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These are the only reasons group gathering is permitted under national lockdown legislation

The Manc The Manc - 4th November 2020

A list of instances in which group gathering is permitted under national lockdown regulations in England has been released by the UK government.

The government has confirmed the exemptions in official published legislation.

The legislation comes ahead of the four-week national lockdown in England – announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a direct address to MPs in the House of Commons last Saturday evening – which is due to be voted on in Parliament today and will take effect from 0.01 GMT on Thursday 5th November.

Under the new restrictions, mixing with people outside of your household / support bubble both indoors and outdoors in private dwellings is not permitted.

However, just like with the first national lockdown, members of the public are still allowed to leave their homes to visit essential services and to partake in exercise, and you can also visit outdoor public places with the people you live with, your support bubble, or one person from another household.

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Outside of these circumstances, gatherings are not permitted.

The published legislation defines a gathering as two or more people are present together in the same place and explicitly states that nobody should participate in a gathering indoors and in an outdoor public space – including any outdoor part of a private dwelling – except for under certain circumstances.

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But, which circumstances fall under this exemption?

According to the UK government, gatherings are permitted during the four-week national lockdown in/for the following circumstances:

  • Same or Linked Households: Where all the people in the gathering are members of the same household, or are members of two households which are linked households in relation to each other.
  • Gatherings Necessary for Certain Purposes: These include for work, or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services, for education or training, to provide emergency assistance, to enable one or more persons in the gathering to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm, to provide care or assistance to a vulnerable person, or to facilitate a house move.
  • Legal Obligations and Proceedings.
  • Criminal Justice Accommodation.
  • Support Groups: This is as long as it is a support group that consists of no more than 15 people, takes place at premises other than a private dwelling, and is reasonably necessary for members of the group to be physically present at the gathering
  • Respite Care: This applies if the respite care is being provided for a vulnerable person or a person with a disability, or is a short break being provided in respect of a looked after child.
  • Births and Visiting Persons Receiving Treatment: If you are attending a person giving birth at their request, visiting a person receiving treatment in a hospital or staying in a hospice or care home, or accompanying the person to a medical appointment if they are a member of the person’s household, a close family member, or a friend.
  • Marriages and Civil Partnerships.
  • Visiting a Dying Person.
  • Funerals.
  • Commemorative Event Following a Person’s Death: This includes the scattering of ashes or a stone setting ceremony, but should not include more than 15 people and must take place at premises other than a private dwelling.
  • Elite Sports: The person concerned is an elite sportsperson, the coach of an elite sportsperson or (in the case of an elite sportsperson who is a child) the parent of an elite sportsperson, and the gathering is necessary for training or competition.
  • Children: For the purposes of arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and a child where the child does not live in the same household as their parents or one of their parents, arrangements for contact between siblings where they do not live in the same household and one or more of them is looked after by a local authority, for the purposes of arrangements for prospective adopters, childcare or supervised activities for children and for the purposes of informal childcare, for children aged 13 or under, provided by a member of a household to a member of their linked childcare household.
  • Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day: Gatherings in this instance should take place outdoors in a place which is not a private dwelling to commemorate Remembrance Sunday, or in Westminster Abbey on 11th November.

You can read the legislation document in full here.

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For the latest information, guidance and support during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the UK, please do refer to official sources at gov.uk/coronavirus.

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Jackass star Bam Margera cancels Manchester shows due to ‘injury’ after street fight video emerges

Danny Jones Danny Jones Bam Margera cancels Manchester shows at Gorilla

Former Jackass star Bam Margera has had to cancel both of his Manchester shows just hours before the first event was supposed to take place due to injury.

The skater, TV personality, filmmaker and former stunt performer is currently in the UK for his Q&A tour and live interview series with DJ and presenter Matt Stocks, having recently played in Glasgow and a pair of shows in the Republic of Ireland.

However, the 44-year-old has unexpectedly had to cancel both of his intimate conversation dates at Gorilla in the city centre, with the venue citing “unforeseen complications emerging from a recent injury”.

