themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester this week

Despite a coronavirus outbreak closing one of Manchester 's courts , the M.E.N .
has reported on serious cases where criminals have received hefty punishments .
The most high profile case this week was Hashem Abedi receiving a life sentence and a 55 year minimum term , for his role in planning the Manchester Arena bombing .
Held in London at the Old Bailey , the case was also streamed to other cases across the country including in Manchester .
Minshull Street Crown Court also heard serious cases this week , including the man who received an 11 year sentence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'pointless ' argument .
Manchester Crown Court in Spinningfields remains closed following a coronavirus outbreak among staff .
Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester since the start of the month .
The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi received a life sentence and was ordered to serve a minimum of 55 years .
Despite not being present on May 22 , 2017 , the judge said Hashem Abedi had played an 'integral ' part in the preparation of the bombing , which claimed the lives of 22 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They had been at the Arena as it hosted a 14,000 capacity concert by pop star Ariana Grande .
Hashem Abedi , 23 , had previously been found guilty of 22 counts of murder ; one count of attempted murder concerning those who were injured but survived the blast ; and conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion .
He refused to attend the hearing at the Old Bailey , where the court heard two days of heartbreaking testimony from the victims of the atrocity .
Abedi only avoided a 'whole life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a loophole in the legislation meaning that those who committed their crimes while under the age of 21 can not receive such a punishment .
Abedi , who was in Libya at the time of the bombing , will be in his 70s before he can be considered for parole .
At the end of the trial in March , the jury foreman announced guilty murder verdicts on each murder count : Elaine McIver , 43 ; Saffie-Rose Roussos , eight ; Sorrell Leczkowski , 14 ; Eilidh MacLeod , 14 ; Nell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 15 ; Megan Hurley , 15 ; Georgina Callander , 18 ; Chloe Rutherford,17 ; Liam Curry , 19 ; Courtney Boyle , 19 ; Philip Tron , 32 ; John Atkinson , 28 ; Martyn Hett , 29 ; Kelly Brewster , 32 ; Angelika Klis , 39 ; Marcin Klis , 42 ; Michelle Kiss , 45 ; Alison Howe , 45 ; Lisa Lees , 43 ; Wendy Fawell , 50 ; and Jane Tweddle , 51 .
Cane Mill , 26 , was jailed for 'glassing ' a man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moston .
The victim , also 26 , had become involved in a dispute with Mill in May last year .
A fight broke out and Mill landed four blows to the man 's head .
The pair were split up , and the victim later said 'who the f*** do you think you are hitting for no good reason ? '
There was a further confrontation , and Mill hit the man to the face with a 'hard object ' .
A judge said it was 'almost certainly a glass or glass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was covered in blood .
He was left with permanent scarring from the injury .
Mill has been in custody since June last year , having been recalled on a previous nine year sentence for grievous bodily harm .
This week Mill , of Burntwood Walk , Moston , was jailed for two years after admitting unlawful wounding .
Sentencing , Judge Patrick Field QC told him : `` It was on any view a cowardly and unprovoked attack , and you were in my judgement in the very least highly reckless in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in that way could have caused a great deal more by way of injury than was in fact the case . ''
The judge said it was one of the worst cases of dangerous driving she 'd seen .
`` I do n't think I have seen a case of deliberate dangerous driving as bad as this , '' Judge Angela Neild told Daanish Ghafoor .
He left two female drivers shaken during 'terrifying ' incidents in Rochdale , where he deliberately rammed into their vehicles .
Ghafoor , a property manager , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The court heard he had turned to alcohol and cocaine after 'difficulties ' involving his brother .
In the first incident on April 2 last year , he rammed into a refuse worker 's van three times after a standoff , with the two vehicles unable to pass .
Ghafoor then threw a part of a brick at the van .
He sped off and minutes later rammed another vehicle .
She gave way as there was n't enough space , but he deliberately rammed her vehicle twice .
When the woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subjected her to a foul mouthed tirade and said ' I do n't f****** care .
Months later , in October , Ghafoor assaulted his partner and admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm , and one of criminal damage .
The court heard the couple have since reconciled .
Ghafoor , of Stamford Street , Rochdale , was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison at Minshull Street Crown Court .
Connor Cartwright was jailed for 11 years , after running over a man and leaving him wheelchair bound for life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the early hours of New Year 's Day , he and two other men became involved in a confrontation with a group of four other men outside a petrol station in Slattocks , Rochdale .
There was a 'heated exchange ' and the victim was subjected to a 'savage ' beating , leaving him unconscious for a time .
As the man 's two friends went to his aid , Cartwright got in a Ford Focus and drove it towards them .
They were able to get out of the way , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ condition was initially regarded as life threatening , and he was rushed to intensive care having suffered numerous fractures including to his spine .
He spent about six months at a rehabilitation facility before returning home , and has 50 per cent movement in his left leg but can only move his toes on his right side .
Sentencing , Judge Patrick Field QC told Cartwright : `` Whereas you will in due course by released from your prison sentence , to resume your life with the use of all of your limbs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he will be a wheelchair user , with limited use of his lower limbs and impairment of his bodily functions , and also having to endure the personal indignities that his disability entails . ''
Qasim Hafeez and Zeeshan Ali , both 23 , who were involved in the earlier incident , were also locked up .
Hafeez , of Peakdale Avenue , Crumpsall , was jailed for two and a half years , and Ali , of King Street South , Rochdale , was sentenced to two years and nine months .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of violent disorder .
Cartwright , of Kensington Street , Rochdale , pleaded guilty to violent disorder , causing grievous bodily harm with intent , causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving while disqualified .
An international drugs ring was exposed when police pulled over a vehicle in Heywood .
Driving a white Mercedes van , Javid Ahmed , 49 , had almost 100kg of cannabis in the vehicle .
The discovery led police to a gang importing drugs into the UK through Gatwick Airport , from Alicante in Spain .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daniel Gore , 41 , organised the pick up in Spain and employed his right-hand man , Scott Hoolighan , 36 , to find a vehicle to transport the drugs up to Manchester .
Using his transport business as a cover , Hoolighan employed Ahmed and John Arnold , 56 , to be the ‘ drivers ’ and pick up the van containing the drugs in the South East of England .
Gore , of Heywood Road , Prestwich , pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import class B drugs and conspiracy to supply @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Hoolighan , 36 , of Ribble Drive , Whitefield , and Arnold , also of Ribble Drive , Whitefield , were found guilty after trial of conspiracy to supply drugs .
Hoolighan received three years and nine months in jail , with Arnold being sentenced to two years .
Ahmed , of Hartington Road , Stockport , was also convicted of conspiracy to supply drugs .
He was jailed for two years .

