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BBC News
14-08-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Cambridgeshire bus routes saved in interim plan, says council
Threatened bus routes will now run with no gap in service when the operator pulls out at the end of this year Stagecoach announced it would not stop running several services in Cambridgeshire, including the 31 route between Ramsey and Whittlesey - and the number 9 service between Littleport and Cambridge, due to a lack of passengers.A short-term continuity plan will see the 31 run by Dews and the number 9 operated by A2B from 1 September, after funding was agreed by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.A spokesman for the authority said it would begin the procurement to operate the routes beyond 2026 later this year. The firms will run broadly the same timetables that passengers rely on today, the authority said. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor, Paul Bristow, said: "These services are lifelines for the towns and villages they serve, and we've acted to protect them."I also said we'd work to avoid what would have been a very difficult gap in service for passengers that rely on them. "I'm glad we can reassure passengers there won't be."The Conservative mayor added that they would now "work on an affordable, deliverable plan for franchising" to keep bus services going in the area's towns and will also operate two new services: the X32, running directly between March and Whittlesey via Coates and Eastrea, and the 32, which adds two return trips serving Turves and extending to Ramsey to supplement the will be able to use these routes to connect to travel for Peterborough, while work on ways to improve the 9 service would see new timetable tests to create a more joined-up service for passengers and communities, the authority said. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Sydney Morning Herald
10-07-2025
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Go us! Look at what we can do!' The water sport empowering breast cancer survivors
It was her first dragon boat race that broke her. As Rose Glassock slipped her paddle into the water, bent forward and pulled it through the swell, in perfect time with the 19 other women of the crew and the thunderous beat of the drummer at the front, she suddenly felt her face wet. Then she realised she was sobbing out loud, and she couldn't stop – both crying and paddling. She finished the race a mess, but she finished. Her close friend and teammate Fiona Dews put an arm around her as soon as they crossed the line. The other women reassured her. All breast cancer survivors, reclaiming their health, fitness and, yes, often their sanity through the team sport of dragon boating, many of them had done exactly the same thing. 'My body was just processing all the trauma of what I'd been through, the surgery, radiation and drama,' says Glassock, recalling the moment with Dews in a hushed corner of a cafe in a bustling Westfield in Penrith, western Sydney, close to the lakes where they practise. A neat, well-dressed woman, with not a hair out of place in her glossy brunette bob, Glassock exudes an air of control, of competence, of being able to deal with anything life throws at her. It's hard to imagine her disintegrating. 'But my body just reacted to that repetitive, rhythmic action and the drumbeat, and my emotions just broke through,' she continues. 'I was reading the book The Body Keeps the Score at the time, about the effects of psychological trauma on the mind and body, and I was just letting it all go. It was kind of relief-crying, in a way. But I still can't quite believe I did that.' Glassock and Dews are just two Australian women who've fallen in love with the sport of dragon boat racing – a Chinese sport dating back more than 2000 years – after breast cancer diagnoses and treatment. There are now 30 groups around the country affiliated to the not-for-profit charity Dragons Abreast Australia, a number that's been growing steadily since the first club began here in 1998. With just under 400 breast cancer survivor teams globally, this year sees the start of celebrations for next year's 30th anniversary of the movement. It was founded in Canada in 1996 after University of British Columbia sports medicine physician and exercise physiologist Dr Don McKenzie discovered it was a great activity for breast cancer survivors to take up, and they responded with enthusiasm. 'In the old days, you'd be diagnosed with breast cancer, then go home and wrap yourself up in cotton wool,' says Michelle Hanton, 66, a semi-retired business strategist who started the first Dragons Abreast Australia group in Darwin after attending a conference on cancer – she had a mastectomy and chemotherapy in 1997 – and hearing a Canadian speaker talk about the registered charitable society Abreast In A Boat [the original group]. 'Back then, you were told not to do so much. There was a lot of fear around exercise and worries it could lead to lymphoedema (potentially dangerous swelling due to a build-up of lymph fluid). But when Dr McKenzie did trials and found there were no adverse effects on women with breast cancer, and talked about the benefits, that was a turning point. 'When I got home, I went to see the Chinese community because I knew they did dragon boating,' continues Hanton. 'Then I put the word out among breast cancer survivors to come and have a go. There was so much negativity around cancer, it was great to be able to grab something positive. That first time, we paddled 250 metres out, then we looked around and asked, 'How the hell are we going to get back again?' But as time went on, we improved.' Smiling the whole day On a chilly midwinter morning at Sydney International Regatta Centre, part of the Penrith Lakes, Glassock, 56, and Dews, 53, both dressed in their pink uniforms, are here early to help pull the tarps off the boats and ready everything for the morning practice. They're among the most enthusiastic members of Dragons Abreast Penrith, and are today welcoming a few new prospective initiates who thought they were merely coming to watch before being immediately assigned a boat, a position and a paddle. Glassock, a psychologist, support and inter-agency co-ordinator at the NSW Department of Education and mother of two sons, remembers a similar introduction to dragon boats. She was diagnosed at Christmas 2018 and had a lumpectomy in January 2019, followed by more surgery the next month to increase the margin and radiation. When she contacted The McGrath Foundation about breast nurses, they mentioned dragon boat racing but she dismissed it. 