Strictly Come Dancing star Graziano Di Prima has shared the hilarious moment his shirtless video with Vito Coppola went quite wrong. The dancers are currently reunited as a number of the BBC One dance show's professionals hit the road.
21.04.2024 - 09:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Children are being lured into vape shops by criminals looking to groom them with 'freebies' - before being 'tracked on Snapchat and blackmailed', according to police.
Kids are at risk of being sexually and criminally exploited, cops have warned. They're urging parents to speak to their kids about their Snapchat live location sharing settings.
Many children allow GPS tracking in the popular app as it lets friends see where they've been. Cops say they believe the feature is playing into the hands of manipulative criminals.
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Detective Chief Inspector Suzanne Keenaghan, GMP's designated force coordinator for child protection, spoke to the Manchester Evening News about the issue as hundreds of cops took part in a day of action as part of Operation Avro.
The force-wide initiative sees extra resources put into a different district or type of crime each month. This time round, cops focused on children protection.
Officers made 33 arrests for a variety of offences, including sexual offences, including rape; possession of indecent images; and possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs. Thousands of pounds-worth of drugs, cash and illegal items were seized.
As part of the operation, police raided shop suspected of selling illegal vapes, which they say often leads to kids being coerced into criminal activity or sexual exploitation. Around £20,000 in illegal or non-compliant devices were seized, along with dodgy sweets and imitation guns.
"Vape shops and vapes are created to attract children and entice them into purchasing them," DCI Keenaghan said. "Exploiters are using that façade, within that setting, to get children to go to that
Strictly Come Dancing star Graziano Di Prima has shared the hilarious moment his shirtless video with Vito Coppola went quite wrong. The dancers are currently reunited as a number of the BBC One dance show's professionals hit the road.
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marred by issues ahead of its launch, with both Peter Kay and The Black Keys being forced to postpone their shows at the last minute.The 23,500-capacity venue – now the largest arena in the UK – has faced numerous controversies and teething problems in recent weeks, including arena boss Gary Roden’s own resignation.Speaking to The Telegraph, Leiweke said it could be up to a year before plans become official. As for location, the investor said: “If you guessed Hammersmith, it would be a good guess.“We’re pretty focused on a particular site.
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Molly Smith has had a hectic few months after appearing on Love Island: All-Stars, where she not only won the series but found love with co-star Tom Clare in the process. Talking with OK! this week about the launch of her new fitness programme, Move With Molly, the reality star, 29. reveals that things are going extremely well for the new couple - who have just enjoyed their first holiday together.
BBC recently, where he discussed the proposed £1 ticket levy on all gigs arena-sized and above, to help secure the future of grassroots venues and artists.Roden said that he was “very aware it’s a hot topic”, and that he was “embracing the conversation”, but that he believed the levy was “too simplistic”.The report suggests that he thinks support should come directly from the government, and added that while he acknowledges the financial pressures on small venues, he thinks some of them are poorly run.“If the conversation stops being ‘Give me a quid’ and quite aggressive – if it changed to be, ‘What can we do together to help?’, that’s where I think we start to get into that apprenticeship conversation and all those different things that we want to work through,” he said.“We’ve got a list of ideas that we’re currently forming, and I think once we’ve been open six months or a year, we’ll be really able to add something very significant to the grassroots system in Manchester.”2/521.7% of all the shows will be performed by artists over retirement age. 8.6% of all the shows will be performed by artists under the age of 30.
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Blackburn has been named the 'vaping capital of the UK' - with big e-cigarette business coming from the Lancashire town.
"A child somewhere in this country is going to die because of a vape. It’s only a matter of time."
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