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• CLONEZONE: REWARD OFFERED OVER GAY VILLAGE SHOP ATTACKS
• ARRT AFTER MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP VANDALISED
• CROWBAR ATTACKS ON BS SPARK SAFETY FEARS MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE
• ARRT AFTER MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP VANDALISED
• SECURY STAFF SPEND AFTER CLAIMS MAN WAS BEATEN UNNSC BY FIVE BOUNCERS OUTSI CLUB GAY VILLAGE'I DIDN'T EVER THK I WOULD GO TO MY HOME TOWN TO BE BEATEN UP BY BOUNCERS A WELL-KNOWN GAY BAR'MENBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYSOPHIE HALLE-RICHARDSSENR REPORTERJOSIE LE VAY20:01, 26 JAN 2022BOOKMARKRONAN GORDON CLAIMS THE ATTACK WAS 'UNPROVOKED' (IMAGE: RONAN GORDON)THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• GMP SAY TACKLG HATE CRIME GAY VILLAGE 'TOP PRRY' AFTER 'SPIBLE' ATTACKS
• CRIMTOPPERS OFFERG £2,000 TO HELP FD THOSE RPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKS ON MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP
• MAN RAPED MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE ATTACK
• LGBTQ+ SHOP CLONEZONE MANCHTER'S GAY VILLAGE ATTACKED FOR A FOURTH TIME
• GAY VILLAGE IS CY CENTRE 'CRIME HOTSPOT', BUT BAR OWNERS SAY 'S STILL SAFEA THIRD OF THE 1,331 CRIM REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE OR NEAR NIGHTCLUBS THE CY CENTRE THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR WERE CLTERED FIVE SPOTS AROUND THE AREA AND NEIGHBOURG PRCS STREETMENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYEY HEWARD06:00, 7 SEP 2014BOOKMARKCANAL STREETSIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• GAY VILLAGE

CLONEZONE: REWARD OFFERED OVER GAY VILLAGE SHOP ATTACKS

Image source, CrimtoppersImage ptn, Detectiv are lookg for masked men seen on a motorbikeA £2, 000 reward has been offered for rmatn about "abhorrent" attacks on a shop Manchter's Gay Village. The bike was also ed three prev attacks, Crimtoppers anisatn said was a distctive red/orange off-road style GASGAS bike, which was thought to have been ed durg attacks at the store on 2 March, 13 April and 24 ptn, Clonezone Manchter scrib self as a "gay superstore"The chary has offered up to £2, 000 for rmatn that leads to the arrt and nvictn of those volved the attacks. Regnal manager for the North Wt, Gary Murray, said Manchter was "renowned for many thgs, cludg s diversy and world-famo Gay Village".

Image ptn, Clonezone Manchter scrib self as a "gay superstore"A man has been arrted after a spate of what police said were "abhorrent" attacks on a shop the heart of Manchter's Gay Village. Clonezone Manchter said had been targeted multiple tim recent months, wh the latt attack seeg s wdows shop, Sackville Street, scrib self as a "gay superstore" Wednday, a 32-year-old man was arrted on spicn of nspiracy to m crimal man currently remas ctody and quiri are ongog, Greater Manchter Police Insp Adam Wignall said: "The attacks at this premis were abhorrent and our officers have been workg hard to intify those rponsible for the shockg cints. Safety fears are risg Manchter’s gay village after a shop’s wdows were smashed wh a crowbar for the third time six weeks what the owner has lled a “premedated, targeted hate crime”.

ARRT AFTER MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP VANDALISED

”Official figur show homophobic hate crim creased by 41% the year to March 2022 and transphobic hate crim by 56% – the largt proportnal rise of all tegori, which also clud race, disabily and relign.

There’s fely more homophobia and targeted abe.

A uple of weeks ago, he was targeted wh homophobic language at a b past newsletter promotnafter newsletter promotn“There are not enough police.

CROWBAR ATTACKS ON BS SPARK SAFETY FEARS MANCHTER’S GAY VILLAGE

There need to be more police patrols and more CCTV, ” he has creased patrols and circulated imag of the crimals, one of whom was ridg a distctive red said was too early to say whether homophobic hate was the motivatn for the crim but Ethan Barry, who works the Rem Bar on Canal Street, said people had speculated that the shop’s wdow posters of sntily clad men had been the reason the shop was sgled out an area full of LGBTQ+-owned bs. A number of secury staff have been spend after claims a man was beaten unnsc outsi a club Manchter's Gay Village. Mr Gordon said he had been enjoyg a night out wh iends and his partner on the Gay Village when the cint happened.

ARRT AFTER MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP VANDALISED

"I didn’t ever thk I would go to my home town Manchter where I spend a lot of weekends enjoyg myself to be beaten up by bouncers, a well known gay bar.