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Despite a coronavirus outbreak closing one of Manchester's courts, the M.E.N. has reported on serious cases where criminals have received hefty punishments.
The most high profile case this week was Hashem Abedi receiving a life sentence and a 55 year minimum term, for his role in planning the Manchester Arena bombing.
Held in London at the Old Bailey, the case was also streamed to other cases across the country including in Manchester.
Minshull Street Crown Court also heard serious cases this week, including the man who received an 11 year sentence for running a man over following a 'pointless' argument.
Manchester Crown Court in Spinningfields remains closed following a coronavirus outbreak among staff.
Here are some of the criminals locked up in Greater Manchester since the start of the month.
Hashem Abedi
(Image: PA)
The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi received a life sentence and was ordered to serve a minimum of 55 years.
Despite not being present on May 22, 2017, the judge said Hashem Abedi had played an 'integral' part in the preparation of the bombing, which claimed the lives of 22 innocent people and injured hundreds more.
They had been at the Arena as it hosted a 14,000 capacity concert by pop star Ariana Grande.
Hashem Abedi, 23, had previously been found guilty of 22 counts of murder; one count of attempted murder concerning those who were injured but survived the blast; and conspiring with his brother to cause an explosion.
He refused to attend the hearing at the Old Bailey, where the court heard two days of heartbreaking testimony from the victims of the atrocity.
Abedi only avoided a 'whole life term' because of his age, a loophole in the legislation meaning that those who committed their crimes while under the age of 21 cannot receive such a punishment.
Abedi, who was in Libya at the time of the bombing, will be in his 70s before he can be considered for parole.
At the end of the trial in March, the jury foreman announced guilty murder verdicts on each murder count: Elaine McIver, 43; Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight; Sorrell Leczkowski, 14; Eilidh MacLeod, 14; Nell Jones, 14; Olivia Campbell-Hardy, 15; Megan Hurley, 15; Georgina Callander, 18; Chloe Rutherford,17; Liam Curry, 19; Courtney Boyle, 19; Philip Tron, 32; John Atkinson, 28; Martyn Hett, 29; Kelly Brewster, 32; Angelika Klis, 39; Marcin Klis, 42; Michelle Kiss, 45; Alison Howe, 45; Lisa Lees, 43; Wendy Fawell, 50; and Jane Tweddle, 51.
Cane Mill
(Image: GMP)
Cane Mill, 26, was jailed for 'glassing' a man following a row at a pub in Moston.
The victim, also 26, had become involved in a dispute with Mill in May last year.
A fight broke out and Mill landed four blows to the man's head.
The pair were split up, and the victim later said 'who the f*** do you think you are hitting for no good reason?'
There was a further confrontation, and Mill hit the man to the face with a 'hard object'.
A judge said it was 'almost certainly a glass or glass bottle'.
The man's face was covered in blood.
He was left with permanent scarring from the injury.
Mill has been in custody since June last year, having been recalled on a previous nine year sentence for grievous bodily harm.
This week Mill, of Burntwood Walk, Moston, was jailed for two years after admitting unlawful wounding.
Sentencing, Judge Patrick Field QC told him: "It was on any view a cowardly and unprovoked attack, and you were in my judgement in the very least highly reckless in what you did.
"Striking him in that way could have caused a great deal more by way of injury than was in fact the case."
Daanish Ghafoor
(Image: GMP)
The judge said it was one of the worst cases of dangerous driving she'd seen.
"I don't think I have seen a case of deliberate dangerous driving as bad as this," Judge Angela Neild told Daanish Ghafoor.
He left two female drivers shaken during 'terrifying' incidents in Rochdale, where he deliberately rammed into their vehicles.
Ghafoor, a property manager, had earlier been sent home from work.
The court heard he had turned to alcohol and cocaine after 'difficulties' involving his brother.
In the first incident on April 2 last year, he rammed into a refuse worker's van three times after a standoff, with the two vehicles unable to pass.
Ghafoor then threw a part of a brick at the van.
He sped off and minutes later rammed another vehicle.
She gave way as there wasn't enough space, but he deliberately rammed her vehicle twice.
When the woman asked for his insurance details, Ghafoor subjected her to a foul mouthed tirade and said 'I don't f****** care.
Ghafoor admitted dangerous driving, a public order offence, racially aggravated harassment and criminal damage.
Months later, in October, Ghafoor assaulted his partner and admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and one of criminal damage.
The court heard the couple have since reconciled.
Ghafoor, of Stamford Street, Rochdale, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison at Minshull Street Crown Court.
Connor Cartwright
(Image: GMP)
Connor Cartwright was jailed for 11 years, after running over a man and leaving him wheelchair bound for life following a 'pointless' argument.
In the early hours of New Year's Day, he and two other men became involved in a confrontation with a group of four other men outside a petrol station in Slattocks, Rochdale.
There was a 'heated exchange' and the victim was subjected to a 'savage' beating, leaving him unconscious for a time.
As the man's two friends went to his aid, Cartwright got in a Ford Focus and drove it towards them.
They were able to get out of the way, but Cartwright ran over the man.
His condition was initially regarded as life threatening, and he was rushed to intensive care having suffered numerous fractures including to his spine.
He spent about six months at a rehabilitation facility before returning home, and has 50 per cent movement in his left leg but can only move his toes on his right side.
Sentencing, Judge Patrick Field QC told Cartwright: "Whereas you will in due course by released from your prison sentence, to resume your life with the use of all of your limbs, for the rest of his life he will be a wheelchair user, with limited use of his lower limbs and impairment of his bodily functions, and also having to endure the personal indignities that his disability entails."
Qasim Hafeez and Zeeshan Ali, both 23, who were involved in the earlier incident, were also locked up.
Hafeez, of Peakdale Avenue, Crumpsall, was jailed for two and a half years, and Ali, of King Street South, Rochdale, was sentenced to two years and nine months.
They both pleaded guilty to one count of violent disorder.
Cartwright, of Kensington Street, Rochdale, pleaded guilty to violent disorder, causing grievous bodily harm with intent, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving while disqualified.
Daniel Gore, Scott Hoolighan, John Arnold, Javid Ahmed
(Image: GMP/photo)
An international drugs ring was exposed when police pulled over a vehicle in Heywood.
Driving a white Mercedes van, Javid Ahmed, 49, had almost 100kg of cannabis in the vehicle.
The discovery led police to a gang importing drugs into the UK through Gatwick Airport, from Alicante in Spain.
The ‘leader’ of the operation, Daniel Gore, 41, organised the pick up in Spain and employed his right-hand man, Scott Hoolighan, 36, to find a vehicle to transport the drugs up to Manchester.
Using his transport business as a cover, Hoolighan employed Ahmed and John Arnold, 56, to be the ‘drivers’ and pick up the van containing the drugs in the South East of England.
Gore, of Heywood Road, Prestwich, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import class B drugs and conspiracy to supply. He was jailed for five years.
Hoolighan, 36, of Ribble Drive, Whitefield, and Arnold, also of Ribble Drive, Whitefield, were found guilty after trial of conspiracy to supply drugs.
Hoolighan received three years and nine months in jail, with Arnold being sentenced to two years.
Ahmed, of Hartington Road, Stockport, was also convicted of conspiracy to supply drugs. He was jailed for two years.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--'A serial killer in our midst': Fears after 1990s Wilmslow killings reexamined

A serial killer who murders vulnerable couples may have been active in the North West since the mid-1990s - and could still be on the loose - a shocking report has claimed .
According to a confidential document seen by the Sunday Times , two suspected double murders in Wilmslow , Cheshire , could have been the work of an offender unknown to the police .
The report , compiled by one of the most senior coroner 's officers , raises serious concerns about two cases where husbands were previously thought to have murdered their wives before committing suicide .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the report finds both cases were likely to have been double murders .
This weekend , Cheshire Police said they were conducting a review of the findings in the report , which was handed to the force last month .
They are also said to have alerted Greater Manchester and Cumbria Police - where some of the killings took place .
The 179-page report calls on the National Crime Agency and Interpol to review cases in Britain and Europe to determine whether there are more related murders .
`` This individual will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stops him , '' the report says .
Chris Matheson , MP for Chester , said police must act swiftly : `` The implications don ’ t bear thinking about if there is an offender responsible for a series of what were dreadful crimes . ''
The report , written by Stephanie Davies , the senior coroner ’ s officer for Cheshire , is supported by evidence from her predecessor at the time of the first deaths and a US-based crime-scene analysis expert .
The first two double killings happened in 1996 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The deaths of Howard and Bea Ainsworth and Donald and Auriel Ward were found by police to be murder suicides .
Both couples were discovered lying on blood-soaked beds in their nightclothes .
Similarities between the cases included the extremity of violence , with knives left in bodies at the crime scene ; injuries to the head from a blunt weapon and stab wounds ; and the fact that the women had been left with their nightdresses lifted .
The report , which Davies produced in her free time , examined police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to `` a number of inconsistencies which do not corroborate the original manner of death of being murder suicide . ''
It also identifies a further three murder-suicide cases — in 2000 , 2008 and 2011 — that Davies believes should be reviewed to see whether they are linked to the Wilmslow killings .
Two of the cases were in Greater Manchester and the third was in the Lake District .
In each case police said the wife had been stabbed and hit on the head with a blunt object by the husband @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nazir Afzal , former chief prosecutor for the northwest , said : `` We could potentially have a serial killer in our midst .
`` There needs to be a proper review of these cases and others which carry similar hallmarks.
” A spokesperson for Cheshire police said : `` We are in receipt of the report and it is being reviewed .
This is a piece of research which has been undertaken by the staff member , independently .
`` As with any case that has been closed , where new information @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acted upon if appropriate .
We have notified Greater Manchester police and Cumbria constabulary . ''

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A serial killer who murders vulnerable couples may have been active in the North West since the mid-1990s - and could still be on the loose - a shocking report has claimed.
According to a confidential document seen by the Sunday Times, two suspected double murders in Wilmslow, Cheshire, could have been the work of an offender unknown to the police.
The report, compiled by one of the most senior coroner's officers, raises serious concerns about two cases where husbands were previously thought to have murdered their wives before committing suicide.
After re-examining the cases using modern techniques, the report finds both cases were likely to have been double murders.
This weekend, Cheshire Police said they were conducting a review of the findings in the report, which was handed to the force last month.
They are also said to have alerted Greater Manchester and Cumbria Police - where some of the killings took place.
(Image: MACCLESFIELD EXPRESS)
The 179-page report calls on the National Crime Agency and Interpol to review cases in Britain and Europe to determine whether there are more related murders.
"This individual will not stop killing until someone or something stops him," the report says.
Chris Matheson, MP for Chester, said police must act swiftly: "The implications don’t bear thinking about if there is an offender responsible for a series of what were dreadful crimes."
The report, written by Stephanie Davies, the senior coroner’s officer for Cheshire, is supported by evidence from her predecessor at the time of the first deaths and a US-based crime-scene analysis expert.
The first two double killings happened in 1996 and 1999 only two miles apart in Wilmslow.
The deaths of Howard and Bea Ainsworth and Donald and Auriel Ward were found by police to be murder suicides.
Both couples were discovered lying on blood-soaked beds in their nightclothes.
Similarities between the cases included the extremity of violence, with knives left in bodies at the crime scene; injuries to the head from a blunt weapon and stab wounds; and the fact that the women had been left with their nightdresses lifted.
(Image: Submitted)
The report, which Davies produced in her free time, examined police files and crime scene photographs and points to "a number of inconsistencies which do not corroborate the original manner of death of being murder suicide."
It also identifies a further three murder-suicide cases — in 2000, 2008 and 2011 — that Davies believes should be reviewed to see whether they are linked to the Wilmslow killings.
Two of the cases were in Greater Manchester and the third was in the Lake District.
In each case police said the wife had been stabbed and hit on the head with a blunt object by the husband before he took his own life.
Nazir Afzal, former chief prosecutor for the northwest, said: "We could potentially have a serial killer in our midst.
"There needs to be a proper review of these cases and others which carry similar hallmarks.”
A spokesperson for Cheshire police said: "We are in receipt of the report and it is being reviewed. This is a piece of research which has been undertaken by the staff member, independently.
"As with any case that has been closed, where new information comes to light it is reviewed and acted upon if appropriate. We have notified Greater Manchester police and Cumbria constabulary."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--Dog trainer to the stars' advice to those thinking of getting a pet in lockdown

