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Kelven Etuhu, the Manchester City midfielder, was arrested after a fight in a casino in Manchester which led to 3 people being injured. The 22 year old will answer bail next week after being held on suspicion of wounding.

The incident took place at the 235 casino in Manchester City Centre, where police were called to after receiving reports of a disturbance. Mr Etuhu and 27 year old Leonard Rico Richards from Longsight were arrested after a 23 year old woman and two men, aged 24 and 26, were taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary for treatment to injuries. Crown lawyers now have to decide if the men should be charged or not.

Mr Etuhu rose through the City’s Academy ranks, making his senior debut in September 2007. Towards the end of the 2007/08 season though he was loaned out to Leicester City following tough competition for places in the squad. He was unlucky enough to suffer a hamstring injury at the beginning of the 2008/09 season which took him out of the squad into after the New Year. He has been on loan to Cardiff since August, though he did return to Manchester City for treatment after suffering an ankle injury in December.

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A 21st birthday is always an important one, but for one lucky person her near approaching birthday will be celebrated in style after she scooped a very handy £22,000 whilst enjoying a game of bingo.

The 20 year old was playing at the Opera Bingo Club in Penrith, and can consider herself quite lucky as she had only joined the club in January. She managed to call Full House on just 38 numbers, which meant that she won the National Bingo prize, hence the larger than usual jackpot. This is great news for bingo halls and internet bingo.

Ethel Nicholls, the Club Manager, said; “It is absolutely fabulous. Everybody started cheering and she was shaking. Everybody is delighted for her. We are getting a lot of younger players nowadays. We’ve had an exciting couple of weeks at the UK bingo club, as last Thursday we had a young lady win our monthly holiday game, a luxury four-star holiday for two.”

The winner has not been identified although it has been said that she lives in a nearby village. If you know someone who plays bingo, will be 21 in August, and is walking around with a bigger than usual smile then there’s a good chance you’ve found the lucky winner.

We have often reported on the struggle that bingo clubs and online bingo“>internet bingo rooms face to stay operating, and even when they are forced to close there is often a battle as to what becomes of the building. The fate of an old Gala Bingo club in Cambridge though may finally be resolved after a lengthy battle.

The Hobson Street site is a huge Art Deco building. It started life as a cinema before becoming a bingo club. There has been speculation that the former bingo club would be turned into a block of flats, though the latest rumours are that it may reopen as a cinema again.

Bidwells, a local estate agents, have confirmed that they have received an offer from a business on the building, which at the moment only has permission to be used as a bingo club or a cinema. If any business wanted to develop the site for residential use they would have to apply for planning permission, which would probably be opposed quite fiercely from local businesses and residents.

Emma Thornton, the manager of the city centre estate agents said; “It’s a key building in the historic city centre and we are pleased that it will be used after being empty. But it depends on what it is used for and we hope it will be appropriate as it would revitalise that area of the city.”

Gala Bingo closed the club in June 2009 despite local opposition, and it is said that approximately 400 players attended the final session. The building had been used as a UK bingo“>uk bingo club for 37 years, following its conversion from a cinema in 1972.

Following its closure Occupy Cambridge, which describes itself as a group of “squatters, anarchists, revolutionists, land rights types and general social misfits” occupied the building. One of the group members said that the actions would send a message to authorities about providing community spaces. He said; “We’ve got pubs closing down and there is nowhere for people to go to meet as a community. This is a protest against councils and the capitalist system which are abandoning communities. We are calling for radical social change.”

The group were soon evicted and metal shutters put up against the doors. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service inspected the building and declared it was unsafe for people to live in.

Despite the current economic climate Cambridge City Council has said that there has been a “number” of enquiries relating to planning permissions as well as applications from various parties. The building is classed as D2 which covers cinemas and bingo halls and is listed as a “building of local interest”

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Bingo is an activity enjoyed by many people worldwide, but for one group of people it is currently being questioned whether it should be on offer to them or not.

Bingo, along with other activities such as yoga and cooking classes, may soon be offered to illegal immigrants waiting to be deported from America, although not everyone agrees with this idea and one Congressman is currently fighting this.

US Rep. Brian Bilbray has asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to clarify proposed changes that would ’soften’ illegal immigration detention facilities to try and make the detention centres more humane. There are several centres run by the Corrections Corporation of America, and amongst those targeted for the new programme is one in Otay Mesa, San Diego.

Bilbray and 18 other members of Congress have sent a letter to the DHS, stating that although they agree detainees should be treated with respect they’re worried that the new provisions and costs will fall back onto taxpayers.

The new changes would provide detainees with activities such as bingo, dance classes, movie nights and continental breakfast.

Bilbray said; “The federal government doesn’t pay for Grandma and Grandpa to get these kinds of accommodations, I’d be damned if we ought to be talking about providing that for someone who is waiting for deportation. This is exactly the kind of message you don’t want to send that people that are illegal in the United States are entitled to treatment better than U.S. citizens” he added.

Lauren Mack with ICE said; “These reforms have been offered by ICE contractor CCA for consideration by ICE. They are currently being evaluated and have not been implemented. Any such reforms will not be funded at additional taxpayers expense. ICE is committed to making sensible reforms to its non-criminal detention system and will continue to consider reasonable approaches that seek to achieve those goals.”

“No one can tell me with a straight face that these accommodations are not being paid by the taxpayers,” Bilbray said.

The proposals also include allowing visitors to stay 12 hours at a time, eliminating lockdowns, and letting low-risk detainees wear personal clothing.

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