selection of their reactions here :

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Man City fans want to see the centre-back pairing of Aymeric Laporte and Eric Garcia play against Manchester United on Wednesday.
City strolled to a 4-0 victory over 10-man Fulham on Sunday, with goals from Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva and a Gabriel Jesus double seeing them advance to the fifth round.
Fulham had their man sent off after just seven minutes when Tim Ream hauled down Jesus as he went through on goal and from then on it was a walk in the park for the Blues, although Garcia still got the chance to shine.
The 18-year-old defender was making his seventh start of the season as he continues to impress at the back and had another assured display, alongside Nicolas Otamendi.
Supporters loved one moment in particular when, late in the match, he made a perfectly timed sliding tackle to put an end to a rare Fulham attack and start a City counter.
Garcia's performances have pleased fans so much that they want to see him play alongside Laporte at the back.
The Frenchman made his long awaited return from injury in the victory over Sheffield United on Tuesday but was rested for the cup clash, with one eye on the Manchester derby.
City have a 3-1 lead after the first leg in the Carabao Cup semi-final, and the Blues will be hoping to make it to the final so they have the opportunity to win the trophy for a third season in a row.
For the best chance of getting there, some fans think that the new partnership of Garcia and Laporte should be deployed.
See a selection of their reactions here:


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Angel Gomes laughs off rumours he was sent home from Manchester United training

Angel Gomes has dismissed the suggestion he was left out of the Manchester United squad against Tranmere for disciplinary reasons .
Gomes travelled with the United squad to Prenton Park , but was not part of the matchday squad that safely navigated their way through the FA Cup fourth round tie with a comfortable 6-0 win .
The midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season , and has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford in search of regular first team football .
Tahith Chong is in the same position , but he played @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a penalty that was converted by Mason Greenwood .
After Gomes was omitted from the squad to face Tranmere , bizarre rumours began to circulate on social media that the reason was because he had been late for training .
United immediately rubbished those suggestions , describing them as 'absolutely not true ' .
After the game , Gomes took to Twitter to offer his own opinion on the rumour , quoting a tweet with two laughing emojis .
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hinted before the clash that he would need to utilise his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before the inaugural winter break , offering Gomes some hope of some game time .
`` Some of the lads needs some minutes , '' Solskjaer explained to MUTV , explaining his team selection .
`` Some have the energy that we want them to give us today and some needed some rest , so that 's the decision we made .
We 've got two games coming up next week so I think it 's about using the squad . ''

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Angel Gomes has dismissed the suggestion he was left out of the Manchester United squad against Tranmere for disciplinary reasons.
Gomes travelled with the United squad to Prenton Park, but was not part of the matchday squad that safely navigated their way through the FA Cup fourth round tie with a comfortable 6-0 win.
The midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season, and has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford in search of regular first team football. Tahith Chong is in the same position, but he played the second half vs Tranmere, winning a penalty that was converted by Mason Greenwood.
After Gomes was omitted from the squad to face Tranmere, bizarre rumours began to circulate on social media that the reason was because he had been late for training.
United immediately rubbished those suggestions, describing them as 'absolutely not true'.
After the game, Gomes took to Twitter to offer his own opinion on the rumour, quoting a tweet with two laughing emojis.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hinted before the clash that he would need to utilise his full squad in the next two weeks before the inaugural winter break, offering Gomes some hope of some game time.
"Some of the lads needs some minutes," Solskjaer explained to MUTV, explaining his team selection. "Some have the energy that we want them to give us today and some needed some rest, so that's the decision we made. We've got two games coming up next week so I think it's about using the squad."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Caprice booed as she returns to Dancing On Ice after missing last week's show

Boos could be heard as Dancing On Ice star Caprice Bourret returned to the ice after missing last week 's show .
It was announced last Sunday that the model had 'parted ways ' with her skating partner Hamish Gaman , leaving viewers demanding an explanation .
Caprice is now paired with Swiss skater Oscar Peter in the celeb skating contest while Hamish is still included in the pro skating numbers - and the audience were vocal as she made her comeback to the rink .
`` Quite a few boos there , no clapping for Caprice at all , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Pretty sure I heard a boo when she skated out at the start of the show , '' said another .
`` Was that a couple of boos there ? ''
asked another fan .
Another fan tweeted : `` I think ITV owe all the viewers an explanation as to why Caprice and Hamish have parted ways !
They expect the public to vote but won ’ t be honest with the viewers as to what has happened !
Absolute disgrace ! ''
Following talk about the split the model retweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worked with her on Celebs On The Farm .
Mother-of-two Caprice appeared on the Channel Five reality show , which sees famous faces put through their paces on a working farm , last year .
The tweet said : `` Don ’ t believe what you ’ re reading !
@ CapriceBourret_ is one of the most lovely women I know .
`` For goodness sake she lived in a caravan for two weeks with no hot water for # celebsonthefarm and worked hard long filming days away from her boys !
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Caprice also shared a tweet from the show 's judge Farmer Chris , who said : `` I couldn ’ t agree more @ NatalieWTalent .
`` She is the ultimate professional and extremely talented lady .
But best of all she is one of the kindest people I ’ ve met .
@ CapriceBourret_lovely lady . ''
In a Dancing on Ice first it was announced on the show that Caprice and Hamish had split .
ITV said in a statement : `` Unfortunately Caprice and Hamish have parted ways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` As you saw in our opening number , Hamish remains very much part of our professional team and we hope to have Caprice back on the ice next week . ''
Viewers took to Twitter looking for answers , saying the parting of ways was 'distracting ' them from the rest of the show .
Ahead of their first performance together Caprice said : `` Oscar and I hope everyone likes our routine # excited and # nervous for Sunday # cantwait . ''

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Boos could be heard as Dancing On Ice star Caprice Bourret returned to the ice after missing last week's show.
It was announced last Sunday that the model had 'parted ways' with her skating partner Hamish Gaman, leaving viewers demanding an explanation.
Caprice is now paired with Swiss skater Oscar Peter in the celeb skating contest while Hamish is still included in the pro skating numbers - and the audience were vocal as she made her comeback to the rink.
"Quite a few boos there, no clapping for Caprice at all," said one viewer on Twitter.
"Pretty sure I heard a boo when she skated out at the start of the show," said another.
"Was that a couple of boos there?" asked another fan.
(Image: ITV)
Another fan tweeted: "I think ITV owe all the viewers an explanation as to why Caprice and Hamish have parted ways! They expect the public to vote but won’t be honest with the viewers as to what has happened! Absolute disgrace!"
Following talk about the split the model retweeted a supportive message from a producer who worked with her on Celebs On The Farm.
Mother-of-two Caprice appeared on the Channel Five reality show, which sees famous faces put through their paces on a working farm, last year.
(Image: ITV)
The tweet said: "Don’t believe what you’re reading! @CapriceBourret_ is one of the most lovely women I know.
"For goodness sake she lived in a caravan for two weeks with no hot water for #celebsonthefarm and worked hard long filming days away from her boys!
"Always professional, not one complaint ever."
Caprice also shared a tweet from the show's judge Farmer Chris, who said: "I couldn’t agree more @NatalieWTalent.
"She is the ultimate professional and extremely talented lady. But best of all she is one of the kindest people I’ve met. @CapriceBourret_lovely lady."
In a Dancing on Ice first it was announced on the show that Caprice and Hamish had split.
ITV said in a statement: "Unfortunately Caprice and Hamish have parted ways and will not be skating this week.
"As you saw in our opening number, Hamish remains very much part of our professional team and we hope to have Caprice back on the ice next week."
Viewers took to Twitter looking for answers, saying the parting of ways was 'distracting' them from the rest of the show.
Ahead of their first performance together Caprice said: "Oscar and I hope everyone likes our routine #excited and #nervous for Sunday #cantwait."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--'I just wanted someone to be nice to me': Kelly was innocent, timid, and just 13 when she was groome

