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A man who turned his house into a winter wonderland to raise money for a hospice has been visited by police while he was dressed as Santa Claus after he was reported for flouting social-distancing rules. Mike Denaro decorated his home in Hindley, Wigan with Christmas decorations including fairy lights, lasers, festive acrylic figures and a snow machine to fundraise for a local charity during the pandemic. Attracting visitors from miles away, he asked people to make a small donation which hes co...

Santa Claus told off by police because of gathering outside viral winter wonderland house "Its not a rave, its Santa Claus giving out chocolates to kids" 17:45, 21 DEC 2020 Mike Denaro, dressed as Santa Claus, is spoken to by police officers (Image: Facebook) For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletter...

Submitting... Mike Denaro with his festive lights display Mike says he has spoken to health teams at Wigan Council about ensuring masks are worn, social distancing is adhered to and there are not too many people in the street at the same time and is now calling for common sense. He criticised some GMP officers for the way they have spoken to him and treated the situation and said it was depressing that reports keep getting made to the force. However, GMP said officers had merely given advice ab...