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All the places you can watch King Charles III’s coronation on a big screen in Greater Manchester

People will gather together in their hundreds to watch the historic event live.

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant - 5th May 2023

The historic coronation of King Charles III is finally happening tomorrow, and it’s set to be shown on big screens all over the UK.

It’s been a long time coming, but the coronation of King Charles III is to officially be held tomorrow on Saturday 6 May, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has spent the last couple of months dishing out a budget of £1 million to local Councils to enable them to erect large screens in cities and towns nationwide.

Over 60 screens are expected to be set up throughout the UK.

Places such as public parks, gardens, cathedrals, and more are all set to be transformed into viewing venues, so that people can collectively come together and watch the historic event surrounded by hundreds of others.

It was confirmed by the DCMS that several screens are being set up in public places across Greater Manchester.

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As well as showing the coronation ceremony and processions on the big screens, most of the venues also have other activities planned – including in Piccadilly Gardens, where a “party fit for royalty” is planned.

Here’s everything you need to know.

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The coronation of King Charles III is happening on Saturday 6 May 2023 / Credit: gov.uk

What can I expect from coronation day?

King III will be coronated alongside his wife and the Queen Consort, Camilla, in a religious ceremony held at Westminster Abbey in London – which is the same place his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II‘s coronation was held in 1953, as was her State Funeral in September of last year – on Saturday 6 May 2023.

The ceremony will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.

Expected to be a more “simmered down” event in comparison to that of the late Queen’s, Buckingham Palace said the coronation will “reflect the monarch’s role today” and will “look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry”.

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During ceremony, Charles will be anointed with holy oil, and then blessed and consecrated by the archbishop, before he is then crowned with St Edward’s Crown.

Where can I watch the coronation in Greater Manchester?

The DCMS has confirmed big screens will be in the following Greater Manchester locations:

You can find out more about everything Manchester City Council has organised for the coronation celebrations in Piccadilly Gardens here.

Manchester Cathedral, Bolton’s Library and Museum Lecture Theatre, and Sale Waterside in Trafford have also confirmed they will be screening the coronation ceremony and proceedings, although these are not official DCMS events.

King Charles III’s coronation will be shown on a big screens in Greater Manchester / Credit: The Royal Family

Where else is the coronation being shown in the North West?

As far as official Government-funded events go, the only other big screen to be erected in the North West is in the newly-established Eurovision Village in Liverpool city centre – which has been set up for fans to gather and celebrate the 2023 edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Aside from DCMS screens, local communities throughout the region also have events planned.

It’s advised to check Council websites for more information on other coronation fringe events happening over the bank holiday weekend.

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Information about all coronation events can be found on The Royal Family website here.

Featured Image – The Royal Family

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Oldham Council is asking local kids to name its six new gritters

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Oldham Council has announced the news that a handful of its hardest-working salt spreaders are retiring this year.

After gritting more than a million miles between them over several years of “super service”, it’s now the end of the icy road for six of Oldham‘s famously-named gritting fleet, and a new wintery journey is gearing up to begin for the town’s replacements machines.

But, you know that that means – the the popular ‘name a gritter’ competition is back once again.

With the nights drawing in, and the weather getting colder and colder by the day, it won’t be long before local residents will be able to see the big yellow machines traveling around the borough spreading grit and salt.

Fan-favourites Winston Chur-chill and Nicole Saltslinger will be making welcome returns this year, but they’ll also be joined by six newbies, and it’s our job to name them equally-iconic names.

Oldham Council‘s ‘name a gritter’ competition is now open, and it’s hoped that primary and junior-age children in the town will, once again, come through with “an avalanche of entries” like they have done in the past.

Brad Grit, Gritiana Grande, Snowbee One Kenobi, Nick Gritshaw, Leonardo de-ice-io, and Basil Salty are just some of the names of the gritters who’ve spread Oldham’s salt in previous years, so they should be able to serve as inspiration for what the Council’s looking for.

The winning names from this year’s competition will be added to the front of the six new cabs.

“Oldham Council was one of the first local authorities in the country to name its gritting fleet, and since then many others have followed our lead,” Councillor Chris Goodwin, who is Oldham Council’s Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said as the competition opens.