'I just wanted someone to be nice to me': Kelly was innocent, timid, and just 13 when she was groomed and raped - this is her harrowing story

Last week , a devastating report revealed how scores of vulnerable children were left to be abused and raped by a south Manchester-based grooming gang 15 years ago .
The review , which looked at an abandoned police operation called Augusta - and the inaction of social services at the time - found girls and boys living in children ’ s homes , most of them looked after by Manchester council , had been failed by the agencies that were meant to protect them .
It outlined harrowing abuse suffered by children as young as 12 at the hands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men based around Rusholme , who would pick them up from homes ‘ in plain sight ’ before abusing them in houses and above restaurants on the Curry Mile .
Barely any of those men were charged before the operation was shut down , despite police and the council having detailed information about who they were .
At least eight went on to commit sex offences against children .
Now , one woman who was abused by a gang at the time has come forward to tell her story .
Kelly , not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first time she went to the Curry Mile with the friends she had just made in her new children ’ s home .
Aged 13 , she was ‘ pretty innocent , pretty timid ’ and - she recollects now - ‘ not streetwise at all ’ .
Two girls , one of them even younger than her and also living in the same home , had befriended her .
And she wanted to fit in .
“ We went to a place called Rusholme - I had never been there before , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30s .
“ As a child , I could see all the restaurants .
There were so many lights around , so many people .
“ I felt that I had made friends .
I wanted to impress them , I wanted to seem streetwise .
“ One of the girls knew everyone she came across in Rusholme and had met up with a man who she called her boyfriend .
This was the first Asian Pakistani man I had ever met .
I looked at him and thought to myself that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he called his girlfriend.
” From there , they were invited to a flat above a restaurant on the Curry Mile , which she can still identify .
“ They were giving us food and drink , ” she remembers .
“ There were so many people - men - there , but they were all really friendly to me .
They seemed nice .
I wasn ’ t afraid and , after all , I had my new friends with me.
” Already Kelly had been scarred by the behaviour of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entered the care system around a year earlier , due to abuse within her family .
When she looked in the mirror , she says , ‘ I could not stand the reflection I could see staring back at me ’ .
“ I was disgusted at what I was looking at.
” So the apparent kindness of these new men , as well as her new friends , felt like a safety blanket .
“ I just wanted someone to be nice to me , ” she recalls .
“ I hated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pain - I hated myself so much and these girls took some of this pain away .
“ I started going out with them more , and every night I started absconding from the children 's home.
” And that was how it all began .
“ One night , I went out with the two girls .
They said we were going to a house party .
We went to a house in Rusholme .
When we got there , I was given vodka - this was one of the first times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including the girls , were giving me more and more .
My head was spinning and I was dizzy .
I felt so sick .
“ I remember being in one of the bedrooms upstairs and one of the men who was my friend came in .
I wasn ’ t scared - he was my friend .
“ Then he was hurting me .
He got on top of me .
I told him no : please stop .
I was still a virgin .
He didn ’ t listen - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with evil in his eyes .
He did what he wanted that night.
” From that point on , she says , ‘ he was always there when I walked out of the children ’ s home ’ .
Kelly remembers the private homes she had lived in previously as being ‘ happy ’ .
But , for reasons she never understood , Manchester council then started moving her around .
It was from there that she says things went ‘ downward ’ .
The more Kelly went out in Rusholme , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by staff .
But nothing was ever done about the men themselves .
Instead , she remembers , staff would take her out and buy her things and then take them from her room if she ran away .
“ While in this children 's home I stopped going to school , ” she adds .
“ I learned that the only way to get attention from the staff and social workers was to misbehave.
” That was despite the fact they could see exactly what was happening .
“ I would see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waiting on the corner , ” she remembers of the man who had first raped her .
“ I told the staff at the children 's home he was a bad man , but no one would listen - they told me that I was just fabricating and it was a part of my behavioural problems .
“ By this point , we were picked up at the children 's home door by the man and were taken to lots of different house parties with so many older Pakistani men .
“ They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were horrid , they did what they wanted : plied me with alcohol .
At this point in my life I believed that maybe this was what I was put on this earth to do .
“ I was here for men to just do what they wanted.
” She was no more than 14 .
The men were ‘ blatant ’ , she says .
They would drive right up to the door , beeping their horns .
She says this was happening ‘ every night ’ .
This would have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a teenager also in the care of Manchester social services , died after being forcibly injected with heroin , aged 15 .
An inquest later ruled that her death could not have been foreseen , referring to her propensity to ‘ provide sexual favours ’ .
But last week ’ s report revealed she had in fact repeatedly reported being raped , threatened and abused to care home staff .
Just a couple of months before her death , Victoria had told her social worker that she had been injected with heroin .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kelly remembers a lot of the girls at the Rusholme 'parties ' , including Victoria , although only as someone she saw around .
“ Sometimes there ’ d be only a couple of girls there , ” she says .
“ If it was only a couple , you ’ d know it would be a bad night .
You ’ d know you were going to be there for quite a while .
“ It sounds sick , but the more girls there was , the less you knew you were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ girls to be there .
It ’ s a bit twisted but you wanted ... and a lot of the girls were on drugs , but I refused.
” Kelly ’ s mother , she stresses , tried to protect her .
She was still in touch with her mum and when she found out what was happening , she took down registration plates , names , phone numbers , raised hell .
Nobody listened , she says .
But eventually she was moved to a different home , and then another , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I moved around to so many homes .
They always found me , and I was still hanging out with the two girls and in Rusholme .
“ They would pick me up from the homes .
At one point I was placed in a home even closer to the place where they were - there was no way I could live there without them knowing .
“ They already had me , it didn ’ t matter where I was living.
” She was running away for days , weeks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says .
Sometimes she would be taken by men to a house in an area she did n't know and she would ring the police begging them to help , but they would tell her to make her own way back to the children 's home .
And then , when she was 14 or 15 , they did come round .
“ I remember the day , ” she says .
“ The staff kept telling me to get dressed and I was like no , I ’ m not getting dressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m not getting dressed .
“ They threw me in the car and said ‘ we won ’ t be long ’ .
They didn ’ t tell me where I was going .
“ I remember falling asleep and waking up and I ’ m thinking : where the hell am I ?
” She was being taken to a home hundreds of miles away .
When she eventually arrived back in a home in Manchester , she says social services saw her as ‘ wild ’ .
“ They thought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” she says of the council .
“ They did n't want to have to deal with me.
” And then she met a lad aged around 18 .
He seemed like a proper boyfriend .
They went on dates .
He would pick her up in his car from the home .
They seemed to be having a genuine relationship .
“ He was so nice to me , ” she remembers .
“ One day , he said we were going to his friend 's party .
I was so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a house .
It was so familiar to me .
And there it was : his friend , the same man who I met with those girls years before .
The blood drained from my body .
“ I didn ’ t understand .
This cool , funny , good-looking boy I met - how could this be his friend , his family ?
“ I was here for men to just do what they wanted.
” “ He recognized me straight away .
The tears started running down my face .
My @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much time with , told me that I belonged to everyone.
” One night , he got her drunk and took her to a house in Rusholme , leading her upstairs .
There was a mattress in the middle of the floor .
“ And there was dozens of men there , all waiting .
So they were all assaulting me .
I was there for hours , one by one .
“ And as I was coming out , there was another girl being led up the stairs.
” She says that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ hundreds ’ of these men .
And there always seemed to be a link .
It was ‘ weird ’ , she says .
“ You always seemed to go somewhere and know somebody .
You ’ d see a lot of new faces , but you always recognised somebody in the room.
” Only one person ever tried to help her , she says : the manager of one of her last homes .
This woman would physically try to pull her out of the cars , put her in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Out of the people responsible for me during my time in care , she was the only one who tried to keep me safe .
So many homes , so many social workers , and only one tried to help me.
” At one stage , Kelly spoke directly the police about what she was experiencing , passing on details of the men , names , number plates , like many of the girls referenced in last week ’ s report .
But she says she never heard from them again @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is glad that the reality of what happened at the time to her and other children is seeing the light of day , which is why she asked us to tell her story in full .
Articulate and determined , she went into training after leaving care and went on to have a career .
But the failures of those who were meant to protect her have scarred Kelly for life , not just emotionally but physically .
She believes last week ’ s report only scratched the surface .
“ I thought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t cook their toast properly , did they ?
” she says .
“ They just stuck it in and pulled it back out .
“ The social services , I feel like that report ’ s very light on them , because they had the power .
“ They were the most responsible , the ones who were supposed to be looking after you on a daily basis .
The police , they didn ’ t give a crap anyway .
“ They used to come to the doors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men were , their names , contact numbers , registration plates , yet they did nothing .
“ And nothing they do now will , or can , make what happened to me go away.
” What the council says Joanne Roney OBE , chief executive of Manchester City Council , said : `` The experiences described are horrific and we are deeply sorry that anyone went through them .
We recognise that some of the social work practice at the time concerned was simply not good enough and fell below the high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passage of time does not diminish traumatic experiences but the whole way the crime of child sexual exploitation is tackled has improved significantly in the 15 years since .
We would encourage Kelly to come forward to the police and us if she has not already done so .
“ We will listen to survivors , both to ensure that they receive the support they need and to ensure we continue to learn and do everything we can to keep improving child protection . ''
What the police say GMP did not comment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force issued when the mayor 's review was first published earlier this month , noting that a new operation , Green Jacket , has now been launched .
Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain , Head of Specialist Crime for Greater Manchester Police , said : “ We accept that authorities fell short of doing all they could to protect and support the child victims of sexual exploitation identified under Operation Augusta in 2004 .
“ Children should be able to expect those responsible for their care will do all they can to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to all those vulnerable children who were let down .
I can only imagine the pain and distress they must have gone through , which would have only been made worse by these failings .
I am sorry they were let down and I am sorry they were not protected from harm .
“ Many of the children were subject to the most profound abuse and , although the review team acknowledged there was much in Operation Augusta and the work carried out by the investigation team to be commended , we agree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standard rightfully expected from victims .
We have made a voluntary referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct so that they can carry out an independent assessment to determine if there are any conduct matters that should be investigated .
“ We and our partners at Manchester City Council have personally contacted all but one victim featured in the report to offer them any support we can ahead of it being published .
Each contact was carefully planned with care professionals to ensure we were as sensitive as possible and further specialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back in early 2000s , the priorities for forces across the UK were very different .
This has completely changed and today safeguarding the vulnerable is our absolute priority .
“ After taking learnings from the Operation Span investigation in Rochdale and the significant convictions secured in 2013 , we have worked closely with partners across Greater Manchester to develop a consistent standard in addressing the exploitation of young people .
This approach puts the victim at the centre of everything we do , which ensures that proper support is provided by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ addressed .
“ With this support from partners , it provides a stronger footing for police to prevent , disrupt and investigate these crimes .
The work of these specialised teams under Project Phoenix has been recognised nationally as showing excellent working practice in tackling child sexual exploitation across Greater Manchester .
“ Our work initially focused on child sexual exploitation .
We have continued to learn and develop these principles with partners over the last six years .
As a result we have made further improvements to our whole approach to tackling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ These improvements include the introduction of specialist co-located multi-agency ‘ Complex Safeguarding Teams ’ in every district across Greater Manchester .
These focus on all aspects of exploitation including CSE , criminal exploitation and modern slavery .
“ A Major Incident Team has been established under Operation Green Jacket .
This dedicated multi-agency team has already carried out a significant amount of disruption actions , as well as numerous safeguarding visits .
“ We have been reviewing all the information available and now a full investigation has been launched .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one man being arrested and another interviewed under caution in September 2019 in connection with the abuse of Victoria Agoglia .
The men have been released under investigation and we have provided an update to Victoria ’ s grandmother on the progress of our enquiries .
“ This remains an ongoing investigation and I would encourage anyone who was involved in the original operation as a victim , potential victim or witness to please come forward and contact us so that we and partner agencies can provide you with any support we can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all that we can to safeguard children within our communities .
Greater Manchester Police will investigate any report of child exploitation that is made.
” If you have been affected by this case and wish to speak to police , or if you believe you have information that can assist the investigation team , they can be contacted via opgreenjacket @ gmp.police.uk If you have been affected by this case and would like to seek support from specialist agencies but do not wish to speak to police , then Victim Support can be @ @ @