'I couldn't even walk up the stairs in my house, let alone do something like that,' she says. 'But then in July, I went to watch and they put me straight in a boat, and it was bloody amazing. I smiled the whole day. 'There was so much negativity about cancer, it was great to be able to grab something positive.' Michelle Hanton 'I loved the novelty and fun of it, but it was also the camaraderie of the boat. We all had that shared experience of breast cancer and we all encouraged each other and found it enormously empowering. It's kind of active mindfulness as well as great exercise, and you're out in the fresh air on the water and with people who understand the fear of having a sore hip or a bad knee and worrying if it's cancer back again. You all support each other.' Dews, a teacher's aide, was diagnosed soon after. She was completely shocked – she'd always been healthy, looked after herself, played a great deal of sport and thought she'd be safe. 'The worst thing was trying to tell my kids,' she says. 'My son didn't worry much, and told me I'd be fine, but my daughter was a bit of a mess.' Dews also had a lumpectomy, with lymph nodes taken out, radiation and a hormone blocker. She started dragon boat racing a few weeks after Glassock. 'We were the newbies, so we sat together and got to know each other well,' says Dews, pushing back a few stray hairs from a mass of blonde curls tightly pulled back into a ponytail. 'We're polar opposites in so many ways, with very different life experiences, but the dragon boats brought us together. We both love it and we go to as many training sessions as we can. 'When you're out on the water, it takes your mind off all the stresses, it's so quiet it really relaxes you and you're at peace. We sit side by side and our close friendship has been the best bonus of breast cancer, along with the dragon boats. It feels so empowering. It's, 'Go us! Look at what we can do!' ' Vitamin D and laughter In Melbourne, Andrea Seers is the co-ordinator of Dragons Abreast Melbourne Pink Phoenix. She'd been living in Canada, where she'd been working as a consultant to the World Bank, when she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in 2003 with two tumours in each breast. She returned to Australia the next year and in 2011 was reading a Breast Cancer Network Australia newsletter when she saw a photo of an older woman sitting in a dragon boat screaming at a bunch of women paddlers. Intrigued, she went along to Melbourne's Docklands to check the group out, as well as 'the sweep', the person at the back of the boat who steers and shouts commands, screaming or otherwise, to the paddlers. 'They immediately threw me in a boat and we went out for a paddle around Melbourne,' Seers says. 'It was the most extraordinary experience. It was all about health and connection and support. Dragon boating is great strength and aerobic exercise and it's incredibly empowering to be surrounded by people who've been though the same shit. We do expect our new ladies to be very emotional about the journey for the first couple of months as it can be hard to find a place to release that anger and stress and frustration. But there's so much Vitamin D and laughter. It's just brilliant.' There are other serious sides, too, with Dragons Abreast clubs raising money for related organisations such as the National Breast Cancer Foundation, which funds cancer research. There are also regular regattas around the country and across the world, attended by local paddlers, some of whom have even represented Australia in general competitions. But the breast cancer boats, with drummers sitting at the front to keep the beat of the paddlers' strike rate, all provide a potent, noisy, splashy and colourful symbol that there is most definitely life after breast cancer. Loading Cancer Council Queensland director of research and exercise psychologist Professor Sandi Hayes says the rise in the number of women – and men – who've been through breast cancer joining dragon boating clubs is a very healthy trend. It's now known that low levels of physical activity present a higher risk of complications after cancer. Randomised controlled trials show, conversely, that regular exercise has a preventative effect. 'The reality is that any form of exercise that increases the heart rate and circulation makes the lymphatic system work well,' Hayes says. 'Dragon boating also offers resistance training for the upper body, so it's fantastic when it's done regularly for both strength and cardiovascular fitness. And being in a boat with others has good psycho-social benefits, and with all those social connections that come as a consequence.' Stronger together Those connections are at the very heart of Dragons Abreast Australia, believes Pearl Lee, the organisation's chair. She was extremely reluctant to join after her diagnosis in 2015 and a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. While she wanted a peer group, she didn't like water and was a poor swimmer. 'Oh, it's on a boat!' she recalls groaning. 'Oh, I don't want to do that!' Eventually, she tried and, much to her surprise, took to it immediately. 'It gave me back my energy and stamina, and being outside with the sun on me in the company of other people who'd had breast cancer was wonderful,' she says. Even when she was later diagnosed with secondary cancer – a leukaemia thought to have been caused by the chemotherapy – she remained committed. 'It's not just about surviving, but it's also about thriving,' Lee says. 'It's a sport and we are competitive with each other but, at the end of the day, we all have to paddle in the same direction with the same timing, as otherwise we won't get there. It's all about being stronger together. We're all warriors.'