Clonezone Manchter said had been targeted three tim six weeks, wh the latt attack seeg s wdows smashed by two men on a motorbike on owners said they were the "victims of a premedated, targeted hate crime" and Greater Manchter Police (GMP) had "failed and allowed the attacks to ntue" force said the attacks were believed to be "hate motivated" but officers were still shop, which stands on Sackville Street the heart of Manchter's Gay Village, scrib self as a "gay superstore" a statement on Twter, external, s owners said had been targeted bee was a "queer bs" and believed the attacks were symptomatic of wir said the area, which centr around Canal Street, had "always been a safe space and that now sadly is beg ls and ls of a realy" add that they had been touched by the "outpourg of love and support" which had followed the latt also shared an image of the latt attack, which showed a GMP r on the road outsi the shop as ptn, Two people fled on a motorbike the latt attackJeremy Hoad om lol group Friends of Manchter's Gay Village said he was shocked by the attacks, the latt of which happened two hours after GMP officers met wh muny lears to discs the cints. Police say that tacklg hate crime Manchter's Gay Village remas the 'top prry' followg four 'spible' attacks on an adult store. " Councillor Sam Wheeler, Picdilly Ward Councillor, said: "Events like this unrstandably e ncern to the many people, across Manchter and beyond, who feel the Gay Village is a rare place where they are safe to be themselv.

SECURY STAFF SPEND AFTER CLAIMS MAN WAS BEATEN UNNSC BY FIVE BOUNCERS OUTSI CLUB GAY VILLAGE'I DIDN'T EVER THK I WOULD GO TO MY HOME TOWN TO BE BEATEN UP BY BOUNCERS A WELL-KNOWN GAY BAR'MENBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYSOPHIE HALLE-RICHARDSSENR REPORTERJOSIE LE VAY20:01, 26 JAN 2022BOOKMARKRONAN GORDON CLAIMS THE ATTACK WAS 'UNPROVOKED' (IMAGE: RONAN GORDON)THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE WEEKLY EMAIL BRGS YOU ALL THE LATT NEWS OM THE LGBTQ+ MUNY PL EXCLIVE TERVIEWS DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Sce the ial cint we have had several very succsful events the Gay Village, supported by GMP and other partners, showg the tremendo rilience of the muny. NewsChary Crimtoppers has issued an appeal for rmatn and a £2, 000 reward Crimtoppers has issued a £2, 000 reward and an appeal for rmatn followg numero attacks on a shop Manchter’s Gay Village.

GMP SAY TACKLG HATE CRIME GAY VILLAGE 'TOP PRRY' AFTER 'SPIBLE' ATTACKS

Another bike was ed for the first two attacks on the store on Wednday March 22 March and Thursday April Murray, North Wt Regnal Manager at the chary Crimtoppers, said: “Manchter is renowned for many thgs, cludg s diversy and world-famo Gay Village.

Police patrol the Gay Village on 'Mad Friday' - one of the bit nights of the year for emergency servic.

CRIMTOPPERS OFFERG £2,000 TO HELP FD THOSE RPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKS ON MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP

For example, vlent attacks averaged more than one a day the Gay Village alone, wh plats of sex attacks averagg around one every three days. Jt last weekend, 18-year-old Gabrielle Walsh was punched unnsc the Gay Village after she told a man who followed her om a nightclub 'I'm not terted'.

MAN RAPED MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE ATTACK

Here, we exame what has been happeng different areas of the cy centre: Gay Village There were 167 rap and 230 sexual asslts reported across the cy centre - averagg more than one a day. The data we've obtaed shows a large proportn of all sex crim reported the cy centre were the Gay Village, cludg 45 rap and 69 sexual asslts. In one se a murrer met his victim the Gay Village.

LGBTQ+ SHOP CLONEZONE MANCHTER'S GAY VILLAGE ATTACKED FOR A FOURTH TIME

N, uncillors for the Picdilly ward were particularly horrified by the sle of sex crim the Gay Village. "The crime statistics for the Gay Village are particularly appallg given that so many LGBT+ people look to as a sanctuary.

Image source, GoogleImage ptn, The attack happened Brazil Street, the cy's Gay VillageA man has been raped and robbed an early-morng attack Manchter's Gay 23-year-old was walkg on Brazil Street when he was approached by another man at about 04. An LGBTQ+ adult shop Manchter’s Gay Village has been attacked by vandals for the fourth believe CloneZone, on Sackville Street, was targeted by the same masked dividuals who mted prev attacks on the shop recent footage shows the venue's glass door beg smashed by one unintifiable person, on Monday, 22 May, at around 5pm, as another ss on a motorbike watchg.

GAY VILLAGE IS CY CENTRE 'CRIME HOTSPOT', BUT BAR OWNERS SAY 'S STILL SAFEA THIRD OF THE 1,331 CRIM REPORTED TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE OR NEAR NIGHTCLUBS THE CY CENTRE THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR WERE CLTERED FIVE SPOTS AROUND THE AREA AND NEIGHBOURG PRCS STREETMENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYEY HEWARD06:00, 7 SEP 2014BOOKMARKCANAL STREETSIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

Manchter’s Gay Village is famed for s iendly, welg party scene - but is also a crime hotspot acrdg to a new analysis of crime data. Crim around the Gay Village.

GAY VILLAGE

Sce the start of the 1990s, the area around Canal Street, Manchter cy centre, has grown to bee one of Europe's most lively gay areas, now known as the Village. The area has bee popular wh both heterosexual and gay visors and has one of the most vibrant nightlife scen the cy.