Stop and search powers have been beefed up in Oldham after two boys were injured in two linked attacks. Officers were called out to an ongoing, large-scale fight at Stuart Street, off Wellington Road, at around 6pm yesterday (May 28).
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Top squash players from across the world will descend upon Manchester’s National Squash Centre next week for the Manchester Open. Across five days spectators can watch 48 players battle it out for the Manchester Open title.
It’s the sixth edition of the Manchester Open, a PSA World Tour Silver-level event. Among the players hoping to achieve victory this year are the current men’s World No.3 Mostafa Asal and Women’s World No.5 Nour El Tayeb.
But there will be homegrown talent on court too; Manchester-born Finnlay Withington has secured a wildcard spot. The 20-year-old, based in Heywood, is the World No.81 and was the men’s wildcard in last year's event.
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He’s now looking forward to playing in front of a home crowd at the Eastlands-based venue once more. He said: “I’m very happy to receive the wildcard spot again this year.” I loved playing in front of the home crowd last year and I felt it really pushed me to play better and perform at near to my best.”
Joining him will be Trafford-born Saran Nghiem, another wildcard entry. The 20-year-old, who currently studies at Harvard University, first started playing squash at the venue so it’s a homecoming of sorts for her. Saran said: “I’m very happy to receive the wildcard spot again.
“The National Centre is the club where I first picked up a racket and my family still lives not too far from the venue so it’s the perfect opportunity to come back and experience a world tour event. I’m over the moon to get to play again.”
During the tournament six of the world’s top 10 players will play across the men’s and women’s draws, with 15 of the top 20 across both genders represented. The
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Elbow.The venue – which has a capacity of 23,500 and is the biggest indoor arena in the UK – has been plagued by issues over recent months, and has experienced countless delays when it comes to opening.Originally, the arena was set to open officially three weeks ago with an opening gig from comedian Peter Kay, however this, along with many other planned shows, were postponed at the last minute.Now, the venue has finally opened its doors to the public and seen Elbow become the first act to complete a scheduled date in the venue’s calendar.Guy Garvey and co. received an enthusiastic response from the crowd last night (May 14) and made references to the long-running issues that have loomed over Co-Op Live in recent weeks.“Good evening Manchester! Let’s open this venue properly shall we?,” the frontman said at the beginning of the gig, opening with ‘Things I’ve Been Telling Myself For Years’.
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