The Age
10-07-2025
- Health
- The Age
‘Go us! Look at what we can do!' The water sport empowering breast cancer survivors
It was her first dragon boat race that broke her. As Rose Glassock slipped her paddle into the water, bent forward and pulled it through the swell, in perfect time with the 19 other women of the crew and the thunderous beat of the drummer at the front, she suddenly felt her face wet. Then she realised she was sobbing out loud, and she couldn't stop – both crying and paddling. She finished the race a mess, but she finished. Her close friend and teammate Fiona Dews put an arm around her as soon as they crossed the line. The other women reassured her. All breast cancer survivors, reclaiming their health, fitness and, yes, often their sanity through the team sport of dragon boating, many of them had done exactly the same thing. 'My body was just processing all the trauma of what I'd been through, the surgery, radiation and drama,' says Glassock, recalling the moment with Dews in a hushed corner of a cafe in a bustling Westfield in Penrith, western Sydney, close to the lakes where they practise. A neat, well-dressed woman, with not a hair out of place in her glossy brunette bob, Glassock exudes an air of control, of competence, of being able to deal with anything life throws at her. It's hard to imagine her disintegrating. 'But my body just reacted to that repetitive, rhythmic action and the drumbeat, and my emotions just broke through,' she continues. 'I was reading the book The Body Keeps the Score at the time, about the effects of psychological trauma on the mind and body, and I was just letting it all go. It was kind of relief-crying, in a way. But I still can't quite believe I did that.' Glassock and Dews are just two Australian women who've fallen in love with the sport of dragon boat racing – a Chinese sport dating back more than 2000 years – after breast cancer diagnoses and treatment. There are now 30 groups around the country affiliated to the not-for-profit charity Dragons Abreast Australia, a number that's been growing steadily since the first club began here in 1998. With just under 400 breast cancer survivor teams globally, this year sees the start of celebrations for next year's 30th anniversary of the movement. It was founded in Canada in 1996 after University of British Columbia sports medicine physician and exercise physiologist Dr Don McKenzie discovered it was a great activity for breast cancer survivors to take up, and they responded with enthusiasm. 'In the old days, you'd be diagnosed with breast cancer, then go home and wrap yourself up in cotton wool,' says Michelle Hanton, 66, a semi-retired business strategist who started the first Dragons Abreast Australia group in Darwin after attending a conference on cancer – she had a mastectomy and chemotherapy in 1997 – and hearing a Canadian speaker talk about the registered charitable society Abreast In A Boat [the original group]. 'Back then, you were told not to do so much. There was a lot of fear around exercise and worries it could lead to lymphoedema (potentially dangerous swelling due to a build-up of lymph fluid). But when Dr McKenzie did trials and found there were no adverse effects on women with breast cancer, and talked about the benefits, that was a turning point. 'When I got home, I went to see the Chinese community because I knew they did dragon boating,' continues Hanton. 'Then I put the word out among breast cancer survivors to come and have a go. There was so much negativity around cancer, it was great to be able to grab something positive. That first time, we paddled 250 metres out, then we looked around and asked, 'How the hell are we going to get back again?' But as time went on, we improved.' Smiling the whole day On a chilly midwinter morning at Sydney International Regatta Centre, part of the Penrith Lakes, Glassock, 56, and Dews, 53, both dressed in their pink uniforms, are here early to help pull the tarps off the boats and ready everything for the morning practice. They're among the most enthusiastic members of Dragons Abreast Penrith, and are today welcoming a few new prospective initiates who thought they were merely coming to watch before being immediately assigned a boat, a position and a paddle. Glassock, a psychologist, support and inter-agency co-ordinator at the NSW Department of Education and mother of two sons, remembers a similar introduction to dragon boats. She was diagnosed at Christmas 2018 and had a lumpectomy in January 2019, followed by more surgery the next month to increase the margin and radiation. When she contacted The McGrath Foundation about breast nurses, they mentioned dragon boat racing but she dismissed it. 'I couldn't even walk up the stairs in my house, let alone do something like that,' she says. 'But then in July, I went to watch and they put me straight in a boat, and it was bloody amazing. I smiled the whole day. 