THE GUARDIAN: City’s businesses and LGBTQ+ community appeal to police for more help after rise in hate crimes
Safety fears are rising in Manchester’s gay village after a shop’s windows were smashed with a crowbar for the third time in six weeks in what the owner has called a “premeditated, targeted hate crime”.
Businesses and LGBTQ+ people on Canal Street and the surrounding neighbourhood have spoken about experiencing an increase in abuse and crime, and have appealed for more police help.
Greater Manchester police (GMP) are trying to identify two masked people on motorbikes responsible for vandalising CloneZone, an adult shop on Sackville Street, on Monday. » | Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent | Friday, April 28, 2023
