Ben Wheatley offers an absurdly realistic look at family engagements in his latest film ‘Happy New Year, Colin Burstead’.

“We always got told we’d struggle here, but no. As soon as we walk through the door, football is out the window and we’re f***ing cousins,” Courteeners frontman Liam Fray affirmed to the room.

A ruthless solo display from Austrian Sylven Landesberg with 49 points inflicted a damaging 96-82 defeat over Great Britain in their EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualifier on Thursday, making Monday’s away game with Cyprus a must win for GB if they have any hope of qualifying from the three-team group.

Jane Dennison unpacks her bag out onto a table in the Sale Waterside Plaza. Out come the cones for the evening’s warm-up, each with ‘MileShyClub’ boldly written on in thick felt-tip. She’s there early, as she is every week, to set up for her cohort of runners that will be filtering in at any moment.

It’s so rare for me to think a one-man show isn’t long enough because, let’s be honest, most of them could be condensed into 15 minutes.

Acting legend Lou Ferrigno is in Manchester today to attend the weekend-long For the Love of Sci-Fi convention taking place near Trafford Park.