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UK landlady bans Putin from her pub, saying her punters would ‘wreck’ him
"It is all my customers are talking about at the moment,"
A landlady has decided to ban Russian leader Vladimir Putin from her pub, warning that her punters would ‘wreck’ him.
Even though it’s pretty unlikely that Putin would be pulling up for a pint, Sam Rice, the landlady of the Loaf and Cheese pub in Burton, has decided to take her own unique stand against the instigator of the ongoing Ukraine crisis.
The European nation has been at war with Russia for nearly two weeks now, after Putin’s forces made moves to invade the country on 24 February 2022. Sanctions from the west have been coming thick and fast ever since.
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Russia has already been banned from the international banking system SWIFT, the Eurovision Song Contest, sporting events like UEFA and FIFA, the World Cup, and the Europa League, but Putin is sure to feel the force of this latest rejection.
Speaking to Staffordshire Live, landlady Sam said that her customers were completely outraged at the situation in Ukraine.
“What he is doing is just wrong. It is all my customers are talking about at the moment,” she told the paper.
“They said if he came in they would wreck him. It is absolutely wrong what he is doing.”
Since the invasion of Ukraine, there’s been a huge exodus with many citizens scrambling to leave the country.
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Poland has been praised for welcoming in 1 million Ukranians and has just announced a £1.3bn fund to help the refugees.
By comparison, the UK has been reported this week to have granted just 50 visas to refugees from the country so far despite promising to allow 200,000 to come to the country.
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Police appeal to find next of kin after man found outside Palace Theatre
Daisy Jackson
Police are trying to track down the family of a man who died after being found unresponsive outside the Palace Theatre in Manchester.
The man, who has now been named as Jonathan Bernard Carroll, was seen outside the city centre theatre at around 6.30am on Tuesday 12 November.
Emergency services rushed to the scene and Mr Carroll was taken to hospital.
Tragically, the 47-year-old passed away a short time later.
A large cordon was in place on Whitworth Street and Oxford Road while police and security attended the incident.
Greater Manchester Police are now appealing to find his next of kin.
It’s believed that he resided in the Salford area of Greater Manchester.
Anyone with any information should contact the Coroner’s Office on 0161 856 1376.
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Greater Manchester public urged to help get people ‘off the streets and on their feet’ before Christmas
Emily Sergeant
Locals are being urged to help get hundreds of people “off the streets and back on their feet” this festive season.
As the temperatures told colder by the day, and Christmas creeps closer and closer, Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity is bringing back ‘1000 Beds for Christmas’, and the massively-important initiative is aiming to provide 1,000 nights of accommodation to people at risk of homelessness before the big day arrives.
Forming part of the ongoing ‘A Bed Every Night’ scheme, this festive fundraising mission is designed to provide food, shelter, warmth, and dedicated vital wrap-around support for those who need it most.
The charity says it wants to build on the “incredible success of 2023”, which raised more than £55,000 and provided 1,800 nights of accommodation.
Stockport-based property finance specialists, Together – which has supported the campaign for the last two years – has, once again, generously pledged to match every public donation for the first £20,000 raised.
Unfamiliar with the ‘A Bed Every Night’ scheme? Since 2017, when rough sleeping peaked, the initiative has helped ensure a significantly-higher rate of reduction in the numbers of people facing a night on streets in Greater Manchester than seen nationally.
The landmark scheme has given people the chance to rebuild their lives, while also giving them access to key services and opportunities that allows them to stay off the streets for good.
Despite the scheme’s recent success, organisations across Greater Manchester are under “a huge amount of pressure” to meet the demand for their services this winter, and given the current economic outlook, household budgets will continue to be squeezed – leaving people on the sharp end of inequality and poverty.
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“Help us be a lifeline to organisations on the frontline,” Greater Manchester Mayor’s Charity urged in it’s public appeal for donations.
You can help make sure ‘A Bed Every Night’ is a reality for all by donating here.
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9th March 2022 