When he was growing up Jimmy Allen was n't allowed a dog , so he would volunteer to walk his neighbours ' pet pooches instead .
Then his uncle got a Japanese Akita and he would dog-sit for him .
When he was 18 , Jimmy got a four-month-old rescue pup , a Belgian Malinois named Narla , from Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Home .
But Narla was so aggressive towards other people Jimmy was forced to give her up after six months , after receiving an ultimatum from his dad who he was living with at the time , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owner who wanted her as a guard dog .
`` Dad said 'you need to get rid of the dog ' and I paid a lot of money for a dog trainer , '' Jimmy recalled .
`` The dog trainer said 'you ca n't do anything with her ' so I lived in my car with her for a week .
`` Five people visited her and she bit every person .
`` But I 'm very grateful for what my dad did . ''
Jimmy , 30 , says that tough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the path to becoming a dog trainer because he realised that he had been doing everything wrong .
`` I used to let her sleep with me and gave her steaks for dinner , '' he explained .
`` I loved her to death but dogs need rules , boundaries and discipline . ''
Following his experience with Narla Jimmy watched and studied the reality show The Dog Whisperer , featuring dog trainer Cesar Millan 's work with problem dogs .
Before the show Cesar rehabilitated severely aggressive dogs and founded the Dog @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his work in rehabilitating and saving dogs from being put down , Jimmy has since trained and worked with Cesar in America .
After building up a large following through word of mouth and social media , Jimmy quit his job as a glass factory operator last year and is now working as a full-time dog trainer with Dog Pawfection balanced dog training .
Balanced dog training rewards positive behaviour and corrects behaviour that must be stopped .
`` At first I 'd do it on my days off and people would give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you , '' he said .
His clients have included The Real Housewives of Cheshire stars Dawn Ward , who he says has been a great support to him , Tanya Bardsley and Seema Malhotra and former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley , whose sausage dog Geoff was taught to leave his crate on command .
He trained Dawn 's dog Dolly , dubbed 'the naughtiest dog in Cheshire ' , and within 10 minutes he taught her daughter Darby 's pup , Jeremy Jackson , to walk confidently on a lead .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ South African Boerboel ; Junior , a three-year-old Belgian Malinois and Zion , a seven-month-old Cane Corso .
The dogs go to work with him to help with his training - Skye and Junior were both rescue dogs , Zion his first puppy in years .
Jimmy says Skye was by far the most difficult dog he 's ever worked with and was thought to be 'too far gone ' when he adopted her because she was insistent on fighting with other dogs .
With a surge in people welcoming dogs into their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ urging people to think carefully about the right type of breed for them and to be prepared to put the time in .
`` Dog training is like going to the gym , '' he said .
`` Going to the gym never ends .
You need consistency .
`` Instead of scrolling through your phone spend five or 10 minutes training your dog .
`` It 's also about setting rules and boundaries .
`` Show affection if they do something wrong and it means you want more of that behaviour .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 's right for you and do your research into that breed .
`` If your idea of fun is going up a mountain then get a dog that needs a lot of exercise . ''
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When he was growing up Jimmy Allen wasn't allowed a dog, so he would volunteer to walk his neighbours' pet pooches instead.
Then his uncle got a Japanese Akita and he would dog-sit for him.
When he was 18, Jimmy got a four-month-old rescue pup, a Belgian Malinois named Narla, from Manchester and Cheshire Dogs Home.
But Narla was so aggressive towards other people Jimmy was forced to give her up after six months, after receiving an ultimatum from his dad who he was living with at the time, and she ended up with a new owner who wanted her as a guard dog.
(Image: Jimmy Allen/Dog Pawfection)
"Dad said 'you need to get rid of the dog' and I paid a lot of money for a dog trainer," Jimmy recalled.
"The dog trainer said 'you can't do anything with her' so I lived in my car with her for a week.
"Five people visited her and she bit every person.
"But I'm very grateful for what my dad did."
(Image: Jimmy Allen/Dog Pawfection)
Jimmy, 30, says that tough ultimatum from his dad set him on the path to becoming a dog trainer because he realised that he had been doing everything wrong.
"I used to let her sleep with me and gave her steaks for dinner," he explained.
"I loved her to death but dogs need rules, boundaries and discipline."
Following his experience with Narla Jimmy watched and studied the reality show The Dog Whisperer, featuring dog trainer Cesar Millan's work with problem dogs.
(Image: Jimmy Allen/Dog Pawfection)
Before the show Cesar rehabilitated severely aggressive dogs and founded the Dog Psychology Center rehab complex.
Inspired by his work in rehabilitating and saving dogs from being put down, Jimmy has since trained and worked with Cesar in America.
After building up a large following through word of mouth and social media, Jimmy quit his job as a glass factory operator last year and is now working as a full-time dog trainer with Dog Pawfection balanced dog training.
Balanced dog training rewards positive behaviour and corrects behaviour that must be stopped.
"At first I'd do it on my days off and people would give me crates of beer as a thank you," he said.
His clients have included The Real Housewives of Cheshire stars Dawn Ward, who he says has been a great support to him, Tanya Bardsley and Seema Malhotra and former Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley, whose sausage dog Geoff was taught to leave his crate on command.
He trained Dawn's dog Dolly, dubbed 'the naughtiest dog in Cheshire', and within 10 minutes he taught her daughter Darby's pup, Jeremy Jackson, to walk confidently on a lead.
Jimmy now has Skye, an eight-year-old South African Boerboel; Junior, a three-year-old Belgian Malinois and Zion, a seven-month-old Cane Corso.
The dogs go to work with him to help with his training - Skye and Junior were both rescue dogs, Zion his first puppy in years.
Jimmy says Skye was by far the most difficult dog he's ever worked with and was thought to be 'too far gone' when he adopted her because she was insistent on fighting with other dogs.
With a surge in people welcoming dogs into their homes during lockdown, Jimmy is now urging people to think carefully about the right type of breed for them and to be prepared to put the time in.
"Dog training is like going to the gym," he said.
"Going to the gym never ends. You need consistency.
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"Instead of scrolling through your phone spend five or 10 minutes training your dog.
"It's also about setting rules and boundaries.
"Show affection if they do something wrong and it means you want more of that behaviour.
"Make sure you get the dog that's right for you and do your research into that breed.
"If your idea of fun is going up a mountain then get a dog that needs a lot of exercise."
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.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--Polari was embraced by the LGBT+ community - and it's being kept alive