'There was so much negativity about cancer, it was great to be able to grab something positive.' Michelle Hanton 'I loved the novelty and fun of it, but it was also the camaraderie of the boat. We all had that shared experience of breast cancer and we all encouraged each other and found it enormously empowering. It's kind of active mindfulness as well as great exercise, and you're out in the fresh air on the water and with people who understand the fear of having a sore hip or a bad knee and worrying if it's cancer back again. You all support each other.' Dews, a teacher's aide, was diagnosed soon after. She was completely shocked – she'd always been healthy, looked after herself, played a great deal of sport and thought she'd be safe. 'The worst thing was trying to tell my kids,' she says. 'My son didn't worry much, and told me I'd be fine, but my daughter was a bit of a mess.' Dews also had a lumpectomy, with lymph nodes taken out, radiation and a hormone blocker. She started dragon boat racing a few weeks after Glassock. 'We were the newbies, so we sat together and got to know each other well,' says Dews, pushing back a few stray hairs from a mass of blonde curls tightly pulled back into a ponytail. 'We're polar opposites in so many ways, with very different life experiences, but the dragon boats brought us together. We both love it and we go to as many training sessions as we can. 'When you're out on the water, it takes your mind off all the stresses, it's so quiet it really relaxes you and you're at peace. We sit side by side and our close friendship has been the best bonus of breast cancer, along with the dragon boats. It feels so empowering. It's, 'Go us! Look at what we can do!' ' Vitamin D and laughter In Melbourne, Andrea Seers is the co-ordinator of Dragons Abreast Melbourne Pink Phoenix. She'd been living in Canada, where she'd been working as a consultant to the World Bank, when she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer in 2003 with two tumours in each breast. She returned to Australia the next year and in 2011 was reading a Breast Cancer Network Australia newsletter when she saw a photo of an older woman sitting in a dragon boat screaming at a bunch of women paddlers. Intrigued, she went along to Melbourne's Docklands to check the group out, as well as 'the sweep', the person at the back of the boat who steers and shouts commands, screaming or otherwise, to the paddlers. 'They immediately threw me in a boat and we went out for a paddle around Melbourne,' Seers says. 'It was the most extraordinary experience. It was all about health and connection and support. Dragon boating is great strength and aerobic exercise and it's incredibly empowering to be surrounded by people who've been though the same shit. We do expect our new ladies to be very emotional about the journey for the first couple of months as it can be hard to find a place to release that anger and stress and frustration. But there's so much Vitamin D and laughter. It's just brilliant.' There are other serious sides, too, with Dragons Abreast clubs raising money for related organisations such as the National Breast Cancer Foundation, which funds cancer research. There are also regular regattas around the country and across the world, attended by local paddlers, some of whom have even represented Australia in general competitions. But the breast cancer boats, with drummers sitting at the front to keep the beat of the paddlers' strike rate, all provide a potent, noisy, splashy and colourful symbol that there is most definitely life after breast cancer. Loading Cancer Council Queensland director of research and exercise psychologist Professor Sandi Hayes says the rise in the number of women – and men – who've been through breast cancer joining dragon boating clubs is a very healthy trend. It's now known that low levels of physical activity present a higher risk of complications after cancer. Randomised controlled trials show, conversely, that regular exercise has a preventative effect. 'The reality is that any form of exercise that increases the heart rate and circulation makes the lymphatic system work well,' Hayes says. 'Dragon boating also offers resistance training for the upper body, so it's fantastic when it's done regularly for both strength and cardiovascular fitness. And being in a boat with others has good psycho-social benefits, and with all those social connections that come as a consequence.' Stronger together Those connections are at the very heart of Dragons Abreast Australia, believes Pearl Lee, the organisation's chair. She was extremely reluctant to join after her diagnosis in 2015 and a mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. While she wanted a peer group, she didn't like water and was a poor swimmer. 'Oh, it's on a boat!' she recalls groaning. 'Oh, I don't want to do that!' Eventually, she tried and, much to her surprise, took to it immediately. 'It gave me back my energy and stamina, and being outside with the sun on me in the company of other people who'd had breast cancer was wonderful,' she says. Even when she was later diagnosed with secondary cancer – a leukaemia thought to have been caused by the chemotherapy – she remained committed. 'It's not just about surviving, but it's also about thriving,' Lee says. 'It's a sport and we are competitive with each other but, at the end of the day, we all have to paddle in the same direction with the same timing, as otherwise we won't get there. It's all about being stronger together. We're all warriors.'