He was set to play this evening and again next week on Tuesday, 30 April, with the shows billed as somewhat of a meet and greet with Margera and him “talking from the heart”.

Gorilla Manchester has confirmed that they have had to cancel both Bam Margera shows this month.

The news comes less than 24 hours after Margera shared a clip of him on the phone complaining to police in the US after a video of him fighting on a street in LA surfaced online.

While details surrounding how the scrap arose and the identity of the other man in the video still remain scarce, Margera has officially claimed self-defence. He can be heard shouting several expletives in the man’s direction throughout the altercation.

Responding to what he called a ‘bum fight’ on his other Instagram page, he tells 911: “Get a police officer here. Los Angeles Police Department is fucking worthless…

“You should be ashamed of yourselves… It’s been two hours of us trying to sleep and, fucking, this dude’s throwing shit everywhere and nobody showed up.”

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Speaking to TMZ, a representative from his team reiterated that the unidentified male was the aggressor and eventually exited the situation with both parties leaving without injury at the time.

That being said, is still unclear as to whether the incident and the cancellation of his Gorilla shows in Manchester are linked.

Offering a separate statement directly, he added: “I’m not going to be threatened or attacked without defending myself and my friends or people trying to just walk by this idiot, I aimed only to neutralize the threat and ensure the safety of my crew.”

Bam’s rep told the outlet that the altercation ended with no injuries and the aggressor eventually departed and he is still yet to issue a response after calling off the remainder of his dates.

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FA Cup final confirmed for 3pm kick-off time as Metropolitan Police stress safety for fans

Danny Jones Danny Jones 2024 FA Cup final kick off time confirmed for 3pm

The start time for the 2023/24 FA Cup final has officially been confirmed with holders Manchester City and challengers Manchester United set to kick off at 3pm on Saturday, 25 May.

It’s a Manc final for the second year running and yet another Manchester Derby this year as City beat Chelsea on penalties to try and defend one of their trophies from last season and Man United did just about enough to scrape through against Coventry City this past weekend.

Logistics and travel arrangements for the conclusion of last year’s FA Cup proved problematic, with the Metropolitan Police stressing that they needed the schedule brought forward to try and help curb crowd trouble – the first time the final had been reverted back to a traditional 3pm start since 2011.

Kick-off times for the knockout tournament have varied for the last three finals, having taken place at 4:45 and 5:15pm in the two years prior to 2023’s first-ever all-Manchester final, but it looks as though the same rationale has been put in place once again.

The kick-off time for the FA Cup final has been confirmed for 3pm.

As per an official statement by the FA, the final has now been officially confirmed as 3pm BST which has been agreed with local authorities, members of the Safety Advisory Group and broadcasters, as well as with the clubs who must take the time needed for fans to travel to and from Wembley into consideration.

While pockets of fighting broke out before and after the game last year, it was deemed that this time would still be the best kick-off time for all parties involved and there will, of course, be an increased police presence in London for the game next month.

Although prioritising safety comes as welcome news, it’ll no doubt prove to be a blow to broadcasters who prefer later kick-offs when eyeing up peak audience numbers; the game is also set to clash with ITV’s coverage of the rugby as the Investec Champions Cup final is also due to start at 2:45pm. 

With last season’s historic FA Cup final being the first time the two sides had met in the final in the entire history of the oldest competition in all of football, it rounded off a massive year of viewing figures for the tournament which has continued to hit record numbers in 2024.

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The game will once again be shown live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and ITV1; ITVX, UTV, as well as STV, and there will no doubt be huge screenings of the game all over Greater Manchester, where an increased police presence is also expected.

With Man City having dropped out of the Champions League, this year’s FA Cup final could see them defend the first of their treble for last season. As for their fierce and historic rivals, this is the second year in a row that both United’s men’s and women’s teams have made it to their respective FA Cup finals.

Is it going to be back-to-back FA Cups for the Blues or are the Reds going to make it two trophies in Erik ten Hag’s first two seasons?

Featured Images — @brentflanders (via Flickr)/FA Cup (via X)

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