Last week, a devastating report revealed how scores of vulnerable children were left to be abused and raped by a south Manchester-based grooming gang 15 years ago.
The review, which looked at an abandoned police operation called Augusta - and the inaction of social services at the time - found girls and boys living in children’s homes, most of them looked after by Manchester council, had been failed by the agencies that were meant to protect them.
It outlined harrowing abuse suffered by children as young as 12 at the hands of a network of up to 97 Asian men based around Rusholme, who would pick them up from homes ‘in plain sight’ before abusing them in houses and above restaurants on the Curry Mile.
Barely any of those men were charged before the operation was shut down, despite police and the council having detailed information about who they were. At least eight went on to commit sex offences against children.
Now, one woman who was abused by a gang at the time has come forward to tell her story.
Kelly, not her real name, still remembers the first time she went to the Curry Mile with the friends she had just made in her new children’s home.
Aged 13, she was ‘pretty innocent, pretty timid’ and - she recollects now - ‘not streetwise at all’.
Two girls, one of them even younger than her and also living in the same home, had befriended her. And she wanted to fit in.
“We went to a place called Rusholme - I had never been there before,” remembers Kelly, now in her 30s.
“As a child, I could see all the restaurants. There were so many lights around, so many people.
“I felt that I had made friends. I wanted to impress them, I wanted to seem streetwise.
“One of the girls knew everyone she came across in Rusholme and had met up with a man who she called her boyfriend. This was the first Asian Pakistani man I had ever met. I looked at him and thought to myself that he was so much older than the girl he called his girlfriend.”
From there, they were invited to a flat above a restaurant on the Curry Mile, which she can still identify.
“They were giving us food and drink,” she remembers.
“There were so many people - men - there, but they were all really friendly to me. They seemed nice. I wasn’t afraid and, after all, I had my new friends with me.”
Already Kelly had been scarred by the behaviour of those with power over her. She had entered the care system around a year earlier, due to abuse within her family.
When she looked in the mirror, she says, ‘I could not stand the reflection I could see staring back at me’.
“I was disgusted at what I was looking at.”
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
So the apparent kindness of these new men, as well as her new friends, felt like a safety blanket.
“I just wanted someone to be nice to me,” she recalls. “I hated myself. All I could feel was pain - I hated myself so much and these girls took some of this pain away.
“I started going out with them more, and every night I started absconding from the children's home.”
And that was how it all began.
“One night, I went out with the two girls. They said we were going to a house party. We went to a house in Rusholme. When we got there, I was given vodka - this was one of the first times I had drunk alcohol.
“Everyone, including the girls, were giving me more and more. My head was spinning and I was dizzy. I felt so sick.
“I remember being in one of the bedrooms upstairs and one of the men who was my friend came in. I wasn’t scared - he was my friend.
“Then he was hurting me. He got on top of me. I told him no: please stop. I was still a virgin. He didn’t listen - this friendly man was so horrid, with evil in his eyes. He did what he wanted that night.”
From that point on, she says, ‘he was always there when I walked out of the children’s home’.
Kelly remembers the private homes she had lived in previously as being ‘happy’. But, for reasons she never understood, Manchester council then started moving her around.
It was from there that she says things went ‘downward’. The more Kelly went out in Rusholme, the more she was punished for her behaviour by staff. But nothing was ever done about the men themselves. Instead, she remembers, staff would take her out and buy her things and then take them from her room if she ran away.
“While in this children's home I stopped going to school,” she adds. “I learned that the only way to get attention from the staff and social workers was to misbehave.”
That was despite the fact they could see exactly what was happening.
“I would see his car, or he would be waiting on the corner,” she remembers of the man who had first raped her.
“I told the staff at the children's home he was a bad man, but no one would listen - they told me that I was just fabricating and it was a part of my behavioural problems.
“By this point, we were picked up at the children's home door by the man and were taken to lots of different house parties with so many older Pakistani men.
“They weren't friendly no more. They were horrid, they did what they wanted: plied me with alcohol. At this point in my life I believed that maybe this was what I was put on this earth to do.
“I was here for men to just do what they wanted.”
She was no more than 14.
The men were ‘blatant’, she says. They would drive right up to the door, beeping their horns. She says this was happening ‘every night’.
(Image: GMP)
This would have been around the time that Victoria Agoglia, a teenager also in the care of Manchester social services, died after being forcibly injected with heroin, aged 15.
An inquest later ruled that her death could not have been foreseen, referring to her propensity to ‘provide sexual favours’. But last week’s report revealed she had in fact repeatedly reported being raped, threatened and abused to care home staff. Just a couple of months before her death, Victoria had told her social worker that she had been injected with heroin. Nothing was done to protect her.
Kelly remembers a lot of the girls at the Rusholme 'parties', including Victoria, although only as someone she saw around.
“Sometimes there’d be only a couple of girls there,” she says. “If it was only a couple, you’d know it would be a bad night. You’d know you were going to be there for quite a while.
“It sounds sick, but the more girls there was, the less you knew you were going to...so you wanted more girls to be there. It’s a bit twisted but you wanted...and a lot of the girls were on drugs, but I refused.”
Kelly’s mother, she stresses, tried to protect her. She was still in touch with her mum and when she found out what was happening, she took down registration plates, names, phone numbers, raised hell.
Nobody listened, she says. But eventually she was moved to a different home, and then another, and then another. Dozens of places.
“I moved around to so many homes. They always found me, and I was still hanging out with the two girls and in Rusholme.
“They would pick me up from the homes. At one point I was placed in a home even closer to the place where they were - there was no way I could live there without them knowing.
“They already had me, it didn’t matter where I was living.”
She was running away for days, weeks, even months on end, she says. Sometimes she would be taken by men to a house in an area she didn't know and she would ring the police begging them to help, but they would tell her to make her own way back to the children's home.
And then, when she was 14 or 15, they did come round.
“I remember the day,” she says. “The staff kept telling me to get dressed and I was like no, I’m not getting dressed. It’s Saturday, I’m not getting dressed.
“They threw me in the car and said ‘we won’t be long’. They didn’t tell me where I was going.
“I remember falling asleep and waking up and I’m thinking: where the hell am I?”
She was being taken to a home hundreds of miles away. When she eventually arrived back in a home in Manchester, she says social services saw her as ‘wild’.
“They thought that I was just a badly-behaved child,” she says of the council. “They didn't want to have to deal with me.”
And then she met a lad aged around 18. He seemed like a proper boyfriend. They went on dates. He would pick her up in his car from the home. They seemed to be having a genuine relationship. “He was so nice to me,” she remembers.