USA Today
05-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Patriots RB coach admits TreVeyon Henderson snubbed him in college
Patriots RB coach admits TreVeyon Henderson snubbed him in college Rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson may be a national champion and a former Ohio State Buckeye, but that wouldn't have been the case if New England Patriots coach Tony Dews had his way. Dews revealed that he pushed hard in recruiting Henderson all the way back in 2017, when he was still the running backs coach for West Virginia. He knew the talent was electric back then, and he was determined to add a potential game-changer to the Mountaineers' offensive backfield. Henderson was a highly-touted running back recruit, ranking as the 11th overall player in the 2021 class, the top running back in the class and the top player in his class from the state of West Virginia, according to 247 Sports' recruit rankings. Fast forward eight years later, and Dews will finally have an opportunity to work with Henderson in New England. The highly-touted running back was taken in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft by the Patriots. 'I was very excited about it. I tried to recruit him back in high school - years ago when I was at West Virginia," said Dews, via MassLive's Mark Daniels. "He snubbed me. But it was good to be able to reconnect with him. Obviously, I'm very excited about him and what he might be able to do to help us going forward.' Henderson's addition to a Patriots' offensive backfield that also includes Rhamondre Stevenson, Antonio Gibson and rookie Lan Larison gives Dews plenty to work with in the 2025 season. It's a room crowded with talent, including a legitimate home run threat with the former Buckeye. Follow Patriots Wire on Twitter and Facebook.
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Patriots coach excited about impressive rookie running back
FOXBOROUGH – Before the start of the second round, the Patriots front office was engaged in a debate. One argument was for Arizona guard Jonah Savaiinaea, who projected as the team's starting left guard. The other side wanted running back TreVeyon Henderson. While the two sides discussed each player, Patriots running backs coach Tony Dews waited and hoped he'd finally land the impressive prospect who once rejected him. Advertisement In 2017, Dews recruited Henderson to come to West Virginia. The 5-star recruit was the nation's top-ranked running back and ultimately committed to Ohio State. When the second round began, the Miami Dolphins traded up, one spot ahead of the Patriots, and drafted Savaiinaea. The Patriots then turned down several trade offers and selected Henderson with pick No. 38. Dews was thrilled to land the young running back. 'It's exciting,' Dews said. 'As assistant coaches, you evaluate the guys they give you to evaluate and you have an opinion on them. At the end of the day, we're going to coach whoever they put in our room but certainly, he was a guy who had done some really good things in college and he fits some of the needs that we felt like we could address with our running back situation. Advertisement 'I was very excited about it. I tried to recruit him back in high school - years ago when I was at West Virginia. He snubbed me. But it was good to be able to reconnect with him. Obviously, I'm very excited about him and what he might be able to do to help us going forward.' The Patriots have big plans for Henderson. After committing to Ohio State, he turned into one of the best running backs in college football. With game-breaking ability, Henderson averaged 6.8 yards per carry his freshman season, finishing with 1,248 yards and 15 touchdowns. After dealing with some injuries (fractured left foot in 2022 and ankle/knee injury in 2023), he showed his explosiveness last season. Sharing the backfield with Quinshon Judkins, Henderson averaged 7.1 yards per carry and finished with 1,016 yards and 10 touchdowns. Advertisement During the pre-draft process, Dews found himself enamored with Henderson - both as a person and as an athlete. The 22-year-old's well-roundedness impressed the Patriots running backs coach. 'First and foremost, he's a great human being, great person, great kid,' Dews said. 'Obviously, the physical attributes. He's certainly fast so he brings a speed element to our team that anytime you can get a guy as fast as he is, it's beneficial for the whole offensive unit and special teams. And then he obviously caught the ball well out of the backfield. He did a really good job I thought in pass protection. 'In the time I got to spend with him, he seemed to pick up concepts fairly quickly. With all those things, you feel like you're getting a good prospect, and we'll have to see how it materializes from there.' BETTING: The Patriots are +130 to win over 8.5 games on Fanatics. If you're a new sports bettor, make sure to check out our Massachusetts sports betting guide for beginners. For all of the best Patriots over/under bets, take a look at our in-depth expert analysis. More Patriots Content Read the original article on MassLive.
