A brand new Manchester City special edition shirt paying tribute to the days of the football terraces, basement raves and bucket hats has leaked online and is officially launching later this week, The Manc can reveal.
The new PUMA x Man City x Madchester collection pays tribute to the late 80s early 90s Manchester music scene that still reverberates today – echoing the cultural attitudes and aesthetics of Madchester – and was teased with posters that were splashed across Manchester city centre this week.
After some research, it seems that the new Madchester product range includes a custom, special edition jersey, which has been snapped up by JD Sports and will be part of a larger collection of items which have escaped the current leak thus far.
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Inspired by the generation-defining indie-dance scene that put Manchester on the map and took the world by storm, it’s clear that the collection reflects the city’s cultural attitude and aesthetics of that time.
Much as it does today, Manchester’s thriving music scene served as an inclusive melting pot that attracted followers from far and wide. A 24 hour party, celebrating what makes Manchester the greatest City on the planet – the people that embrace it.
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The shirts, which are donned with a melting smiley face (a nod to the famous Sweat It Out warehouse raves that started the Madchester era) appear to celebrate the history of Manchester’s independent music scene, with the number 89 on the back representing one of the most iconic year’s in our city’s cultural history.
The Madchester.com product range is rumoured to include the custom PUMA x Man City x Madchester Graphic Jersey, Graphic and Logo Tees, as well as Crews, Hoodies, Jacket, Shorts and Pants.
The collection will be available from July 8, in JD Sports, via the Man City shop and PUMA.com.
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How will the Government’s new digital ID alternative for alcohol sales work?
Emily Sergeant
All licensed venues across England and Wales now have the choice to introduce digital proof of age for alcohol sales alongside physical.
Instead of having to hand over physical ID that contains personal information, such as names and home addresses, customers now have the choice to simply provide confirmation that they are 18 or over on their phone – helping to better protect privacy and personal safety in the process.
This means that, no matter whether you’re buying a drink at your favourite pub, heading to a festival, or enjoying a night out at a concert, you won’t need to worry if you’ve left your ID at home.
According to the Government, this new change will benefit businesses greatly too, as certified digital services are able to check that an ID is genuine and belongs to the person presenting it much easier than the alternative can, which therefore helps to reduce the risk of any fake or borrowed IDs going undetected.
Well, according to the Government, it could be as simple as a customer showing a QR code for staff to scan, or tapping their phone against a compatible reader, where staff will then receive a clear confirmation on their device that the customer has passed the age check.
This change follows a 2024 Government consultation where it was reported that 72% of respondents supported the use of digital identities for age verification when buying alcohol.
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Digital Government Minister Stephanie Peacock reiterated that ‘it will remain an individual or business’ choice whether to use or adopt [digital ID]’ and that physical ID will ‘still remain a valid way’ for customers to prove their age.
“This groundbreaking change in the law will mean you do not need to carry a physical ID, nor hand over sensitive personal information such as your name or address just to prove your age, allowing everyone to feel safer on a night out,” she concluded.
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Manchester to host G20 Summit in 2027 with more than a dozen world leaders descending on the city
Emily Sergeant
Manchester has been confirmed as the host city for the G20 Summit next year.
It was already announced back in November last year that the G20 Summit would be coming to the UK in 2027, and plans were apparently already being discussed to host it in Manchester even before Andy Burnham became Prime Minister and Number 10 North was set up.
But now, ahead of this year’s leaders’ summit being held in Miami in December, it has been confirmed that the G20 Summit will arrive in Manchester in November 2027.
Manchester is said to have been picked to host the leaders’ summit because of its ‘cultural heritage’.
Bringing together 19 of the world’s largest economies and two major multilateral bodies – the European Union and the African union – G20 members who will be invited to attend the summit next year make up 85% of global GDP, 75% of international trade, and two-thirds of the world’s population as a whole.
Manchester has been confirmed to host the G20 Summit in 2027 / Credit: 10 Downing Street | Paul Kagame (Flickr)
G20 members are also some of the UK’s closest economic partners, the Government insists.
17 of the UK’s top 20 global export markets attend the summit, as do 18 of the UK’s top 20 sources of foreign direct investment.
The presidency of the G20 is currently held by the US but will pass to the UK after the leaders’ summit hosted by the president at his Trump National Doral Miami golf resort in December.
The 2027 summit will be held at Manchester Central, it has been confirmed, and other locations across the UK will also host other G20 events as part of the year-long presidency, but these are yet to be announced.
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7th July 2021 