“One day, he said we were going to his friend's party. I was so excited.
“We pulled up at a house. It was so familiar to me. And there it was: his friend, the same man who I met with those girls years before. The blood drained from my body.
“I didn’t understand. This cool, funny, good-looking boy I met - how could this be his friend, his family?
“I was here for men to just do what they wanted.”
“He recognized me straight away. The tears started running down my face. My boyfriend, who I had spent so much time with, told me that I belonged to everyone.”
One night, he got her drunk and took her to a house in Rusholme, leading her upstairs. There was a mattress in the middle of the floor.
“And there was dozens of men there, all waiting. So they were all assaulting me. I was there for hours, one by one.
“And as I was coming out, there was another girl being led up the stairs.”
She says that over the years, she came across ‘hundreds’ of these men. And there always seemed to be a link. It was ‘weird’, she says.
“You always seemed to go somewhere and know somebody. You’d see a lot of new faces, but you always recognised somebody in the room.”
Only one person ever tried to help her, she says: the manager of one of her last homes. This woman would physically try to pull her out of the cars, put her in a ‘wrist lock’, ground her.
“Out of the people responsible for me during my time in care, she was the only one who tried to keep me safe. So many homes, so many social workers, and only one tried to help me.”
At one stage, Kelly spoke directly the police about what she was experiencing, passing on details of the men, names, number plates, like many of the girls referenced in last week’s report. But she says she never heard from them again.
All these years later, she is glad that the reality of what happened at the time to her and other children is seeing the light of day, which is why she asked us to tell her story in full.
Articulate and determined, she went into training after leaving care and went on to have a career. But the failures of those who were meant to protect her have scarred Kelly for life, not just emotionally but physically.
She believes last week’s report only scratched the surface.
“I thought it was a light version. They didn’t cook their toast properly, did they?” she says. “They just stuck it in and pulled it back out.
“The social services, I feel like that report’s very light on them, because they had the power.
“They were the most responsible, the ones who were supposed to be looking after you on a daily basis. The police, they didn’t give a crap anyway.
“They used to come to the doors, these men. They knew who the men were, their names, contact numbers, registration plates, yet they did nothing.
“And nothing they do now will, or can, make what happened to me go away.”
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
What the council says
Joanne Roney OBE, chief executive of Manchester City Council, said: "The experiences described are horrific and we are deeply sorry that anyone went through them. We recognise that some of the social work practice at the time concerned was simply not good enough and fell below the high standards we now expect.
"The passage of time does not diminish traumatic experiences but the whole way the crime of child sexual exploitation is tackled has improved significantly in the 15 years since. We would encourage Kelly to come forward to the police and us if she has not already done so.
“We will listen to survivors, both to ensure that they receive the support they need and to ensure we continue to learn and do everything we can to keep improving child protection."
(Image: MEN)
What the police say
GMP did not comment but referred us to the statement the force issued when the mayor's review was first published earlier this month, noting that a new operation, Green Jacket, has now been launched.
Assistant Chief Constable Mabs Hussain, Head of Specialist Crime for Greater Manchester Police, said: “We accept that authorities fell short of doing all they could to protect and support the child victims of sexual exploitation identified under Operation Augusta in 2004.
“Children should be able to expect those responsible for their care will do all they can to keep them safe and I want to apologise to all those vulnerable children who were let down. I can only imagine the pain and distress they must have gone through, which would have only been made worse by these failings. I am sorry they were let down and I am sorry they were not protected from harm.
“Many of the children were subject to the most profound abuse and, although the review team acknowledged there was much in Operation Augusta and the work carried out by the investigation team to be commended, we agree the overall operation was not to the standard rightfully expected from victims. We have made a voluntary referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct so that they can carry out an independent assessment to determine if there are any conduct matters that should be investigated.
“We and our partners at Manchester City Council have personally contacted all but one victim featured in the report to offer them any support we can ahead of it being published. Each contact was carefully planned with care professionals to ensure we were as sensitive as possible and further specialist support was offered.
“Of course back in early 2000s, the priorities for forces across the UK were very different. This has completely changed and today safeguarding the vulnerable is our absolute priority.
“After taking learnings from the Operation Span investigation in Rochdale and the significant convictions secured in 2013, we have worked closely with partners across Greater Manchester to develop a consistent standard in addressing the exploitation of young people. This approach puts the victim at the centre of everything we do, which ensures that proper support is provided by the right agencies and any safeguarding concerns are addressed.
“With this support from partners, it provides a stronger footing for police to prevent, disrupt and investigate these crimes. The work of these specialised teams under Project Phoenix has been recognised nationally as showing excellent working practice in tackling child sexual exploitation across Greater Manchester.
(Image: MEN)
“Our work initially focused on child sexual exploitation. We have continued to learn and develop these principles with partners over the last six years. As a result we have made further improvements to our whole approach to tackling the abuse and exploitation of young people.
“These improvements include the introduction of specialist co-located multi-agency ‘Complex Safeguarding Teams’ in every district across Greater Manchester. These focus on all aspects of exploitation including CSE, criminal exploitation and modern slavery.
“A Major Incident Team has been established under Operation Green Jacket. This dedicated multi-agency team has already carried out a significant amount of disruption actions, as well as numerous safeguarding visits.
“We have been reviewing all the information available and now a full investigation has been launched. To date, this investigation has resulted in one man being arrested and another interviewed under caution in September 2019 in connection with the abuse of Victoria Agoglia. The men have been released under investigation and we have provided an update to Victoria’s grandmother on the progress of our enquiries.
“This remains an ongoing investigation and I would encourage anyone who was involved in the original operation as a victim, potential victim or witness to please come forward and contact us so that we and partner agencies can provide you with any support we can.
“We will continue to do all that we can to safeguard children within our communities. Greater Manchester Police will investigate any report of child exploitation that is made.”
If you have been affected by this case and wish to speak to police, or if you believe you have information that can assist the investigation team, they can be contacted via opgreenjacket@gmp.police.uk
If you have been affected by this case and would like to seek support from specialist agencies but do not wish to speak to police, then Victim Support can be contacted on 08081689024


