Bad Boy Chiller Crew have launched a new ‘fans for foodbanks’ initiative at their gigs.The Bradford trio (made up of MCs Kane, Clive and GK), launched the initiative last week (February 18) in Manchester at local venue Gorilla, with gig-goers bringing non-perishable foods along to the gigs to donate to a local food bank.All last week’s donated food went to The Trussell Trust-approved Manchester Central Foodbank, with the band personally delivering the items there after the show.A statement said: “…The band have seen the all-too-real effects of extreme poverty in the UK having grown up on estates in Bradford where food banks are a vital part of the community.“The damaging effects of the pandemic have caused food bank usage to rise to an all time high and the trio wish to make a difference, trialling this donation initiative at their recent Manchester show.”Now, there are plans to roll out the scheme during their upcoming Spring 2022 tour that begins this April.Fans who bring items for the food bank along to the gigs will be rewarded with limited-edition signed posters and a promise from the band to match all monetary donations made at the show.You can see the full list of BBCC’s upcoming UK tour dates here. Reviewing their latest mixtape, NME said: “No pyro, no party: for Bad Boy Chiller Crew, it’s a real state of mind.
'As long I'm breathing, I'll do everything I can do to keep her where she is': Emily Jones' dad 'relieved' as schoolgirl's killer has appeal rejected
02.02.2022 - 22:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The father of schoolgirl Emily Jones - who was killed in a Bolton park on Mother's Day - said he felt 'relieved' as her killer failed in her sentence appeal bid.
Emily, seven, had been riding her scooter towards her mother in Queen's Park on March 22, 2020, when she was grabbed by Eltiona Skana, who fatally slashed her across the neck with a craft knife.
Skana pleaded guilty to manslaughter by diminished responsibility and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 10 years and eight months following a court appearance last year.
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The 31-year-old - who suffers from severe paranoid schizophrenia - appealed against her punishment, with her lawyers arguing the minimum term was too long and that the judge should only have given her a hospital order.
Today (February 2), three judges sitting at the Court of Appeal in London dismissed the appeal.
Explaining the decision, Lady Justice Macur admitted the sentencing judge in Skana's case had a 'difficult exercise', but accepted his original decisions.
She said the judge had 'sufficient evidence' to find Skana 'knew that what she did was wrong and attempted to escape detection and escape the scene'.
Mark Jones, Emily's father, watched the appeal hearing over a video link.
"I'm more relieved than happy, but I think justice and common sense prevailed," he told the Manchester Evening News .
"We all know she's a manipulative and dangerous individual and the three judges all saw that today.
"They were all quite happy that she had the capacity and self control to know what she was doing."
He added: "She had some capacity - not full capacity, but she had some
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