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  • Deniz prepares for Co-op Live return

    Droylsden boxer Billy Deniz makes the long-awaited return to the ring this weekend, as he looks to extend his unblemished pro record to 15 wins.  

  • Bloods victorious in all-Tameside clash

    Tuesday night saw Ashton United pass up on the chance to set up an all-Ashton Manchester Premier Cup Final, with Tameside neighbours Droylsden picking up a shock semi-final victory at Hurst Cross. 

  • United View: Reds held on South Coast

    Manchester United go into the final international break of the season sitting in third, with a favourable distance between them and fifth place. 

  • City Watch: O'Reilly shines at Blues win at Wembley

    Following their loss at home to Real Madrid last week, knocking them out of the Champions League, Manchester City faced arguably a tougher test against Arsenal in the Carabao Cup Final on Sunday.


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  • Alex B Cann film column - 26/03/26

    The Good Boy is a Polish/Yorkshire collaboration, known as Heel in America. The overriding word in my head is 'weird', and it's also bleakly dark. Wild 19 year old miscreant Tommy (Anson Boon) is abducted after becoming separated from his friends on a drug and booze fuelled night out, and wakes up in chains in a basement.

  • Alex B Cann column - Eat well, live well, watch your chips 26/03/26

    A study published in the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology has found that sleeping for 11 minutes more each night, doing 4.5 extra minutes of brisk walking, and eating an additional quarter of a cup of vegetables every day can significantly lower your risk of a heart attack. Boffins have concluded that these small changes could help you to avoid major cardiovascular events, including heart attacks and strokes, by around 10 per cent.

  • Alex B Cann Film Column - 19/03/20260

    My two picks for Best Picture at the Cann Film Festival would have been I Swear and The Ballad Of Wallis Island, but since my festival is somewhat overshadowed by the Oscars, the Academy's votes went to One Thing After Another. I like Leonardo DiCaprio's passion for the cinema experience, and share his hope that it won't become a niche pastime, like collecting vinyl, or using the correct version of 'your'.

  • Alex B Cann Column - 19/03/2026

    We live in sobering times. Just switch on the news, and it's a bleak picture. I'd have thought world events might make more people reach for the hard stuff, but it seems sobriety is extending to the 'basket of goods' used to work out inflation. For the first time, alcohol-free beer has been added to a list used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), joining around 760 items that are closely monitored for price fluctuations.

  • Review: ‘The Battle’ - an insightful look into the greatest music civil war

    Manchesters opera house is currently playing host to ‘The Battle’, a play based around the era defying rivalry of Blur v Oasis.


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