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Short ad breaks causes panic on Dancing On Ice

Hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield could n't help comment 'that was quick ' as the ad break ended and the action returned to the ice on the ITV celeb skating contest .
Holly even took to shouting fans back into the room to make sure they did n't miss any of the action on the rink while they were making a brew .
`` If you 're in the kitchen we 're back !
Come back in , do n't miss it ! ''
she cried as magician Ben Hanlin prepared to skate with his pro partner Carlotta Edwards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the short ad break .
`` That was a quick ad break , did n't get chance to switch kettle on , '' tweeted one .
Another complained that they had missed the next performance .
`` Damn !
Misjudged the ad break and missed Ben and Carlotta , '' they grumbled .
`` That was a quick advert break , '' tweeted another .
`` The 30 second ad breaks on # dancingonice are brilliant , '' said another fan .
But another viewer disagreed with them , replying : `` Not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make my tea between the break .
`` Halfway through making it , run upstairs and a whole performance has been and gone . ''
And another viewer commented : `` Did n't know that ad break was so short .
Had to unmute my TV FAST .
Anyway here 's Ben and Carlotta . ''

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A short ad break caused panic on Dancing On Ice.
Hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield couldn't help comment 'that was quick' as the ad break ended and the action returned to the ice on the ITV celeb skating contest.
Holly even took to shouting fans back into the room to make sure they didn't miss any of the action on the rink while they were making a brew.
"If you're in the kitchen we're back! Come back in, don't miss it!" she cried as magician Ben Hanlin prepared to skate with his pro partner Carlotta Edwards.
Fans watching at home commented on the short ad break.
(Image: ITV)
"That was a quick ad break, didn't get chance to switch kettle on," tweeted one.
Another complained that they had missed the next performance.
"Damn! Misjudged the ad break and missed Ben and Carlotta," they grumbled.
"That was a quick advert break," tweeted another.
"The 30 second ad breaks on #dancingonice are brilliant," said another fan.
But another viewer disagreed with them, replying: "Not brilliant when I’m trying to make my tea between the break.
"Halfway through making it, run upstairs and a whole performance has been and gone."
And another viewer commented: "Didn't know that ad break was so short. Had to unmute my TV FAST. Anyway here's Ben and Carlotta."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Diogo Dalot tells Manchester United teammates what they need to do before Man City and Wolves fixtur

Diogo Dalot tells Manchester United teammates what they need to do before Man City and Wolves fixtures

Diogo Dalot told his Manchester United teammates they need to 'keep working ' after Sunday 's 6-0 win over Tranmere in the fourth round of the FA Cup .
Dalot was one of six United scorers as the Reds progressed in style at Prenton Park , with Harry Maguire , Jesse Lingard , Phil Jones , Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood also netting .
The 20-year-old said he was more pleased with the team 's performance than he was with his first goal for the club and called for focus ahead of upcoming games against Manchester City and Wolves .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of something I 've been feeling inside me after three months , '' Dalot said of his goal .
`` It 's been a tough journey but these kind of things , the win and the goal , it makes me feel like I 'm doing a good job in fighting and in working every day and in taking the opportunities .
`` More than a goal , the win is worth it .
Coming to a difficult pitch , a proper English game , and you get a result like this ... @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for us and now we need to keep working because we 've got two difficult games before the winter break .
`` It 's why we 're here ( for games like City and Wolves ) .
It 's why we work every day , for these kind of games , for these kind of fights and now we focus on tomorrow , recover well and then we go again on Wednesday . ''
Asked for his verdict on Harry Maguire 's goal after the defender also opened his United account in Birkenhead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a fantastic goal .
`` I think everyone was little bit admiring after that goal but I think it was a beautiful goal and one that he will remember forever . ''