In 1965 , nine million people would regularly tune into BBC Radio every Sunday afternoon to listen to the comedy programme Round the Horne .
The sketch show was an instant hit and starred Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Horne as various different characters , including eccentric J. Peasmold Gruntfuttock and the Rambling Syd Rumpo .
One of the most popular sketches on the show featured the two Kenneth ’ s as camp duo Julian and Sandy and their double entendres quickly became a prominent part of the show .
Unbeknown to many listeners , the camp characters frequently used Polari @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by homosexuals in the 1920s and 30s , and are recognised today for bringing it into the mainstream .
While there 's no such need for a secret language for the LGBT+ community today , the same could not be said as recently as 55 years ago .
Homosexuality was illegal and Polari was a chance for gay people to be themselves without risking their lives .
Paul Baker , a professor and British linguist at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University , has been researching and working with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I became interested in the language after my friend played me some audiotapes of Round The Horne when they were re-released in 1997 , '' Paul tells the M.E.N .
“ I did my PhD topic on Polari in Linguistics as I thought it ’ d be something interesting to look at particularly as I didn ’ t know anyone who spoke it and I wanted to know why it died out so quickly.
” The exact origins of Polari aren ’ t fully known , but there ’ s evidence to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ form of slang by merchants , sailors and theatrical performers as early as the late 1800s .
With many homosexual men working in the theatre , Polari was eventually picked up and adopted as part of early queer culture .
“ Polari was simultaneously an identifier and a form of protection , ” Ted Mentele , English Editor at Babbel , suggests .
“ In many ways it wasn ’ t just a dialect , but a crystallisation of the culture itself .
“ Through Polari , you could speak openly about relationships @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or was not available - it allowed you to bond.
” In its heyday in the 1920s , it was something that let gay men be openly gay with one another without others ever realising and it also allowed them to play naughty when it suited .
“ It ’ s a combination of being a very funny language but it was also used for secrecy , ” Paul adds .
“ It can also be very camp yet insulting .
Words like Lilly Law or Betty Bracelet would be used to describe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attitude that Polari had towards mainstream society at the time .
“ People often had camp nicknames but it was a name that you couldn ’ t choose yourself , you were given them .
Sometimes it wouldn ’ t always be the kindest name .
If you were a good looking guy , you might have been given a rough name to be put down a peg or two.
” Polari is littered with Cockney rhyming slang and Victorian backslang , such as `` ecaf '' for “ face '' , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ picked up through conversation .
“ People learned Polari through the mingling of different social groups , from their lovers , and from their queer friends , ” he says .
“ Some will have learned Polari through the theatre , whilst others , particularly those working and living near the docks , acquired their knowledge from their day-to-day encounters.
” Paul , who has recently released a book called ‘ Fabulosa !
The Story of Polari , Britain ’ s Secret Gay Language ’ , said drag queens in the 60 ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regularly incorporate Polari into their act .
“ Drag queens were definitely the high-priestesses of Polari , ” he says .
“ They knew it really well and could speak it very quickly and elaborate on it .
Lee Sutton was a very well-known drag queen in the 60s and would often include whole songs in Polari .
“ He would also change popular songs into Polari and make it really funny .
When he explained the song afterwards , he would give the wrong translations to make it more confusing .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it was even funny because you knew he was using the wrong descriptions.
” While Round the Horne is attributed for bringing Polari into the mainstream , it could also be recognised for playing a part in its downfall too .
“ Round The Horne was a huge landmark for queer representation in British media , ” Ted from Babbel acknowledges .
“ The 1960s were an incredibly restrictive time for media in the UK , so for Julian and Sandy to be broadcast every Sunday as their unashamedly camp selves was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also had the unfortunate effect of breaking Polari ’ s spell of secrecy , and can be attributed , in part , to it falling out of popularity.
” Read more of today 's stories here On July 27 , 1967 , the Sexual Offences Act was given royal ascent and gave way for the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality .
As gay men started to be given more freedom , the reliance on Polari began to fade .
In 2003 , Tim Greening-Jackson , a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of preserving the almost 600-strong words of Polari for future generations .
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence , a charity organisation that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to LGBT+ issues , continue to use Polari in their ceremonies and as a member of their Manchester house , Tim had the perfect idea for a resource of the secret words .
“ I became a sister about 20 years ago and their ceremonies rely on Polari , it ’ s there for comedic effect , ” Tim , who is also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I was having a chat with one of the sisters and we had the idea of translating the original King James bible into Polari.
” Now in its 7th edition , the bible was created using a computer engine that automatically translated words into Polari .
A copy of the bible now exists in the John Rylands Library .
“ We ’ re trying to keep Polari going , ” Tim adds .
“ As early gay rights groups started to emerge in the 1970s , they saw Polari as symbolic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of it .
`` It was no longer being used by the majority of gay men .
“ It would be an absolute shame for it to die out completely as it ’ s an important part of history but , at the same time , you can ’ t keep it on life support forever.
” Another person intent on keeping Polari alive is artist Jez Dolan , who has created a number of exhibitions and performances using Polari .
“ Polari is a really significant part of our shared queer heritage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you talk to gay men under the age of 40 , almost none of them now know nothing about Polari , but it ’ s important to look at our heritage and look at where we ’ ve come .
“ We ’ ve always been here and it ’ s good to show these shared stories and culture.
” In 2011 , Polari was listed as an endangered language by the World Oral Literature Project , based at the University of Cambridge .
The list also included the Southern Pomo language , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California , and Mocheno , a Germanic language used in north Italy .
“ I thought it was really interesting that this coded language , which realistically speaking is not a language but is more than slang , was recognised as being vulnerable , ” Jez added .
“ There ’ s 526 words in the cannon of Polari literature , it ’ s quite limited and someone who was quite good at it might have only really known about 40 words.
” After discovering the vulnerability of Polari , Jez worked with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that allowed people to learn words of Polari .
From there , he continued to incorporate it into his other works .
To date , he ’ s worked on research and oral history projects , theatre productions , and art based around Polari and queer identity .
In 2015 , Jez was commissioned by the House of Commons to create a piece of work featuring Polari .
“ They knew about my work in Polari , ” he said .
“ To mark the 750th anniversary of Parliament , they wanted to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I was looking at how I could translate the Sexual Offences Act 1967 into Polari , but it tended to be a bit on the dry side .
“ In Polari , there ’ s nine different words for wig and none for government legislation so it became a bit of a task.
” Eventually , Jez decided to translate two pages of the recommended reading for the Wolfenden Report in 1957 .
Pre-dating the Sexual Offences Act , the report recommended that ‘ homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ .
The work was so well received that it was placed into the Parliamentary Art collection and an edition of the book has toured across the country as part of the British Museum .
In April and May this year , Jez was due to premiere a theatre production called Double-Ender alongside playwright Joshual Val Martin .
Incorporating Polari , the show was ultimately postponed due to the pandemic but the plan is tour the show in Manchester next year .
“ Alot of my work focuses on queer culture and queer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While most LGBT+ people in this country are okay to live their lives in the way they want to , it ’ s important to remember that ’ s not the case for everybody and people are still being attacked for being gay.
” Paul also uses Polari outside of his field of work and regularly hosts a club night as part of Duckie at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern , where cabaret and old-time songs are mixed in with little soundbites of Polari .
“ I don ’ t think I ever wanted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use it but it ’ s definitely worth people knowing about , ” he adds .
“ The people who used it were camp and they were quite bitchy to each other but they refused to hide away from being gay - they continued to go out there and putting themselves at risk .
“ They refused to bow down and without people like that , I ’ m not sure we ’ d have the protections and the laws we have today .
“ While they may not have identified themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a political act .
`` They minced down the street in colourful clothing and got a lot of abuse from people for doing so .
But they could also give it back through Polari .
They were brave in their own way.
” Earlier this year , BBC Weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans shared a weather forecast spoken entirely in Polari to mark Pride Month .
The forecast featured phrases like 'the overnight munge brings us pretty naff weather , sweetie ' and 'hardly enough to blow your fashioned riha off ' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this Bona forecast ' to honour the language as Pride Month drew to a close in June .
Ted from Babbel says that Polari is ‘ culture crystallised ’ and agreed that LGBT+ culture owes a lot to Polari and the impact it had on people .
“ It offers a window into this chapter of queer history and is therefore crucial in terms of LGBT+ heritage , ” Ted adds .
“ As the LGBT+ community expands , it ’ s important that we know what ’ s come before , learning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past , as well as respecting those who defied oppression before us .
“ But more than that , LGBT+ culture owes so much to Polari because it gave us so many of the words we use to talk about ourselves : butch , camp , and even drag queen got their queer-specific meanings from Polari .
“ If Polari proves nothing else , it ’ s that we need language to define and create ourselves , to give us a space in which to exist , terms to identify with , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others like us .
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In 1965, nine million people would regularly tune into BBC Radio every Sunday afternoon to listen to the comedy programme Round the Horne.
The sketch show was an instant hit and starred Kenneth Williams of Carry On fame as various different characters, including eccentric J. Peasmold Gruntfuttock and the Rambling Syd Rumpo.
One of the most popular sketches on the show featured Hugh Paddick and Williams as camp duo Julian and Sandy - and their double entendres quickly became a prominent part of the show.
Unbeknown to many listeners, the characters frequently used Polari, a secret coded language frequently used by homosexuals in the 1920s and 30s, and are recognised today for bringing it into the mainstream.
While there's no such need for a secret language for the LGBT+ community today, the same could not be said as recently as 55 years ago.
Homosexuality was illegal and Polari was a chance for gay people to be themselves without risking their lives.
Paul Baker, a professor and British linguist at the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, has been researching and working with Polari for the last 20 years.
“I became interested in the language after my friend played me some audiotapes of Round The Horne when they were re-released in 1997," Paul tells the M.E.N.
(Image: BBC)
“I did my PhD topic on Polari in Linguistics as I thought it’d be something interesting to look at particularly as I didn’t know anyone who spoke it and I wanted to know why it died out so quickly.”
The exact origins of Polari aren’t fully known, but there’s evidence to suggest it was being used as a form of slang by merchants, sailors and theatrical performers as early as the late 1800s.
With many homosexual men working in the theatre, Polari was eventually picked up and adopted as part of early queer culture.
“Polari was simultaneously an identifier and a form of protection,” Ted Mentele, English Editor at Babbel, suggests.
“In many ways it wasn’t just a dialect, but a crystallisation of the culture itself.
“Through Polari, you could speak openly about relationships, your sex life and who was or was not available - it allowed you to bond.”
(Image: Joel Goodman)
In its heyday in the 1920s, it was something that let gay men be openly gay with one another without others ever realising and it also allowed them to play naughty when it suited.
“It’s a combination of being a very funny language but it was also used for secrecy,” Paul adds.
“It can also be very camp yet insulting. Words like Lilly Law or Betty Bracelet would be used to describe the police so it really showed the attitude that Polari had towards mainstream society at the time.
“People often had camp nicknames but it was a name that you couldn’t choose yourself, you were given them.
Sometimes it wouldn’t always be the kindest name. If you were a good looking guy, you might have been given a rough name to be put down a peg or two.”
Polari is littered with Cockney rhyming slang and Victorian backslang, such as "ecaf" for “face", and Ted believes many words will have been picked up through conversation.
(Image: Leeds Civic Trust)
“People learned Polari through the mingling of different social groups, from their lovers, and from their queer friends,” he says.
“Some will have learned Polari through the theatre, whilst others, particularly those working and living near the docks, acquired their knowledge from their day-to-day encounters.”
Paul, who has recently released a book called ‘Fabulosa! The Story of Polari, Britain’s Secret Gay Language’, said drag queens in the 60’s and 70’s would also regularly incorporate Polari into their act.
“Drag queens were definitely the high-priestesses of Polari,” he says.
“They knew it really well and could speak it very quickly and elaborate on it. Lee Sutton was a very well-known drag queen in the 60s and would often include whole songs in Polari.
“He would also change popular songs into Polari and make it really funny. When he explained the song afterwards, he would give the wrong translations to make it more confusing.
“But, for those who knew Polari, it was even funny because you knew he was using the wrong descriptions.”
(Image: Carlton Television)
While Round the Horne is attributed for bringing Polari into the mainstream, it could also be recognised for playing a part in its downfall too.
“Round The Horne was a huge landmark for queer representation in British media,” Ted from Babbel acknowledges.
“The 1960s were an incredibly restrictive time for media in the UK, so for Julian and Sandy to be broadcast every Sunday as their unashamedly camp selves was notable.
“That said, it also had the unfortunate effect of breaking Polari’s spell of secrecy, and can be attributed, in part, to it falling out of popularity.”
On July 27, 1967, the Sexual Offences Act was given royal assent and gave way for the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality. As gay men started to be given more freedom, the reliance on Polari began to fade.
In 2003, Tim Greening-Jackson, a member of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, decided he wanted to find a way of preserving the almost 600-strong words of Polari for future generations.
(Image: The Manchester Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence)
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a charity organisation that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to LGBT+ issues, continue to use Polari in their ceremonies and as a member of their Manchester house, Tim had the perfect idea for a resource of the secret words.
“I became a sister about 20 years ago and their ceremonies rely on Polari, it’s there for comedic effect,” Tim, who is also known as Sister Matic deBauchery, said.
“I was having a chat with one of the sisters and we had the idea of translating the original King James bible into Polari.”
Now in its 7th edition, the bible was created using a computer engine that automatically translated words into Polari. A copy of the bible now exists in the John Rylands Library.
“We’re trying to keep Polari going,” Tim adds.
(Image: Bury Art Museum)
“As early gay rights groups started to emerge in the 1970s, they saw Polari as symbolic of oppression and they tended to disapprove of it.
"It was no longer being used by the majority of gay men.
“It would be an absolute shame for it to die out completely as it’s an important part of history but, at the same time, you can’t keep it on life support forever.”
Talking Polari Naff – rubbish, tasteless, awful Up my lattie – under my roof Bona – used to describe something fine, good, gracious, joyful, righteous, sweet, or worthy Palone – woman Mais oui – certainly Sling yer hook – depart from me, go in peace, go away Bevvy – a drink Drag – Theatre slang for men wearing women’s dresses, possibly because of long skirts dragging along floor or from Yiddish ‘trogn’ – to wear Meese – Meaning 'plain' or 'ugly', originating from the Yiddish word 'meeiskeit' which translates as repulsive or loathsome.
Another person intent on keeping Polari alive is artist Jez Dolan, who has created a number of exhibitions and performances using Polari.
“Polari is a really significant part of our shared queer heritage,” Jez says.
“If you talk to gay men under the age of 40, almost none of them now know nothing about Polari, but it’s important to look at our heritage and look at where we’ve come.
“We’ve always been here and it’s good to show these shared stories and culture.”
(Image: The Polari Bible)
In 2011, Polari was listed as an endangered language by the World Oral Literature Project, based at the University of Cambridge.
The list also included the Southern Pomo language, spoken by Native Americans in parts of California, and Mocheno, a Germanic language used in north Italy.
“I thought it was really interesting that this coded language, which realistically speaking is not a language but is more than slang, was recognised as being vulnerable,” Jez added.
“There’s 526 words in the cannon of Polari literature, it’s quite limited and someone who was quite good at it might have only really known about 40 words.”
(Image: Mirrorpix)
After discovering the vulnerability of Polari, Jez worked with Joseph Richardson on creating an iPhone app that allowed people to learn words of Polari.
From there, he continued to incorporate it into his other works.
To date, he’s worked on research and oral history projects, theatre productions, and art based around Polari and queer identity.
In 2015, Jez was commissioned by the House of Commons to create a piece of work featuring Polari.
“They knew about my work in Polari,” he said. “To mark the 750th anniversary of Parliament, they wanted to celebrate pieces of legislation that were important.
“I was looking at how I could translate the Sexual Offences Act 1967 into Polari, but it tended to be a bit on the dry side.
“In Polari, there’s nine different words for wig and none for government legislation so it became a bit of a task.”
(Image: Jez Dolan)
Eventually, Jez decided to translate two pages of the recommended reading for the Wolfenden Report in 1957.
Pre-dating the Sexual Offences Act, the report recommended that ‘homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private should no longer be a criminal offence’.
The work was so well received that it was placed into the Parliamentary Art collection and an edition of the book has toured across the country as part of the British Museum.
In April and May this year, Jez was due to premiere a theatre production called Double-Ender alongside playwright Joshual Val Martin.
Incorporating Polari, the show was ultimately postponed due to the pandemic but the plan is tour the show in Manchester next year.
“Alot of my work focuses on queer culture and queer history,” Jez adds.
“While most LGBT+ people in this country are okay to live their lives in the way they want to, it’s important to remember that’s not the case for everybody and people are still being attacked for being gay.”
Paul also uses Polari outside of his field of work and regularly hosts a club night as part of Duckie at The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, where cabaret and old-time songs are mixed in with little soundbites of Polari.
(Image: Paul Baker)
“I don’t think I ever wanted to bring Polari back and force people to use it but it’s definitely worth people knowing about,” he adds.
“The people who used it were camp and they were quite bitchy to each other but they refused to hide away from being gay - they continued to go out there and putting themselves at risk.
“They refused to bow down and without people like that, I’m not sure we’d have the protections and the laws we have today.
“While they may not have identified themselves as political, their very existence was a political act.
"They minced down the street in colourful clothing and got a lot of abuse from people for doing so. But they could also give it back through Polari. They were brave in their own way.”
Earlier this year, BBC Weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans shared a weather forecast spoken entirely in Polari to mark Pride Month.
The forecast featured phrases like 'the overnight munge brings us pretty naff weather, sweetie' and 'hardly enough to blow your fashioned riha off'.
He said he wanted to 'put together this Bona forecast' to honour the language as Pride Month drew to a close in June.
Ted from Babbel says that Polari is ‘culture crystallised’ and agreed that LGBT+ culture owes a lot to Polari and the impact it had on people.
“It offers a window into this chapter of queer history and is therefore crucial in terms of LGBT+ heritage,” Ted adds.
“As the LGBT+ community expands, it’s important that we know what’s come before, learning and gaining strength from the cultures of the past, as well as respecting those who defied oppression before us.
“But more than that, LGBT+ culture owes so much to Polari because it gave us so many of the words we use to talk about ourselves: butch, camp, and even drag queen got their queer-specific meanings from Polari.
“If Polari proves nothing else, it’s that we need language to define and create ourselves, to give us a space in which to exist, terms to identify with, and a code with which to find others like us.”


