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BBC News
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
All you need to know about Manchester Flower Festival
The streets of Manchester have been transformed with beautiful blooms and inspiring floral installations by talented florists and gardeners for the start of a three-day celebration of themes of the 2025 Manchester Flower Festival which begins on Friday, include the city's industrial roots as well as its music culture. Described by organisers Manchester City Centre Business Improvement District (BID) as a free "petal powered" event, it was arranged on behalf of city centre is everything else you need to know about it from Gary Williams, head of events at Manchester City Centre BID. When is it and where? The festival begins on Friday and will take place over the bank holiday weekend until Monday. Nine, professionally designed displays can be found across a trail that runs through the city centre at the following locations:Manchester Arndale shopping centreThe PrintworksTwo on New Cathedral StreetExchange StreetSt Ann's SquareThe Royal Exchange and Two on King StreetThere will also be other garden and green displays throughout the city's shopping streets too. When and why was it set up? The festival, billed as "green takeover of the city", evolved as a successor event to the Dig the City summer garden festival, organisers have started in 2021, welcoming people back into the city after the Covid lockdown, with colourful floral creations from some of Manchester's most talented florists and gardeners. What is the theme? This year's theme is Manchester's musical and industrial heritage as well as celebrations of other great cities around the floral trail features displays on themes including the vibrant markets of Marrakech, city life in New York, Paris and Mumbai, and the tulip fields of Amsterdam. What are the highlights? Mr Williams said the trail is the "backbone of the event" along with the floral marquee on New Cathedral Street, which features a collection of displays from Manchester displays can be found across the city at sites from Afflecks (formerly Afflecks Palace) to Sadler's Yard, which has a garden installation inspired by the nearby hot air balloon ascent of James Sadler in UK in collaboration with not-for-profit landscape design studio Constructing Minds with Nature has created a shaded garden space to deliver a message about sun safety, skin protection, and melanoma by the charm of Parisian café street scenes, the garden will pay homage to the year 1804 when melanoma was first identified by René Laennec. Is it family friendly? Organisers have said there is plenty for children to do from free child-friendly workshops such as craft wildflower seed bombs and building insect hotel.A bee hunt will also be held Exchange Square along with a bee procession, where families dressed as bees can follow the much-loved Queen Bee figure around St Ann's Square on Sunday. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Washington Post
13-03-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
John Feinstein built a career, and a life, by maintaining connections
At some point during the 1987-88 academic year, Gary Williams — then the men's basketball coach at Ohio State — was planning on taking a recruiting trip to Sparta, N.J., to see a 6-foot-7 shooting guard named Chris Jent. At that time, John Feinstein — the prodigious sports reporter and author who died Thursday at 69 — was working on his second book, the follow-up to the groundbreaking 'A Season on the Brink.'
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Homes remain without gas for fifth day
Some residents in a Surrey town remain without gas for a fifth consecutive day after water leaked into a gas network. Gas supplier SGN said a total of 340 homes in the Goldsworth Road area of Woking were affected by damage on Sunday. Engineers have pumped out about 73,000 litres of water which flooded the network due to a burst water main, SGN said. The company said that "gas would be returned to the majority of homes by Thursday evening". A SGN spokesperson said: "Our engineers are continuing to visit individual properties to restore supplies, while continuing to extract any remaining water from our pipes. "The water which flooded our network has moved into a lot of service pipes leading up to properties, which is delaying our progress and making it more difficult to restore many supplies." Some local people said they had been without gas since Sunday morning. One resident said: "It's not been too ideal. It's pretty cold upstairs. "And the kids are off for half term." Another affected local said: "It's cold and I have my elderly parents here, so it's not the best of situations." Gary Williams, an affected local and retired plumber, told BBC Radio Surrey: "It's going to take a while to repair. "They have been good with communication and keeping us updated." Affinity Water said it was "working closely" with SGN as investigations and repairs continued. It said there had been "no impact" on water supplies. Follow BBC Surrey on Facebook, on X. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@ or WhatsApp us on 08081 002250. Homes remain without gas for third day SGN
NBC Sports
27-01-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Varner talks pros and cons of LIV move
Harold Varner III joined Gary Williams on 5 Clubs to talk about the best aspects of his transition to LIV Golf and the most difficult parts that have come with the choice.