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Diogo Dalot told his Manchester United teammates they need to 'keep working' after Sunday's 6-0 win over Tranmere in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Dalot was one of six United scorers as the Reds progressed in style at Prenton Park, with Harry Maguire, Jesse Lingard, Phil Jones, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood also netting.
The 20-year-old said he was more pleased with the team's performance than he was with his first goal for the club and called for focus ahead of upcoming games against Manchester City and Wolves.
"It was more like a release of something I've been feeling inside me after three months," Dalot said of his goal. "It's been a tough journey but these kind of things, the win and the goal, it makes me feel like I'm doing a good job in fighting and in working every day and in taking the opportunities.
"More than a goal, the win is worth it. Coming to a difficult pitch, a proper English game, and you get a result like this... I think it's a well done for us and now we need to keep working because we've got two difficult games before the winter break.
"It's why we're here (for games like City and Wolves). It's why we work every day, for these kind of games, for these kind of fights and now we focus on tomorrow, recover well and then we go again on Wednesday."
Asked for his verdict on Harry Maguire's goal after the defender also opened his United account in Birkenhead, Dalot said: "It was a fantastic goal.
"I think everyone was little bit admiring after that goal but I think it was a beautiful goal and one that he will remember forever."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--In pictures: Manchester comes alive to celebrate Chinese New Year 2020

Manchester came alive this weekend as the city celebrated Chinese New Year .
Thousands of people braved the rain to @ @ @ @ @ as it snaked its way around the streets of Manchester .
The 175ft dragon , @ @ @ @ @ singers , and giant Buddha dolls , led the procession from St Peter 's Square @ @ @ @ @ Oxford Road , Portland Street and Princess Street , to the heart of Chinatown .
@ @ @ @ @ dancers and the Chinese Scout Parade also wowed spectators with their performances .
Sunday 's @ @ @ @ @ route , was the culmination of a weekend of traditional festivities to celebrate the Year @ @ @ @ @ celebrations , one of the largest of its kind in Europe , finished with a @ @ @

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Manchester came alive this weekend as the city celebrated Chinese New Year.
Thousands of people braved the rain to enjoy the spectacular dragon parade as it snaked its way around the streets of Manchester.
The 175ft dragon, accompanied by dancers, opera singers, and giant Buddha dolls, led the procession from St Peter's Square, via Peter Street, Oxford Road, Portland Street and Princess Street, to the heart of Chinatown.
IN PICTURES: Chinese New Year
A giant lion, ribbon dancers and the Chinese Scout Parade also wowed spectators with their performances.
Sunday's parade, following a new route, was the culmination of a weekend of traditional festivities to celebrate the Year of the Rat.
The celebrations, one of the largest of its kind in Europe, finished with a fireworks display.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-01-26--Deaths, drugs and baths in dirty water: The two years of turmoil behind the gates of HMP Styal