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--Inside the new normal at Manchester Central Library

It 's one of the jewels in Manchester 's cultural crown .
Manchester Central Library has now opened its doors to the public after closing in March due to the coronavirus pandemic .
But , like everywhere , there 's a new normal inside .
The Manchester Evening News was treated to a tour as readers return to browse the bookcases .
Opened in 1934 - and reopened in 2014 after a £50m refurbishment - Manchester Central Library was the most visited public library in the country last year , with more than two million visits recorded .
The City @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the main central library returning on Thursday - with 365 visitors on the opening day alone .
A range of new measures are in place to combat Covid-19 .
A maximum of 250 visitors will be allowed into the library at any time , with hand sanitiser stations available on all four floors .
Face masks must be worn and all visitors will also be expected to complete a contact details form to help the NHS Test and Trace programme on entry , with details kept for 21 days .
Soft furnishings have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entrance will be via St Peter 's Square .
Staff will meet visitors on arrival - a kind of triage system to point them in the right place - and the ground floor cafe will be opened , with slimmed down seating for social distancing and a reduced menu .
In the achieves exhibition space , touch screens will be wiped down every 30 minutes .
Only six people will be allowed in the library 's search room at any one time - a space where people can view the rarest books and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's fantastic Wolfson Reading Room - with its huge dome roof and wonderful echo - has been reduced from 300 to 60 , but it is open .
Even books themselves will be treated differently .
All returned books will be automatically quarantined for 72 hours before they are put back on the shelves .
Anyone picking up a book they decide they do not want is being asked to leave it on the top of a bookcase for collection .
Neil MacInnes , the council 's lead for libraries , galleries and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to reconnect with the city - this is the city 's living room .
`` But it must be safe and measured .
`` Our message is come and enjoy the space , but be aware that things are different .
`` We plan to continue to review the refresh the library 's offering as the weeks and months pass . ''
The council said the library 's opening hours would initially be 10am until 4pm from Monday to Thursday , and on Saturdays .
It will remain closed on Fridays and in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allow for regular deep cleans on top of an enhanced daily cleansing regime .
As well as browsing , borrowing and returning books , visitors will be able to access computers , WiFI , printing , scanning and photocopying services , with safeguards and social distancing conditions in place .
The Business and Intellectual Property Centre , Henry Watson Music Library , Visitor Information Centre and cafe will all be open to the public , with access to the library ’ s archives department also available by appointment .
All loans which were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were closed have been automatically renewed until September 22 , meaning no fines have been accrued for borrowers who were unable to return their items .
The council added that in line with advice from Public Health England , hard copies of newspapers , magazines and leaflets will not be made available , but newspapers and magazines can be accessed electronically .
Nine of Manchester 's libraries reopened in July , including City Library on the basement level of the Central Library , with plans currently being made to reopen 13 more in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ member for skills , culture and leisure , councillor Luthfur Rahman , said : `` Our libraries provide vital services to the community , not just through offering access to reliable information and our fantastic collections of books and materials , but also by giving residents free access to the internet and digital technology when they need them .
`` Just as in supermarkets and other public places , visitors can expect to see some temporary changes to the way Central Library is run and we will need to limit the amount of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for the foreseeable future . ''

