Month: February 2024

Theatre review – Bi-Topia is an exploration of sexuality and masculinity

Last Saturday evening, Quays News took a trip out the Sale Waterside Arts theatre to check out ‘Bi-Topia’, a semi-autobiographical story about a tumultuous journey of self-acceptance, with several opportunities to share a laugh along the way. Sam Danson, the only actor in this captivating one man show, provides us with 70 minutes of utter […]

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Debilitating pain, infertility and ‘years of dismissal’ – The hidden health crisis affecting one in 10 women

Crippling and debilitating cramps, nausea, fainting, leg and back pain, brain fog, severe and heavy bleeding, chronic fatigue, chronic pelvic pain, pain during sex, loss of appetite, weight loss, hair loss, depression, anxiety and infertility. If you wince when reading that, it’s because you should: It’s uncomfortable. It’s also the reality for 1 in 10 […]

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Man United fans slam ‘stupid’ decision to hike up season ticket prices for second year running

‘’The (United) board are the ones who’ve made stupid decisions, they’re the ones who’ve put players on stupidly high wages. They’re trying to right their mistakes by wronging the fans.’’ This is the reaction of 21-year-old, lifelong Manchester United fan, Dean Zulu, after the club’s decision to raise season ticket prices by 5 percent for […]

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NHS dentist plan ‘falls short’ compared to Greater Manchester trial claims expert

A “bonus scheme” to increase access to NHS dentistry for new patients falls short due to lack of funding, claims an industry expert . The newly piloted plan, to award dentists money for taking on new NHS patients, mirrors a similar trial run in Greater Manchester in June 2023, which aimed to increase new patient […]

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Pickleball is the perfect sport for ‘sociable’ newcomers in the UK 

The USA’s fastest growing sport is catching on here too.  Pickleball, which originated on a badminton court with table tennis paddles in 1965, has graduated from a social activity into a competitive racket sport.  When Pickleball England was formed in 2019, there were around 2,000 casual players in the UK. Now, there are over 6,000 […]

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Sport In Mind, a charity, have launched programmes in Greater Manchester to get kids more active

Manchester kids get mental health boost through new sports programmes as half fall short of recommended exercise

Children living with poor mental health can now improve their lives through sports customized to their needs and liking in Greater Manchester and across the UK.

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Manchester Giants teenage star Matthew Goodwin making waves in the British Basketball League

Matthew Goodwin is turning heads at the Manchester Giants after he recorded a career-high in minutes played while scoring his first points in the British Basketball League (BBL) against Cheshire Phoenix last Saturday. In April 2023, the talented guard earned the NBL Junior Final Fours’ (U18) MVP when he helped Manchester Magic Academy claim the […]

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Bury’s teenage middle-distance runner secures third place in first full international athletics competition

Bury AC’s Anna Gisbourne represented England for the 800-metre race at the International Flanders Athletics Meeting (IFAM) indoor meeting in Gent, Belgium. The 16-year-old finished third in her heat against experienced competitors, the youngest of which was still almost eight-years her senior. Anna achieved a spectacular time of 2:09:23, which was the 19th fastest time […]

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Manchester Giants vs Plymouth Patriots Marred by Brawl

A mass brawl broke out at the end of the British Basketball League clash between Manchester Giants and Plymouth City Patriots, which saw a child knocked over.   The match, which took place last Thursday, was a feisty affair with tensions brewing throughout and Patriots fans allegedly directing abuse at Giants’ forward Jamell Anderson.   Things spiralled […]

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Students ‘regret’ move as new policy bans loved ones from UK

International students have shared their regret in moving to the UK after the enforcement of a new policy banning their family members from coming as dependents. The policy, approved in May 2023 and enforced last month, was not welcomed by most international students, particularly the married international students schooling currently in the UK. The move […]

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