The last official report by Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Prisons was glowing in its praise of HMP Styal .
Following inspections between late April and early May 2018 , it described a caring and compassionate institution where staff did a good job looking after women , many of whom were troubled before they began their sentences .
Despite that official verdict , a series of troubling events have since raised questions about conditions behind the gates of the jail - and the safety of vulnerable women in the system as a whole .
These events include a cluster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 month period in 2018 and 2019 , and an 'exodus ' of senior staff .
Three of the four deaths involved women who had just arrived at Styal , and were , according to a report , being held in its 'First Night Centre ' - a unit set up to protect women in their first 48 hours in jail .
And , coincidentally , three of the four deaths occurred after the Chief Inspector 's visit .
Those deaths - and a raft of other issues - have not escaped the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as the ordinary members of the public who volunteer to check up on jails , and INQUEST , the charity which focuses on deaths in state custody .
Meanwhile , the M.E.N .
can reveal that a number of senior prison staff , including a governor , have left Styal amid reports - denied by the Prison Service - of a 'toxic ' work environment .
Now , describing Styal as having been through ' a period of significant instability ' , INQUEST has accused the government of not doing enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intervention comes after an Independent Monitoring Board ( IMB ) - members of the public whose role is to check up on standards at their local prison - revealed a series of issues in their own separate and more recently concluded series of inspections , brought together in a report published in October .
They highlighted ' a problem with Spice ' , violence fuelled by debts involving vapes , facilities so poor women had to bathe in rusty water , and 'slow ' maintenance , with contractors making 'manifestly excessive quotations ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operated doorbell .
Their conclusions were based on visits on May 2018 and April 2019 , covering the period where the three women died and a number of senior staff left .
Among the staff who left was Mahala McGuffie .
She was suspended as governor of HMP Styal , which houses over 400 women in 16 detached Victorian houses , by the Ministry of Justice in August 2018 , following staff complaints .
The complaints triggered a Ministry of Justice ( MoJ ) investigation in which about 30 current and former staff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ March 2019 , and Ms McGuffie , who had been at home on full pay , ended up moving on to another job in the Prison Service .
Sources in the Prison Service have told the M.E.N .
her management style had upset many colleagues and have described an 'exodus ' of senior staff .
Among those who left were the prison 's healthcare manager , the replacement healthcare manager , the deputy governor and one of the jail 's senior prison officers , according to insiders .
The atmosphere at the prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who worked at Styal but who have now left , told the M.E.N .
One former prison officer , among those interviewed , told the M.E.N .
Ms McGuffie had been brought in by the MoJ to cut costs , a claim vehemently denied by the Prison Service , and that experienced prison officers were replaced by inexperienced and cheaper alternatives .
`` Styal was a sleepy little jail with 400 women and all the staff were absolutely brilliant '' , they said .
`` Not much went on on in there .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ jails but not Styal .
`` It was really good but she turned up and it really changed .
`` She got rid of all the old experienced staff .
`` There was no discipline anymore , '' said one former prison officer .
No suggestion can be made of links between staff issues and the tragic deaths that occurred in 2018 and 2019 .
Inquests in the late women 's cases have not been held yet .
But the number of tragedies , in quick succession , raises concerns - not least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the three-and-a-half years preceding the most recent cluster .
The first in the most recent spate of tragedies was the death of 41-year-old Nicola Birchall in February 2018 , just a few months before the Chief Inspector of Prisons ' visit .
The second , in June 2018 , involved Imogen Mellor , 29 , who was found hanging and died later in hospital .
Then , in March 2019 , Christine MacDonald , 56 , was found collapsed in her cell .
And , in May , the body of Susan Knowles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jail .
None of the deaths are being treated as suspicious by Cheshire Police .
Dates for the women 's inquests have not yet been fixed as the coroner is awaiting reports by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman .
However , the Independent Monitoring Board 's report has revealed that three of the deaths occurred while people were 'in custody on the First Night Centre ' , and said safety there 'requires careful monitoring ' .
The IMB also said that the preparation of prisoners for release was one of the jail 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treated fairly and humanely , but 'conditions are adversely affected by the poor state of the buildings .
In fact , it described 'continued ' failings in the maintenance of accommodation at the prison , 'resulting in further deterioration in the fabric and serious decency issues for the women ' , to the extent they invited the prisons minister to 'conduct a review of the maintenance of the prison ' .
In March 2018 , the IMB report revealed , a ceiling in the education building collapsed , 'fortunately without injuring anyone ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prison Service in its report : `` The prison is challenged by the need to manage many women with severe and enduring mental problems and complex needs ... .more needs to be done to address the use of illicit substances in the prison . ''
Also , following the closure of the jail 's 'Dove Unit ' , 'women with complex needs and enduring mental health conditions are managed within the main prison population ' , the report reveals - with the IMB saying it would continue to monitor whether women 'will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' .
In the report , the IMB described the senior staff changes , including the departure of his predecessor , as having 'resulted in an unsettled period for prison staff and prisoners alike ' .
Nonetheless , they said there had been a dramatic reduction in the 'number of self-harm incidents from 282 in August 2018 to 149 and March 2019 ' , and a decrease in drug finds .
However , the number of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults had increased from seven to 16 , with 'disputes about debt involving vapes a major @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` It seems that from time to time , a fairly large quantity of drugs is accessed by prisoners , who use them over a few days , often at a weekend . ''
Indeed , as the M.E.N .
has previously reported , a prison member of staff had to be taken to hospital after inhaling Spice fumes , from inmates vaping the drug , in August 2018 .
Three other members of staff also said to have been affected were sent home as a precaution .
The Chief Inspector of Prisons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the IMB 's one , revealed 44 per cent of inmates surveyed said it was easy to get hold of drugs in the prison .
That report revealed there had been 735 incidents of self-harm in the six months before March 2018 , but noted that the 'professionalism and competence ' of the staff , despite having to deal with women who nearly all arrive with a history of trauma , domestic abuse and self-harm , was 'very high ' .
The vast majority of staff were 'caring and supportive ' of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ led ' , it said .
And women were well cared for when they arrive and kept safe while security , order and staff-prisoner relationships were also highlighted .
That report was an endorsement of work being done at a prison with a troubled past .
And it 's that troubled past that makes the most recent spate of deaths so concerning .
In 2003 , Styal was identified as one of the worst prisons in England and Wales for suicides after six in one year .
Then , in 2008 , an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Marley in hospital , days after self-harming in Styal , highlighted 'serious deficiencies in the care she received ' whilst on Styal 's mental health unit .
In 2012 , the then-Chief Inspector of Prisons described the condition of women in the mental health unit as 'more shocking and distressing than anything I have yet seen on an inspection ' .
Then , in 2016 Celeste Craig rook her own life while withdrawing from Spice - the ombudsman said opportunities to assess her mental health were missed .
Despite this past , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ IMB 's most recent findings , the overall trend at Styal , officials say , has been one of improvement .
An MoJ spokesperson told the M.E.N : `` Prison inspectors found that female offenders at HMP Styal were well cared for and kept safe – giving the prison the highest possible rating for safety .
`` We completely reject the idea that there is a 'toxic environment ' at Styal as inspectors noted that most staff-prisoner interactions were good and respectful .
`` There are now 28 % more operational staff at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the introduction of an improved drugs strategy has reduced the influx of drugs . ''
The Prison Service spokesperson confirmed Mahala McGuffie ’ s suspension ended in April and said she now works elsewhere in the Prison Service .
She has been replaced as governor of Styal by Danny Khan .
When the M.E.N .
visited Ms MGuffie at her home in Cheshire and asked her about the allegations that triggered the MoJ investigation , she said they had been made 'years ago ' , that she was a public servant and could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has accused of government of ignoring the findings of Baroness Corston , who in 2007 said : `` There are many women in prison , either on remand or serving sentences for minor , non-violent offences , for whom prison is both disproportionate and inappropriate .
`` Many of them suffer poor physical and mental health or substance abuse , or both .
`` Large numbers have endured violent or sexual abuse or had chaotic childhoods .
Many have been in care .
`` I have concluded that we are rightly exercised about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sympathy , understanding or interest in those who have been their victims , many of whom end up in prison . ''
Deborah Coles , Director of INQUEST said : “ There has clearly been a period of significant instability at Styal , alongside high levels of self-harm and distress , and the closure of a specialist unit for women with complex needs .
A series of preventable deaths of women in Styal and the family campaigns which followed , led to the ground-breaking Corston Report in 2007 , which set out a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Over the past 12 years , successive government have ignored Corston ’ s recommendations and the sustained pressure from bereaved families and organisations .
`` These latest deaths in HMP Styal , and the deaths and harms across the women ’ s estate , are the tragic consequences of that inaction .
`` What more will it take for women ’ s safety to be taken seriously ?
The government must take immediate steps to drastically reduce the number of women in prison and redirect resources to welfare , health , housing and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the free Manchester Evening News app - download it here for your Apple or Android device .