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It's one of the jewels in Manchester's cultural crown.
Manchester Central Library has now opened its doors to the public after closing in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But, like everywhere, there's a new normal inside.
The Manchester Evening News was treated to a tour as readers return to browse the bookcases.
Opened in 1934 - and reopened in 2014 after a £50m refurbishment - Manchester Central Library was the most visited public library in the country last year, with more than two million visits recorded.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
The City Library reopened on July 4, with the main central library returning on Thursday - with 365 visitors on the opening day alone.
A range of new measures are in place to combat Covid-19.
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A maximum of 250 visitors will be allowed into the library at any time, with hand sanitiser stations available on all four floors.
Face masks must be worn and all visitors will also be expected to complete a contact details form to help the NHS Test and Trace programme on entry, with details kept for 21 days.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
Soft furnishings have been removed in parts and the only entrance will be via St Peter's Square.
Staff will meet visitors on arrival - a kind of triage system to point them in the right place - and the ground floor cafe will be opened, with slimmed down seating for social distancing and a reduced menu.
In the achieves exhibition space, touch screens will be wiped down every 30 minutes.
Only six people will be allowed in the library's search room at any one time - a space where people can view the rarest books and special collections.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
Space inside the library's fantastic Wolfson Reading Room - with its huge dome roof and wonderful echo - has been reduced from 300 to 60, but it is open.
Even books themselves will be treated differently.
All returned books will be automatically quarantined for 72 hours before they are put back on the shelves.
Anyone picking up a book they decide they do not want is being asked to leave it on the top of a bookcase for collection.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
Neil MacInnes, the council's lead for libraries, galleries and culture, said: "We want to reconnect with the city - this is the city's living room.
"But it must be safe and measured.
"Our message is come and enjoy the space, but be aware that things are different.
"We plan to continue to review the refresh the library's offering as the weeks and months pass."
The council said the library's opening hours would initially be 10am until 4pm from Monday to Thursday, and on Saturdays.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
It will remain closed on Fridays and in the evening until further notice, to allow for regular deep cleans on top of an enhanced daily cleansing regime.
As well as browsing, borrowing and returning books, visitors will be able to access computers, WiFI, printing, scanning and photocopying services, with safeguards and social distancing conditions in place.
The Business and Intellectual Property Centre, Henry Watson Music Library, Visitor Information Centre and cafe will all be open to the public, with access to the library’s archives department also available by appointment.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
All loans which were in place during the period when libraries were closed have been automatically renewed until September 22, meaning no fines have been accrued for borrowers who were unable to return their items.
The council added that in line with advice from Public Health England, hard copies of newspapers, magazines and leaflets will not be made available, but newspapers and magazines can be accessed electronically.
Nine of Manchester's libraries reopened in July, including City Library on the basement level of the Central Library, with plans currently being made to reopen 13 more in shared buildings.
The council's executive member for skills, culture and leisure, councillor Luthfur Rahman, said: "Our libraries provide vital services to the community, not just through offering access to reliable information and our fantastic collections of books and materials, but also by giving residents free access to the internet and digital technology when they need them.
"Just as in supermarkets and other public places, visitors can expect to see some temporary changes to the way Central Library is run and we will need to limit the amount of people allowed inside at any one time, for the foreseeable future."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--These are the latest coronavirus figures for each Greater Manchester borough

Coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester are continuing to fall , with cases in Oldham dropping by over 100 in the space of a week .
A day after the Government announced tighter restrictions for the borough , the rate fell from 71.7 to 63.7 .
In the week ending August 19 , there were 820 cases of Covid-19 across Greater Manchester , the lowest seven-day total since August 2 .
The infection rate across nine out of the ten boroughs is continuing to fall , with only a minor increase in cases in Wigan .
Across Greater Manchester there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The infection rates are calculated up to three days ago - Wednesday August 19 - because of the delay in reporting cases .
In the week ending August 19 , there were 820 cases reported across all ten areas of Greater Manchester , which is 263 fewer than the previous week .
The number of coronavirus cases has fallen most significantly week-on-week in Oldham , Stockport , Tameside and Bolton .
In Oldham , there were 151 cases in the week ending August 19 , which is a drop of 110 from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still at red alert , with targeted measures around household mixing having been implemented on Friday ( 22 August ) .
Werneth has now overtaken Alexandra Park as the borough 's Covid hotspot , with 32 cases recorded in the ward from August 12 to 18 .
In Bolton , cases stood at 42 in the week ending August 19 , which is down by 51 per cent from the week before .
The alert level in the borough remains green , with the infection rate continuing to fall .
Infection rates in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remain on amber alert , but cases are continuing to fall in all five boroughs .
Stockport and Tameside have both seen sharp falls in the number of coronavirus cases over the last seven days .
In the week ending August 19 , there were 42 cases in Stockport , which is a fall of 36 week-on-week .
Wigan saw a small rise of four cases in the last week , but the infection rate remains significantly lower than all over boroughs at 9.7 .
The borough will be removed from the local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has consistently been the borough with the lowest number of coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester over recent weeks .
And other borough 's across the conurbation could be removed from lockdown in the coming weeks , if cases continue to fall .
The number of coronavirus cases across Greater Manchester began to rise around July 16th and local lockdown measures were announced on July 30 .
But after reaching a peak of 1083 cases in the week ending August 12 , the number of weekly cases across the region has fallen every day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 820 in the week ending August 19 .
The number of people who have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus has also continued to stay very low during the recent outbreak of new cases .
The government has indicated that it will take action to impose local restrictions wherever infection rates start to rise .

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Coronavirus infection rates in Greater Manchester are continuing to fall, with cases in Oldham dropping by over 100 in the space of a week.
A day after the Government announced tighter restrictions for the borough, the rate fell from 71.7 to 63.7.
In the week ending August 19, there were 820 cases of Covid-19 across Greater Manchester, the lowest seven-day total since August 2.
The infection rate across nine out of the ten boroughs is continuing to fall, with only a minor increase in cases in Wigan.
Across Greater Manchester there were 113 new cases confirmed today. The infection rates are calculated up to three days ago - Wednesday August 19 - because of the delay in reporting cases.
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In the week ending August 19, there were 820 cases reported across all ten areas of Greater Manchester, which is 263 fewer than the previous week.
The number of coronavirus cases has fallen most significantly week-on-week in Oldham, Stockport, Tameside and Bolton.
In Oldham, there were 151 cases in the week ending August 19, which is a drop of 110 from the week before.
The infection rate is still at red alert, with targeted measures around household mixing having been implemented on Friday (22 August).
Werneth has now overtaken Alexandra Park as the borough's Covid hotspot, with 32 cases recorded in the ward from August 12 to 18.
In Bolton, cases stood at 42 in the week ending August 19, which is down by 51 per cent from the week before.
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The alert level in the borough remains green, with the infection rate continuing to fall.
Infection rates in Manchester, Rochdale, Salford and Bury remain on amber alert, but cases are continuing to fall in all five boroughs.
Tameside, Trafford, Bolton, Stockport, and Wigan remain on a green alert level.
Stockport and Tameside have both seen sharp falls in the number of coronavirus cases over the last seven days.
In the week ending August 19, there were 42 cases in Stockport, which is a fall of 36 week-on-week.
Wigan saw a small rise of four cases in the last week, but the infection rate remains significantly lower than all over boroughs at 9.7.
The borough will be removed from the local lockdown from Wednesday 26 August.
Wigan has consistently been the borough with the lowest number of coronavirus cases in Greater Manchester over recent weeks.
And other borough's across the conurbation could be removed from lockdown in the coming weeks, if cases continue to fall.
The number of coronavirus cases across Greater Manchester began to rise around July 16th and local lockdown measures were announced on July 30.
But after reaching a peak of 1083 cases in the week ending August 12, the number of weekly cases across the region has fallen every day over the following six days to reach 820 in the week ending August 19.
The number of people who have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus has also continued to stay very low during the recent outbreak of new cases.
The government has indicated that it will take action to impose local restrictions wherever infection rates start to rise.


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--Police helicopter, dogs and undercover officers descend on beauty spot

There is a heavy police presence in Worsley this afternoon .
A police helicopter was seen circling the loopline just off Greenleach Lane in Roe Green just after 5pm today ( August 22 ) .
Residents described seeing police searching through gardens in the area .
Several police vehicles , police dogs and undercover officers were also at the scene .
A spokesman for GMP confirmed police were in the area as two people had been arrested on suspicion of burglary .
It came after officers spotted a stolen vehicle .
A spokesman for the force said : “ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Operations Unit have sighted a vehicle that has been stolen from a burglary .
“ With support from the National Police Air Service , we have been able to bring that vehicle to a safe stop and two persons have been arrested from that vehicle on suspicion of burglary .
“ They have been taken to custody where enquiries are ongoing.
” Speaking to the Manchester Evening News , Cath Ainscough , who lives near the loop line , described the scene this afternoon .
She said : “ A helicopter is circling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the road .
There are undercover police too , they have just gone down the loop line .
“ There ’ s one police dog ’ s car here and an undercover officer in an unmarked van .
I can not speak for the rest of the area as I ’ ve not left the house , but it sounds like there ’ s numerous cars around the green .
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There is a heavy police presence in Worsley this afternoon.
A police helicopter was seen circling the loopline just off Greenleach Lane in Roe Green just after 5pm today (August 22).
Residents described seeing police searching through gardens in the area.
Several police vehicles, police dogs and undercover officers were also at the scene.
A spokesman for GMP confirmed police were in the area as two people had been arrested on suspicion of burglary. It came after officers spotted a stolen vehicle.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
A spokesman for the force said: “I can confirm that officers from the GMP Operations Unit have sighted a vehicle that has been stolen from a burglary.
“With support from the National Police Air Service, we have been able to bring that vehicle to a safe stop and two persons have been arrested from that vehicle on suspicion of burglary.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
“They have been taken to custody where enquiries are ongoing.”
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News , Cath Ainscough, who lives near the loop line, described the scene this afternoon.
She said: “A helicopter is circling and numerous police officers are searching gardens on the road. There are undercover police too, they have just gone down the loop line.
“There’s one police dog’s car here and an undercover officer in an unmarked van. I cannot speak for the rest of the area as I’ve not left the house, but it sounds like there’s numerous cars around the green.”


