New group to take charge of Manchester Carnival

    Photo Credit - Manchester City Council

    An interim group has been set up to take over running the Manchester Caribbean Carnival.

    The former organisers of the event have been stripped of their right to run the festival after a former accountant told the BBC last month that the carnival's book-keeping could be described as a "cowboy job".

    Manchester City Council, which is the event's biggest funder, said an interim community-led advisory group would be set up in order to allow this summer's carnival to go ahead.

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