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The last official report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons was glowing in its praise of HMP Styal.
Following inspections between late April and early May 2018, it described a caring and compassionate institution where staff did a good job looking after women, many of whom were troubled before they began their sentences.
Despite that official verdict, a series of troubling events have since raised questions about conditions behind the gates of the jail - and the safety of vulnerable women in the system as a whole.
These events include a cluster of tragic deaths at Styal within a 15 month period in 2018 and 2019, and an 'exodus' of senior staff.
Three of the four deaths involved women who had just arrived at Styal, and were, according to a report, being held in its 'First Night Centre' - a unit set up to protect women in their first 48 hours in jail.
And, coincidentally, three of the four deaths occurred after the Chief Inspector's visit.
Those deaths - and a raft of other issues - have not escaped the notice of other observers of prison life, such as the ordinary members of the public who volunteer to check up on jails, and INQUEST, the charity which focuses on deaths in state custody.
Meanwhile, the M.E.N. can reveal that a number of senior prison staff, including a governor, have left Styal amid reports - denied by the Prison Service - of a 'toxic' work environment.
Now, describing Styal as having been through 'a period of significant instability', INQUEST has accused the government of not doing enough to ensure women's safety.
Their intervention comes after an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) - members of the public whose role is to check up on standards at their local prison - revealed a series of issues in their own separate and more recently concluded series of inspections, brought together in a report published in October.
They highlighted 'a problem with Spice', violence fuelled by debts involving vapes, facilities so poor women had to bathe in rusty water, and 'slow' maintenance, with contractors making 'manifestly excessive quotations', including £850 to fix a battery operated doorbell.
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
Their conclusions were based on visits on May 2018 and April 2019, covering the period where the three women died and a number of senior staff left.
Among the staff who left was Mahala McGuffie.
She was suspended as governor of HMP Styal, which houses over 400 women in 16 detached Victorian houses, by the Ministry of Justice in August 2018, following staff complaints.
The complaints triggered a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) investigation in which about 30 current and former staff were interviewed.
That investigation concluded in March 2019, and Ms McGuffie, who had been at home on full pay, ended up moving on to another job in the Prison Service.
Sources in the Prison Service have told the M.E.N. her management style had upset many colleagues and have described an 'exodus' of senior staff.
Among those who left were the prison's healthcare manager, the replacement healthcare manager, the deputy governor and one of the jail's senior prison officers, according to insiders.
The atmosphere at the prison was 'toxic', two prison officers who worked at Styal but who have now left, told the M.E.N.
(Image: pa)
One former prison officer, among those interviewed, told the M.E.N. Ms McGuffie had been brought in by the MoJ to cut costs, a claim vehemently denied by the Prison Service, and that experienced prison officers were replaced by inexperienced and cheaper alternatives.
"Styal was a sleepy little jail with 400 women and all the staff were absolutely brilliant", they said.
"Not much went on on in there.
"There were good, honest, decent staff.
"You hear horror stories at other jails but not Styal.
"It was really good but she turned up and it really changed.
"She got rid of all the old experienced staff.
"There was no discipline anymore," said one former prison officer.
No suggestion can be made of links between staff issues and the tragic deaths that occurred in 2018 and 2019. Inquests in the late women's cases have not been held yet.
But the number of tragedies, in quick succession, raises concerns - not least because there were only two deaths in the three-and-a-half years preceding the most recent cluster.
The first in the most recent spate of tragedies was the death of 41-year-old Nicola Birchall in February 2018, just a few months before the Chief Inspector of Prisons' visit.
The second, in June 2018, involved Imogen Mellor, 29, who was found hanging and died later in hospital.
Then, in March 2019, Christine MacDonald, 56, was found collapsed in her cell.
And, in May, the body of Susan Knowles, 48, was discovered at the jail.
None of the deaths are being treated as suspicious by Cheshire Police.
Dates for the women's inquests have not yet been fixed as the coroner is awaiting reports by the Prison and Probation Ombudsman.
However, the Independent Monitoring Board's report has revealed that three of the deaths occurred while people were 'in custody on the First Night Centre', and said safety there 'requires careful monitoring'.
The IMB also said that the preparation of prisoners for release was one of the jail's 'strengths', and that prisoners were treated fairly and humanely, but 'conditions are adversely affected by the poor state of the buildings.
In fact, it described 'continued' failings in the maintenance of accommodation at the prison, 'resulting in further deterioration in the fabric and serious decency issues for the women', to the extent they invited the prisons minister to 'conduct a review of the maintenance of the prison'.
In March 2018, the IMB report revealed, a ceiling in the education building collapsed, 'fortunately without injuring anyone'.
Meanwhile, the IMB told the Prison Service in its report: "The prison is challenged by the need to manage many women with severe and enduring mental problems and complex needs....more needs to be done to address the use of illicit substances in the prison."
Also, following the closure of the jail's 'Dove Unit', 'women with complex needs and enduring mental health conditions are managed within the main prison population', the report reveals - with the IMB saying it would continue to monitor whether women 'will be adequately cared for under the new arrangements'.
In the report, the IMB described the senior staff changes, including the departure of his predecessor, as having 'resulted in an unsettled period for prison staff and prisoners alike'.
Nonetheless, they said there had been a dramatic reduction in the 'number of self-harm incidents from 282 in August 2018 to 149 and March 2019', and a decrease in drug finds.
However, the number of prisoner-on-prisoner assaults had increased from seven to 16, with 'disputes about debt involving vapes a major cause' and, it added: "It seems that from time to time, a fairly large quantity of drugs is accessed by prisoners, who use them over a few days, often at a weekend."
Indeed, as the M.E.N. has previously reported, a prison member of staff had to be taken to hospital after inhaling Spice fumes, from inmates vaping the drug, in August 2018.
Three other members of staff also said to have been affected were sent home as a precaution.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons report from spring 2018, which preceded the IMB's one, revealed 44 per cent of inmates surveyed said it was easy to get hold of drugs in the prison.
(Image: MEN Media)
That report revealed there had been 735 incidents of self-harm in the six months before March 2018, but noted that the 'professionalism and competence' of the staff, despite having to deal with women who nearly all arrive with a history of trauma, domestic abuse and self-harm, was 'very high'.
The vast majority of staff were 'caring and supportive' of the women and the prison was 'very well led', it said.
And women were well cared for when they arrive and kept safe while security, order and staff-prisoner relationships were also highlighted.
That report was an endorsement of work being done at a prison with a troubled past.
And it's that troubled past that makes the most recent spate of deaths so concerning.
In 2003, Styal was identified as one of the worst prisons in England and Wales for suicides after six in one year.
Then, in 2008, an investigation triggered by the death of Lisa Marley in hospital, days after self-harming in Styal, highlighted 'serious deficiencies in the care she received' whilst on Styal's mental health unit.
In 2012, the then-Chief Inspector of Prisons described the condition of women in the mental health unit as 'more shocking and distressing than anything I have yet seen on an inspection'.
Then, in 2016 Celeste Craig rook her own life while withdrawing from Spice - the ombudsman said opportunities to assess her mental health were missed.
Despite this past, the recent spate of deaths, and the IMB's most recent findings, the overall trend at Styal, officials say, has been one of improvement.
An MoJ spokesperson told the M.E.N: " Prison inspectors found that female offenders at HMP Styal were well cared for and kept safe – giving the prison the highest possible rating for safety.
"We completely reject the idea that there is a 'toxic environment' at Styal as inspectors noted that most staff-prisoner interactions were good and respectful.
"There are now 28% more operational staff at the prison than in September 2017 and the introduction of an improved drugs strategy has reduced the influx of drugs."
The Prison Service spokesperson confirmed Mahala McGuffie’s suspension ended in April and said she now works elsewhere in the Prison Service.
She has been replaced as governor of Styal by Danny Khan.
When the M.E.N. visited Ms MGuffie at her home in Cheshire and asked her about the allegations that triggered the MoJ investigation, she said they had been made 'years ago', that she was a public servant and could not comment further.
(Image: UK Parliament)
Meanwhile, INQUEST has accused of government of ignoring the findings of Baroness Corston, who in 2007 said: "There are many women in prison, either on remand or serving sentences for minor, non-violent offences, for whom prison is both disproportionate and inappropriate.
"Many of them suffer poor physical and mental health or substance abuse, or both.
"Large numbers have endured violent or sexual abuse or had chaotic childhoods. Many have been in care.
"I have concluded that we are rightly exercised about paedophiles, but seem to have little sympathy, understanding or interest in those who have been their victims, many of whom end up in prison."
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Deborah Coles, Director of INQUEST said: “There has clearly been a period of significant instability at Styal, alongside high levels of self-harm and distress, and the closure of a specialist unit for women with complex needs.
A series of preventable deaths of women in Styal and the family campaigns which followed, led to the ground-breaking Corston Report in 2007, which set out a much needed blueprint for change.
"Over the past 12 years, successive government have ignored Corston’s recommendations and the sustained pressure from bereaved families and organisations.
"These latest deaths in HMP Styal, and the deaths and harms across the women’s estate, are the tragic consequences of that inaction.
"What more will it take for women’s safety to be taken seriously? The government must take immediate steps to drastically reduce the number of women in prison and redirect resources to welfare, health, housing and social care.”
Get breaking news first on the free Manchester Evening News app - download it here for your Apple or Android device. You can also get a round-up of the biggest stories sent direct to your inbox every day with the MEN email newsletter - subscribe here. And you can follow us on Facebook here.