Manchester United are continuing to be linked with several potential new signings ahead of the summer transfer window.
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A neighbourhood bakery in Manchester run by an all-female team has been named in a list of the best bakeries in the UK. Long Boi's Bakehouse in Levenshulme was praised in a list of the top 13 bakeries "worth queuing for" published by The Telegraph national newspaper at the weekend.
The bakery opened in 2020 taking over a corner shop that had been empty for 16 years on Forest Range and Birdhall Grove, selling cakes and bakes to go. It is run by Jenny Oakenfull and her team of 7 women, with their mouth-watering baked goods sold from their Levenshulme shop and selected cafes across the region too.
Long Boi's was one of two bakeries featured for the "north of England" in the feature, alongside Northern Rye in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The Telegraph said it highlighted bakeries "notable for their ethical practices and imaginative flavours and often found in unexpected places," that are "worthy of your time queuing and waiting".
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Long Boi's Bakehouse posted an image of the article and owner Jenny wrote: "First time this has happened so thought we should memorialise it 4EVA on the grid. Feeling very proud."
Jenny told the MEN: "As we're not a city centre bakery I think we can sometimes get overlooked when people are making lists about Manchester's bakery scene etc, so it feels really great to be included in such a prestigious list alongside so many other people in the industry we look up to.
"The piece in the Telegraph was a complete surprise! I'm just feeling very proud that mine and the team's hard work is being spotlighted."
The article is based on the findings of author Milly Kenny-Ryder whose book "Britain's Best Bakeries" will be
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