A spokesman for the Environment Agency told the M.E.N. the industrial-scale fly-tippers had been ‘brazenly operating in clear view’. My Joburg, la maison rouge, Paris (F), 20 June – 22 September, Curators: Paula Aisemberg and Antoine de Galbert. On the occasion of the South Africa-France Cultural

He told Manchester Crown Court he became involved with day-to-day running of the illegal dump after the late Manchester hardman Wayne Barker employed him as a ‘bodyguard’. On his arrival home and the completion of his high school studies, Barker pursued his arts education at the Pretoria Technikon, starting a diploma in Fine Art in 1981 before going on to study towards a BA in fine art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. [1] Barker lives and works out of his studio in Troyeville, Johannesburg with his wife. He has lived in the area for several years, earning him the affectionate title "the Mayor of Troyeville". He has two daughters. [1] Selected exhibitions, collections and bibliography [ edit ] Solo [ edit ] Barker's first outing as a professional took place on 24 September 2004 with a fight at the Ice Arena in Nottingham defeating journeyman Howard Clarke. He next fought on 12 November 2004 at the Conference center in Wembley stopping David White in the 2nd round ensuring that his debut year as a professional was an unbeaten one. [2] The judge said Green had been involved in a scheme which saw waste dumped on an ‘industrial scale’ in the ‘heart of Manchester’.Wayne Barker (Manchester) was a professional boxer who was active between 1979 and 1987 and took part in 17 professional contests. Birmingham - Featuring interviews with Albert Chapman, Patsy Manning, Don Tear, Joe Egan, Sharif Cousins, "Zimbo" Moore, christopher brayford At the point the Environment Agency shut the tip down, the waste was decomposing into a puddle of slime, creating a risk of toxic chemicals leaching into the ground, killing wildlife and poisoning the water supply.

It continued to take in rubbish for seven months after the Environment Agency first warned the men behind it to stop. Barker and his brother attended Glen High School in Pretoria, before his expulsion in 1976 after being arrested for buying marijuana. In his teens, Barker left home to learn woodcarving on the coast at Nature's Valley in the Western Cape. [4] Throughout 2005 Barker fought on five more occasions winning each time and then kept busy in 2006 with another seven contests winning all of them. One notable contest during that year took place on 15 September 2006 and was for the Southern Area Middleweight title with Barker beating Hussein Osman at the Alexandra Palace in Wood Green. Other notable victories that year included wins over Danny Thornton in May and Paul Samuels in December. [2] A successful start to his career was then violently curtailed when on 10 December 2006 Barker received the news that his brother Gary, also a boxer, had been killed in a car accident. [3] Following the accident Darren decided to take a break from boxing [4] eventually returning to the ring on 5 October 2007 with a win over Greg Barton at the York Hall. In each episode, current and former gang members and active criminals are interviewed by presenter and former member of the Essex Boys gang, Bernard O'Mahoney. Many episodes concentrate on cities around the UK: London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham. Other episodes focus on how individuals became involved in crime and miscarriages of justice. Series 2, Ep 3, travels to Ireland.

Some of the most infamous and influential names within these criminal circles appear on screen for the first time including Paul Ferris, Eddie Richardson, Dutch Raja and Arran Coghlan In interview with police following arrest Doyle claimed his main business was amphetamines, but said it was not very profitable and involved ‘scratching around’. Trade Routes: History and Geography", 1997, Matthew DeBord (ed) Catalogue, 2nd Johannesburg Biennale The promoter, who is based in Manchester, added: “This is Paddy Doherty’s chance to redeem himself in his own culture. If he had taken his beating like a man that would have been an end to the story.” Green gave the officers the false name of ‘John Grant’, and claimed at the scene that the material was to be used for a car park, despite the ‘slimy’ texture the officers noted.

British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld is a documentary series about UK gangsters or 'Faces'. Series 1 (6 episodes), Series2 (8 episodes) it based on the book Faces by Brian Anderson [1] Manchester - Featuring interviews with Jimmy ‘The Weed’ Donnelly, Arthur Donnelly, Paul Massey, Sean Keating, Bernard O’Mahoney, Wayne Barker, David Fraser, Christopher Brayford The digital book is a pdf file ready for you to print off at home if you want to create your own display book. Alternatively it is print-ready for upload to an online publishing company where it can be professionally published in book form at a very reasonable cost. If you would like to have the digital book printed and would prefer not to do this yourself then we can oversee the production of the book on your behalf.In the early 90s, Barker started an investigation that would span over two decades. Taking the work of the Afrikaner nationalist landscape artist, J.H Pierneef (1886–1957), Barker began to disseminate what remains to this day a highly contested issue in South Africa – land, colonialism and ownership. From Salford to St Louis, former professional boxer Wayne Barker fought every man who ever challenged him. In this brutally honest account of his eventful life, Wayne recounts how his parents left him in the care of the travelling community, where he learned to fight and journeyed throughout Britain and Ireland to take on opponents for cash. The friend added: “Each side will go at each other like dogs. I dread the day because someone will be killed.” Most Read