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--18 further deaths in UK and 1,288 new coronavirus cases confirmed

A further eighteen deaths have been recorded in the UK , as another 1,288 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed .
A total of 41,423 people have died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19 , according to the Department of Health .
Separate figures published by the UK ’ s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate .
As of 9am on Saturday , a total of 324,601 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK - an increase of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ England , a further six people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England .
That brings the total number of reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,496 .
The patients were aged between 79 and 93 , and all had known underlying health conditions .
Another four deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result .
Scotland has reported 123 new cases of coronavirus , with the number of confirmed infections topping three figures for the first time in three months .
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ of concern ” .
There were no new deaths reported among patients who have previously tested positive for the virus .
In Wales , one further death was recorded , bringing the total number of deaths to 1,590 .
The latest figures come on the first day of tighter lockdown restrictions , which have been imposed for some parts of the north including Oldham and Blackburn .
Oldham Council leader Sean Fielding said that the local authority had more enforcement capacity to take action against people breaking the rules .
He told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been closed in the last 24 hours .
He added : `` Part of our discussions with Government which helped us to avert the kind of economic lockdown of the kind in Leicester was a pledge around increasing the capacity in our enforcement teams so that we could take action where we had reports of businesses or premises or households not following the rules .
`` So when we receive those reports we now have additional capacity around enforcement and compliance to take action , whether it ’ s fines , whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` We have closed at least one pub in the last 24 hours . ''

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A further eighteen deaths have been recorded in the UK, as another 1,288 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed.
A total of 41,423 people have died in the UK within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19, according to the Department of Health.
Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies show there have now been 57,000 deaths registered in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate.
As of 9am on Saturday, a total of 324,601 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the UK - an increase of 1,288 since yesterday.
According to NHS England, a further six people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England.
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That brings the total number of reported deaths in hospitals in England to 29,496.
The patients were aged between 79 and 93, and all had known underlying health conditions.
Another four deaths were reported with no positive Covid-19 test result.
Scotland has reported 123 new cases of coronavirus, with the number of confirmed infections topping three figures for the first time in three months.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the large number of cases as being “of concern”.
There were no new deaths reported among patients who have previously tested positive for the virus.
In Wales, one further death was recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,590.
The latest figures come on the first day of tighter lockdown restrictions, which have been imposed for some parts of the north including Oldham and Blackburn.
(Image: Joel Goodman)
Oldham Council leader Sean Fielding said that the local authority had more enforcement capacity to take action against people breaking the rules.
He told BBC Breakfast that at least one pub had been closed in the last 24 hours.
He added: "Part of our discussions with Government which helped us to avert the kind of economic lockdown of the kind in Leicester was a pledge around increasing the capacity in our enforcement teams so that we could take action where we had reports of businesses or premises or households not following the rules.
"So when we receive those reports we now have additional capacity around enforcement and compliance to take action, whether it’s fines, whether it’s closure orders or whatever.
"We have closed at least one pub in the last 24 hours."


themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--The perverts who tried to meet victims online and were lured into a trap

