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| 'Black Eye Friday' or 'Mad Friday': Is it time for the nickname to change? | 'Black Eye Friday' or 'Mad Friday': Is it time for the nickname to change? |
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| On the last Friday before Christmas, revellers across the UK pile out of their offices ready to celebrate with a few (or a few too many) drinks. | On the last Friday before Christmas, revellers across the UK pile out of their offices ready to celebrate with a few (or a few too many) drinks. |
| The day has become so notorious, some people have given it a nickname: Mad Friday or, in places, Black Eye Friday. | The day has become so notorious, some people have given it a nickname: Mad Friday or, in places, Black Eye Friday. |
| It is one of the NHS's busiest days of the year for treating alcohol-related illness and injury. | It is one of the NHS's busiest days of the year for treating alcohol-related illness and injury. |
| That's why one charity is calling for Black Eye Friday to be given a new nickname. | That's why one charity is calling for Black Eye Friday to be given a new nickname. |
| Maxine Thompson-Curl, chief executive officer of One Punch UK - a charity which raises awareness of one-punch assaults and killings - says the name glorifies violence. | Maxine Thompson-Curl, chief executive officer of One Punch UK - a charity which raises awareness of one-punch assaults and killings - says the name glorifies violence. |
| Ms Thompson-Curl set up the charity after her son was killed in 2011 from a one-punch assault. | Ms Thompson-Curl set up the charity after her son was killed in 2011 from a one-punch assault. |
| "The name of it is giving people the go ahead just to be violent," she said. | "The name of it is giving people the go ahead just to be violent," she said. |
| "We want to call it Festive Friday, because it's about having fun." | "We want to call it Festive Friday, because it's about having fun." |
| My husband was killed by one punch at Christmas | My husband was killed by one punch at Christmas |
| Caroline McGuiness's husband Ian Allan was killed after he was punched on the weekend before Christmas in 2001. | Caroline McGuiness's husband Ian Allan was killed after he was punched on the weekend before Christmas in 2001. |
| Ian, then 34, was on a night out with friends in Newcastle when an argument broke out in a taxi queue. | Ian, then 34, was on a night out with friends in Newcastle when an argument broke out in a taxi queue. |
| As the argument petered out, one of the group punched Ian in the head. He fell backwards, hitting his head on the pavement. | As the argument petered out, one of the group punched Ian in the head. He fell backwards, hitting his head on the pavement. |
| It was 11:30pm when Caroline, who was 16 weeks pregnant, got a call from a police officer saying Ian was in the local A&E department. | |
| "I was expecting him to be there with a bloody nose and looking a bit sheepish," she recalls. | "I was expecting him to be there with a bloody nose and looking a bit sheepish," she recalls. |
| But he had swelling on the brain and had to kept in a medically-induced coma over the whole of the Christmas period. | But he had swelling on the brain and had to kept in a medically-induced coma over the whole of the Christmas period. |
| Caroline, helped by her sister, had to put on a brave face for their three-year-old daughter. | Caroline, helped by her sister, had to put on a brave face for their three-year-old daughter. |
| "We moved the Christmas tree through to the dining room, but we still had to have a Christmas for her," she says. | "We moved the Christmas tree through to the dining room, but we still had to have a Christmas for her," she says. |
| She recalls driving back home from the hospital one night when Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You came on the radio. | She recalls driving back home from the hospital one night when Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You came on the radio. |
| "That's all I wanted - him," she says. | "That's all I wanted - him," she says. |
| On 28 December, six days after the initial assault, Ian died from complications from pneumonia. | On 28 December, six days after the initial assault, Ian died from complications from pneumonia. |
| Karl Layton, then 24, admitted manslaughter. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison. | Karl Layton, then 24, admitted manslaughter. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison. |
| Caroline says she supports One Punch UK's campaign to rename Black Eye Friday. | Caroline says she supports One Punch UK's campaign to rename Black Eye Friday. |
| "[The name] just makes me sick. It gives me a nauseated feeling in my stomach. | "[The name] just makes me sick. It gives me a nauseated feeling in my stomach. |
| "Do people think that it makes it all right to punch people because that's the name of the day?" | "Do people think that it makes it all right to punch people because that's the name of the day?" |
| Caroline says she's since tried to compensate for what her family have lost at Christmas, but still looks back to that day. | Caroline says she's since tried to compensate for what her family have lost at Christmas, but still looks back to that day. |
| "I had to bring a new daughter in the world. My daughter doesn't have an absent father - he's dead." | "I had to bring a new daughter in the world. My daughter doesn't have an absent father - he's dead." |
| Ms Thompson-Curl believes the Black Eye Friday name may be regional - with people often using it in north-east England. | Ms Thompson-Curl believes the Black Eye Friday name may be regional - with people often using it in north-east England. |
| According to Google Trends, Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of searches for Black Eye Friday across the UK, followed by England. | According to Google Trends, Northern Ireland has the highest proportion of searches for Black Eye Friday across the UK, followed by England. |
| NHS England has said it is making up to £300,000 available over the festive period to fund dozens of so-called drunk tanks, where inebriated revellers can be checked and allowed to sleep it off. | NHS England has said it is making up to £300,000 available over the festive period to fund dozens of so-called drunk tanks, where inebriated revellers can be checked and allowed to sleep it off. |