“In the past, we’ve always run the competition as a bit of fun and it’s really captured the imagination of our young people, so please urge your children to get their thinking caps on and send in some names.”

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Unfortunately, Cllr Goodwin did stress that this year’s competition is only open to all children aged four to 11 who live in Oldham or attend one of the boroughs primary or junior schools, and that any “40-odd-year-old ‘comic’s who are thinking of sending in unfunny names” should thinking again, because they’ve “heard it all before”.

As social media suggestions “will not be accepted”, parents, guardians, and carers will need to help their little Oldhamers get their entries in on the Oldham Council website here, and you’ll need to make sure the child’s details are included, plus how the Council can contact you.

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The closing date for entries is 11:59pm on Friday 3 November.

All naming suggestions will then be put to a panel of councillors and council officers to have the final say, and the lucky winners will be invited down to the town’s Moorhey Street depot to have their photo taken with the gritter they’ve named.

Featured Image – Oldham Council

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Bands panic as Easy Life report they’re being sued by EasyJet

Danny Jones Danny Jones are easyJet really suing easy life over their name?

The music industry and social media at large are taking aim at easyJet in light of what might be one of the most ridiculous stories we’ve ever heard, as the airline is reportedly suing alternative indie-pop band, Easy Life, because their names are apparently too similar.

Like the majority of people who first saw this online, we thought it was a joke at first too. Apparently not…

Despite having been formed in 2017 and having seemingly caused no disruption to the company’s business in the past six years, Easy Life shared a statement on Monday evening claiming that popular UK airline easyJet is set to sue them simply because they share the word ‘easy’ in their name.

Much to our and everyone else’s shock, the lawsuit appears to be real after a spokesperson for the budget flight operator told NME: “Stelios and easyGroup founded and (now) own the right to the easy brand name… We cannot allow unauthorised third parties to simply use it free, gratis and for nothing. That would be very unfair.”

They basically believe they have a copyright on the word ‘easy’. Simply flabbergasting and, as you can expect, it has led to some very low-hanging fruit and amusing reactions:

The full statement by the Leceister-based band reads: “Okay… never imagined having to do this but we’ve no choice but to address the situation we find ourselves in. As some of you have already discovered, we are being sued, easyjet are suing us for being called easy life.

“They’re forcing us to change our name or take up a costly legal battle which we could never afford. we’ve worked hard to establish our brand I’m certain in no way have we ever affected their business.

“Although we find this whole situation hilarious, we are virtually powerless against such a massive corporation. I don’t really know what else to say, will keep you lot updated.”

The five-piece signed off by joking, “for those of you who bought gig tickets and ended up on a budget flight to Tenerife, I apologise, for the rest of you, thank you so much for your support”. Naturally, they aren’t the only ones laughing at the absurdity of it all.

While a large proportion of the comments are versions of “surely they are joking?” and “this has to be a p*** take?”, for those that have clocked on to the fact this is somehow real, easyJet are currently being called every name under the sun.

Big up the guy who commented, “Jet from Gladiators should sue Easyjet. Pretty sure she was around before they were a thing.”

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As for the company’s stance on the matter, they went on to insist to the NME that “Stelios and easyGroup founded and (now) own the right to the easy brand name.

So yes, although it might sound silly that they are basically trying to copyright a common word in the English language which has been used in various different phrases since the start of the Middle Ages, easyJet have indeed been trademarking a number of different names including easyVan, easyProperty, easyCurrency and more — the suggestion being that they could be angling for easyLife insurance next.

It goes without saying that we find this whole thing stupid we’re still in disbelief that it’s actually genuine. Then again, we shouldn’t be too surprised as the company’s owner Stelios Haji-Ioannou has tried to sue everyone from the creators of Come Fly With Me, who parodied him back in 2010, to a small taxi company that also had easy in their name.

What they’ve actually done is just lost even more faith amongst Brits who travel from time to time and might have been considering using the airline and given easy life one of the best bits of inadvertent publicity and nationwide exposure we’ve ever seen.

Here’s hoping the boys’ nightmares turn into daydreams soon and in case it wasn’t already hammered home just how daft this whole thing is, just check the comments underneath this statement of solidarity from music label Blood Records.

Featured Image — easy life (via Instagram)/Bene Riobo (via Wikimedia Commons)

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