The internet has created a new breed of criminal .
In cases which have become increasingly common , paedophiles are caught by the authorities who have laid a trap online .
They believe they are exchanging messages with a child .
But reality hits home when they try to meet up with the 'child ' they have been exchanging sexual chat with , only to be met by police .
It is now a well known police tactic to deploy officers online to snare paedophiles trying to lure kids into encounters.. And paedophile hunters often use similar tactics , before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discovered .
Here are some of the recent cases to be heard by Manchester 's courts .
Davidson was snared by two separate undercover police officers .
He believed the officers were 13-year-old girls , and arranged to meet one of them for sex .
When he was intercepted by police , Davidson gave a 'ludicrous ' excuse , saying he knew nothing about the online chat he 'd been having with the 'girl ' .
After being pulled over near Bolton Wanderers ' stadium , Davidson , who was driving an Audi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is ridiculous .
I do n't know what all this is about .
`` I just pulled in there because I did n't feel well . ''
During some of the 'filthy ' conversations with one 'girl ' , he said 'age does n't matter ' .
After being arrested in July 2018 , he was released under investigation .
A year later Davidson began sending messages to another '13-year-old girl ' , actually another undercover officer .
Again , Davidson began to make references to sex , and suggested they could meet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Stockport , was jailed for two years .
Judge Mark Savill told him : `` You are someone who has had , and continues to have an interest in young girls , of a sexual nature . ''
Thompson 's interest in children was exposed by undercover police and paedophile hunters .
Thompson , 63 , who served in the army and worked for Greater Manchester Police , was caught trying to groom schoolgirls .
He arranged to meet one of his intended victims at a Morrisons supermarket , sent her pictures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` You will have to lie to your mummy .
This is our little secret princess . ''
Thompson , from Oldham , began talking online to someone who described herself as a 13-year-old-girl from Dorset .
The account was actually being run by a police officer .
Thompson told the 'girl ' he was 62 and from Manchester .
He told her he wanted to swap pictures and would like to meet for sex , Minshull Street Crown Court heard .
His behaviour continued when met another fake 13-year-old called 'Natalie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hunter ' .
The pair arranged to meet outside Morrisons supermarket in Heywood .
But when Thompson did n't arrive , members of the paedophile hunter group confronted him at his home .
The police were called and Thompson was arrested .
In June , he was jailed for three years and six months .
Seymour arranged to meet a 'girl ' he had groomed online in a McDonald 's car park .
He had sent 'obscene ' messages to the 'girl ' , actually an undercover police officer .
An examination of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to three other online users who appeared to be children , a court heard .
Seymour 's wife had noticed a change in his 'personality and appearance ' about 12 months ago after he was 'laid off ' from work , the defendant 's barrister said .
He was remanded in prison in November .
In April , Seymour , 63 , from Salford , was sentenced to a three year community order , and ordered to complete the Horizon sex offender program .
The judge said that rehabilitation and continued supervision would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' .
Passing sentence , Judge Elizabeth Nicholls told Seymour : `` It is not an easy option .
`` The programme is difficult , it is challenging , it is demanding , and it will make you face up to the dark issues that led you to commit these offences . ''
Paradiuk unknowingly engaged in conversations with three undercover GMP police officers .
The 27-year-old pretended to be a middle-aged dad-of-four , and lied to cops about how he had abused his own children .
During a conversation over the internet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was interested in children , before going on to advise them how to abuse youngsters .
He claimed he could teach them how to groom a child , and that he could arrange a meeting with a youngster .
Paradiuk was arrested and told police officers he worked as cabin crew for Thomas Cook , and that he was gay .
`` He said the conversations were pure fantasy and that he was aroused by helping other people 'get off ' , '' prosecutor Justin Hayhoe told Manchester Crown Court .
In June @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , was sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for two years , after admitting three counts of distributing indecent images of children .
`` The conversation was highly graphic and disturbing , '' Judge Richard Mansell QC told Paradiuk .
`` You gave detailed advice to both men about how and when to abuse their own children . ''
Gillings had been sending messages to a 13-year-old called 'Daisy ' .
He later found out 'Daisy ' was an undercover police officer , after trying to meet up with the 'girl ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gillings had been chatting to the 'girl ' for over a month online , before arranging to meet her for sexual contact .
He asked the 'girl ' whether she liked older men , and sent a picture of his penis and an explicit video .
In January , Gillings suggested they meet so he could give her vouchers or money for a Christmas present .
When he arrived in Eccles , he was met by police .
A search of his phone records showed he had sent explicit pictures of children to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discussed his desire to abuse one of their daughters , who was only 10-years-old .
Gillings ' lawyer said the defendant had become 'isolated and bored ' while working as a delivery driver .
`` It began out of boredom and curiosity and he said he initially felt like he was in an unreal or fantasy world '' , Rachel Shenton told Minshull Street Crown Court .
In June , Gillings was jailed for three years and four months .
Like many incidents involving paedophile hunting groups , the moment Parry was confronted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had repeatedly sent sexual pictures of himself to an investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl .
Parry , from Droylsden , went on a rant when he was questioned by the group .
He claimed he was trying to 'protect ' the youngsters 'from weirdos ' and said : `` I 've done wrong .
I 'm not a f**king nonce .
There are loads of d**k pix on Facebook .
She should n't have been on Facebook in the first place . ''
The confrontation was viewed 113,000 times on Facebook .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to cause a child to watch images of sexual activity , attempted sexual communications with a child and attempting to cause a child to engage in sexual activity .
He was spared jail , and handed a 12-month sentence , suspended for two years .
In February at Minshull Street Crown Court , Judge Tina Landale told him : `` It is clear you have a sexual interest in children , and you communicated with those two people over a period of time - the second child for five months , the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You tried to get them to meet you by offering to buy them things and sent them photographs of your erect penis and you tried to get them to send you pictures of themselves .
''Fortunately , these were not real children but you were confronted by overwhelming evidence of your activities . ''
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The internet has created a new breed of criminal.
In cases which have become increasingly common, paedophiles are caught by the authorities who have laid a trap online.
They believe they are exchanging messages with a child.
But reality hits home when they try to meet up with the 'child' they have been exchanging sexual chat with, only to be met by police.
It is now a well known police tactic to deploy officers online to snare paedophiles trying to lure kids into encounters..
And paedophile hunters often use similar tactics, before informing the police of what they have discovered.
Here are some of the recent cases to be heard by Manchester's courts.
James Davidson
(Image: GMP)
Davidson was snared by two separate undercover police officers.
He believed the officers were 13-year-old girls, and arranged to meet one of them for sex.
When he was intercepted by police, Davidson gave a 'ludicrous' excuse, saying he knew nothing about the online chat he'd been having with the 'girl'.
After being pulled over near Bolton Wanderers' stadium, Davidson, who was driving an Audi TT, told officers: "This is ridiculous. I don't know what all this is about.
"I just pulled in there because I didn't feel well."
Minshull Street Crown Court heard he'd groomed the 'girl' online.
During some of the 'filthy' conversations with one 'girl', he said 'age doesn't matter'.
After being arrested in July 2018, he was released under investigation.
A year later Davidson began sending messages to another '13-year-old girl', actually another undercover officer.
Again, Davidson began to make references to sex, and suggested they could meet up.
In April, Davidson, from Stockport, was jailed for two years.
Judge Mark Savill told him: "You are someone who has had, and continues to have an interest in young girls, of a sexual nature."
Phillip Thompson
(Image: GMP)
Thompson's interest in children was exposed by undercover police and paedophile hunters.
Thompson, 63, who served in the army and worked for Greater Manchester Police, was caught trying to groom schoolgirls.
He arranged to meet one of his intended victims at a Morrisons supermarket, sent her pictures of an erect penis and told her: "You will have to lie to your mummy. This is our little secret princess."
Thompson, from Oldham, began talking online to someone who described herself as a 13-year-old-girl from Dorset.
The account was actually being run by a police officer.
Thompson told the 'girl' he was 62 and from Manchester.
He told her he wanted to swap pictures and would like to meet for sex, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
His behaviour continued when met another fake 13-year-old called 'Natalie', who was actually a 'paedophile hunter'.
The pair arranged to meet outside Morrisons supermarket in Heywood.
But when Thompson didn't arrive, members of the paedophile hunter group confronted him at his home.
The police were called and Thompson was arrested.
In June, he was jailed for three years and six months.
Peter Seymour
(Image: Manchester Evening News)
Seymour arranged to meet a 'girl' he had groomed online in a McDonald's car park.
He had sent 'obscene' messages to the 'girl', actually an undercover police officer.
An examination of his phone revealed he had been speaking to three other online users who appeared to be children, a court heard.
Seymour's wife had noticed a change in his 'personality and appearance' about 12 months ago after he was 'laid off' from work, the defendant's barrister said.
He was remanded in prison in November.
In April, Seymour, 63, from Salford, was sentenced to a three year community order, and ordered to complete the Horizon sex offender program.
The judge said that rehabilitation and continued supervision would provide the 'maximum safeguarding for young children'.
Passing sentence, Judge Elizabeth Nicholls told Seymour: "It is not an easy option.
"The programme is difficult, it is challenging, it is demanding, and it will make you face up to the dark issues that led you to commit these offences."
Max Paradiuk
(Image: M.E.N.)
Paradiuk unknowingly engaged in conversations with three undercover GMP police officers.
The 27-year-old pretended to be a middle-aged dad-of-four, and lied to cops about how he had abused his own children.
During a conversation over the internet, Paradiuk asked the officer whether he was interested in children, before going on to advise them how to abuse youngsters.
He claimed he could teach them how to groom a child, and that he could arrange a meeting with a youngster.
Paradiuk was arrested and told police officers he worked as cabin crew for Thomas Cook, and that he was gay.
"He said the conversations were pure fantasy and that he was aroused by helping other people 'get off'," prosecutor Justin Hayhoe told Manchester Crown Court.
In June, Paradiuk, from Lytham St Annes, was sentenced to 18 months in prison suspended for two years, after admitting three counts of distributing indecent images of children.
"The conversation was highly graphic and disturbing," Judge Richard Mansell QC told Paradiuk.
"You gave detailed advice to both men about how and when to abuse their own children."
Shaun Gillings
Gillings had been sending messages to a 13-year-old called 'Daisy'.
He later found out 'Daisy' was an undercover police officer, after trying to meet up with the 'girl' at a car park in Eccles.
Gillings had been chatting to the 'girl' for over a month online, before arranging to meet her for sexual contact.
He asked the 'girl' whether she liked older men, and sent a picture of his penis and an explicit video.
In January, Gillings suggested they meet so he could give her vouchers or money for a Christmas present.
When he arrived in Eccles, he was met by police.
A search of his phone records showed he had sent explicit pictures of children to at least three other paedophiles, and discussed his desire to abuse one of their daughters, who was only 10-years-old.
Gillings' lawyer said the defendant had become 'isolated and bored' while working as a delivery driver.
"It began out of boredom and curiosity and he said he initially felt like he was in an unreal or fantasy world", Rachel Shenton told Minshull Street Crown Court.
In June, Gillings was jailed for three years and four months.
Lee Parry
Like many incidents involving paedophile hunting groups, the moment Parry was confronted was broadcast live on Facebook.
He had repeatedly sent sexual pictures of himself to an investigator posing as a 14-year-old girl.
Parry, from Droylsden, went on a rant when he was questioned by the group.
He claimed he was trying to 'protect' the youngsters 'from weirdos' and said: "I've done wrong. I'm not a f**king nonce. There are loads of d**k pix on Facebook. She shouldn't have been on Facebook in the first place.''
The confrontation was viewed 113,000 times on Facebook.
Parry, 37, later admitted attempting to cause a child to watch images of sexual activity, attempted sexual communications with a child and attempting to cause a child to engage in sexual activity.
He was spared jail, and handed a 12-month sentence, suspended for two years.
In February at Minshull Street Crown Court, Judge Tina Landale told him: ''It is clear you have a sexual interest in children, and you communicated with those two people over a period of time - the second child for five months, the first for just over one month.
“You tried to get them to meet you by offering to buy them things and sent them photographs of your erect penis and you tried to get them to send you pictures of themselves.
''Fortunately, these were not real children but you were confronted by overwhelming evidence of your activities."
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themanchestereveningnews--2020-08-22--Manchester United fans react after Jadon Sancho scores again in friendly

Manchester United fans were once again trying to convince Jadon Sancho to sign for the club after he scored in another friendly for Borussia Dortmund .
United are long-term admirers of Sancho and were confident of finally getting their man this summer after twice failing to do so , in 2017 and 2019 , but the transfer has been thrown into doubt as Dortmund officials are adamant he will not be leaving in the current transfer window .
United have n't given up on the signing , however , and remain in negotiations with representatives of the club and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fees are proving to be obstacles before the topic of the transfer fee has even been discussed , with Dortmund thought to be asking for £108million .
As the two clubs continue to posture , Sancho has been keeping his head down and focussing on preparations for the coming season with his teammates .
Dortmund played their first friendlies since returning to home soil following their training camp in Switzerland on Saturday , as they participated in two hour-long matches in the same day against MSV Duisburg and Feyenoord .
Should Sancho continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us know your thoughts in the comments below !
Sancho played just 31 minutes in the first match but still managed to get on the score sheet as he played a neat one-two before dribbling beyond several defenders and coolly slotting home .
The 20-year-old re-tweeted the footage of his goal and supporters took the opportunity to try and urge him to make the move to Old Trafford .
United fans will have two more opportunities to see Sancho in action before the Bundesliga season starts , as Dortmund will take on Paderborn @ @ @ @ @ @ @

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Manchester United fans were once again trying to convince Jadon Sancho to sign for the club after he scored in another friendly for Borussia Dortmund.
United are long-term admirers of Sancho and were confident of finally getting their man this summer after twice failing to do so, in 2017 and 2019, but the transfer has been thrown into doubt as Dortmund officials are adamant he will not be leaving in the current transfer window.
United haven't given up on the signing, however, and remain in negotiations with representatives of the club and the player but Sancho's wages and agent fees are proving to be obstacles before the topic of the transfer fee has even been discussed, with Dortmund thought to be asking for £108million.
As the two clubs continue to posture, Sancho has been keeping his head down and focussing on preparations for the coming season with his teammates.
Dortmund played their first friendlies since returning to home soil following their training camp in Switzerland on Saturday, as they participated in two hour-long matches in the same day against MSV Duisburg and Feyenoord.
Should Sancho continue with their pursuit of Sancho? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Sancho played just 31 minutes in the first match but still managed to get on the score sheet as he played a neat one-two before dribbling beyond several defenders and coolly slotting home.
The 20-year-old re-tweeted the footage of his goal and supporters took the opportunity to try and urge him to make the move to Old Trafford.
United fans will have two more opportunities to see Sancho in action before the Bundesliga season starts, as Dortmund will take on Paderborn and Bochum in friendlies next week.