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BBC News
06-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Bishop of Manchester reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
The Bishop of Manchester has revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate Right Reverend David Walker said the disease was picked up after a routine blood test, and he is receiving treatment at The Christie Hospital in 67-year-old said said his prognosis "is pretty good" as the disease was caught 52,300 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, Prostate Cancer UK said. Prostate cancer symptoms and treatment: What to check for "I am feeling well at the moment and have shown no signs of the disease," Bishop Walker told BBC Radio Manchester."My prognosis is pretty good as they have caught it early which was the result of having the test done before I had any symptoms." The married father-of-two, who was ordained in 1983, continued: "In the early stages, when we didn't know how serious it was, it made me think about my own mortality."I know I am not going to be on this planet forever, and it makes you think about my relationship with God and what my hopes for heaven are."It reaffirmed my Christian faith and made me feel closer to Jesus."Death will come to us all."I accept that that one in eight men will get prostrate cancer so I have no question of 'why me?'"I have not had to take any time off. I just need to manage my energy a bit more as I have noticed a bit more tiredness than I am used to." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
23-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
It would take a lot to leave Macclesfield
Macclesfield FC boss Robbie Savage says it would need a 'really special' job offer to prise him away from his title-winning Silkmen wrapped up the Northern Premier League Premier Division title with six games to spare on Saturday in Savage's first season as owner Robert Smethurst had said they would be lucky to hold on to him, but the former Wales international said he had already turned one job offer down from a higher level."It's my club and it's not very often you can manage your club, the one you've built from the first brick with your best friend, so it would take an awful lot for me to leave," Savage told BBC Radio Manchester."There's League One and League Two clubs I wouldn't go to if they offered me the job now because I can't see the journey or the project."It's not about money for me. I'm probably the only unpaid manager in the league. It's not for money, it's for the journey." 'A lot of people wanted me to fail' The former Premier League captain and media pundit helped Smethurst relaunch a new club in the Cheshire town after Macclesfield Town was wound up in after losing at the play-off stage last season, the former Leicester City and Derby County midfielder admits he was ready to walk away if they missed out for a second successive campaign."In the non-league circuit, a lot of people wanted me to fail, no doubt about that," he said."If we had failed I would have left the football club and given up my shareholding because I couldn't have come back, so everything was on the line."Savage believes it will be "difficult" to keep his team together, but has already set high targets for their first season in National League North, the second tier of the non-league ladder."If I can keep this group together we're not going to the league above and just settle for mid-table," he said. "We want to win it, or minimum the play-offs. That's the benchmark."
BBC News
15-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Salford promise 'good times' despite funding issues
Chief executive Chris Irwin insists cash-strapped Salford Red Devils will not enter administration and that "good times will come", but says the club must rebuild trust in the rugby league beleaguered side, who are bottom of the Super League table after four defeats in four, were placed back under sustainability cap restrictions last week amid continued financial uncertainty following a proposed in funds being transferred by the investment group headed by Swiss banker Dario Berta led to February's wages for players and staff being held up."It's been a really tough four weeks but we are still fighting and are confident we will come out of this well," Irwin told BBC Radio Manchester."In terms of the large funds that we are hoping will come over and really elevate the club and take the club on, we will be waiting for those funds a bit longer than we had hoped for."However, through March we will be fine. And come April we hope we can really kick on - on the pitch and off the pitch too." Salford 'have been a burden' A shortfall in money coming from overseas meant Salford asked for financial assistance from the Rugby Football League in the short said the funding was there but could only be transferred in chunks and that the RFL "needs to see liquidity in our account" before the club will have the sustainability cap uncertainty has already seen key player Marc Sneyd leave and caused "massive issues"."The turbulence with funds not landing have made players and staff worry and start to question things," Irwin added. "It was a huge blow to lose Sneydy."We need to build trust again not just with our players, fanbase and commercial partners, but the Super League clubs as well."We need to back ourselves up. For too long we've been a burden on Super League."I apologise on behalf of the ownership group. But stick with us as we will come through it. Good times will come."
