Paul hayes biography antiques shops
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Antiques expert
An investigation is underway in Manchester into a scam involving Blue Badges - the passes which allow free parking for the disabled.
More than 300 drivers are being prosecuted for using fake passes, or illegally using genuine ones.
The North West has more disabled badges than anywhere else in the country 18,000 in Manchester alone.
Paul Talbot runs Mobilise, a North West charity looking after the interests of disabled drivers. He knows that Blue Badge fraud is not a victimless crime.
His members have had badges stolen, while car radios and navigation systems have been ignored. The fraudsters get a free ride, but disabled people still have to pay.
Every year about 6,000 Blue Badges are stolen from the cars of disabled people. These incidents - where only the badge is taken - reflect a growing black market in the sale and misuse of these permits.
The Blue Badge would save £28 a day in the centre of Manchester - or nearly £7,000 a year.
Able bodied
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Morecambe TV personality to star in new Channel 5 series replacing Neighbours
A popular Morecambe TV personality will be back on our screens today in a new series replacing Neighbours on Channel 5.
Paul namn will be one of the presenters of the revived Cash in the Attic, which airs on weekdays at 6pm on Channel 5 in the slot formerly occupied bygd the cancelled Aussie soap.
Cash in the Attic returns after almost a decade off-air, after previously being shown on the BBC.
Football pundit Chris Kamara will host the show, alongside former host Jules Hudson.
Paul (pictured below) will be one of the antiques experts helping people to uncover hidden gems in their homes before taking them to auction hoping to nation a cash windfall.
Are you ready to rummage? The promo's dropped for the exciting reboot of everyone's favourite antiques and collectables show #cashintheattic. Weeknights on Channel 5 at 6pm. Starts Monday 1st August. See you there!
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Paul Hayes (antiques expert)
English antiques expert and television presenter
Paul William Hayes (born 4 August 1970) is an Englishantiques expert and television personality.
Career
[edit]Hayes began trading Dinky Toys from the age of six. Aged 19, he followed his father into the antiques business. His first sale was that of an old television. He has previously owned an antiques shop in his home town of Morecambe, Lancashire, since the early 1990s. He also previously opened a new antiques showroom in Middleton which opened in the summer of 2011.
Hayes has appeared in the BBC's Bargain Hunt, Housecall and Cash in the Attic. He was also appointed by Crimewatch as their resident stolen-antiques expert, and in 2004 he presented the short-lived Star Sale. In the same year he released a book, titled Cash in the Attic: How to Make Money From Your Forgotten Treasures, on BBC Books.
Hayes presented Car Booty on BBC One. In 2005, when Cash in the Attic began occ