For many Brits, working from home has become the ‘new normal’ during lockdown and with companies looking to embrace this more into the future, we could be doing so for a lot longer.
Working from home comes with its fair share of perks to take advantage of, but back pain is not one of them.
Luckily, online gifting retailer Prezzybox is selling a Heated Back & Seat Massager that looks set to sort out all the aches and pains you’ve accumulated over the last few months.
According to the product description, this Heated Back & Seat Massager will “quickly soothe away any aches and pains” with five massage motors and pulsing vibrations which are designed to “relieve weary muscles”. The motors are “expertly positioned at key points on the chair” and the soothing heat “targets the lumbar area”.
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You can customise your massage to suit by choosing to turn various parts of the massager on or off, meaning you can tailor your relaxation to exactly what you need. It features a unique strapping system that makes it convenient, portable and perfect for use in the home/office or in the car.
It also boasts a handy timer function of 15, 30 and 60 minutes too.
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It’s a 4/5 customer rated product and there’s plenty of positive five star reviews from happy customers over the years, so if you’ve been wondering whether it’s worth the buy or not, it may be a good idea to have a read through a few of those to help make your mind up.
One review by a satisfied customer reads: “Bought for my partner who loves a good massage. It was easy to install and use, the vibrations are decent and make long drives more comfortable. I consider this to have been a good purchase and value for money.”
“Bought this as a present, as I have one myself which helps my bad back. Very relaxing.” said another.
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If you’re looking for a some relief from the working from home life, or want to add a touch of comfort to long car journeys, then the Heated Back & Seat Massager is available to get your hands on for just £34.95 from the Prezzybox website here.
Next Day Delivery is available when orders are placed before 12:30pm daily and Standard Delivery will see your gift arrive at your front between in 1-2 working days, costing £3.99.
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Travel warning issued as tens of thousands to descend for Manchester Half Marathon
Daisy Jackson
A travel warning has been issued ahead of the Manchester Half Marathon this weekend, with tens of thousands of runners and spectators expected to arrive in the city.
People are being urged to plan their journeys ahead of time, with significant road closures in place from the city centre as far out as Sale.
Road closures – and subsequent bus diversions – will also affect parts of Stretford, Chorlton, Trafford, and surrounding areas.
Around 32,000 people are expected to take part in the Manchester Half Marathon this Sunday, with thousands more coming out to cheer the runners on.
Transport for Greater Manchester is advising people that the Bee Network trams will be the best way to get around over the weekend.
Extra trams will be operating to provide as much capacity as possible.
Road closures and bus diversions will start on Saturday 3 October and continue until the actual race day on Sunday 4 October, lifting fully by 8.30pm.
Tens of thousands of runners and spectators will descend on Manchester for the half marathon
Earlier this year, the Manchester Marathon led to a record-breaking day for Metrolink trams, with the highest number of passengers ever recorded on a single day in the network’s history.
Whether running or cheering, people are advised to use the Bee Network app to plan their journeys and are strongly encouraged not to drive within the affected areas.
Steve Gilholme, Head of Events at Transport for Greater Manchester, said: “The Manchester Half Marathon is another one of those special occasions where the people of Greater Manchester and beyond come together, with thousands of people taking on the challenge and raising money for good causes, while many more will line the route to cheer them on.
“This does mean the city centre and especially trams will be incredibly busy so please plan ahead and give yourself extra time to make journeys.
“The Bee Network app and website will be the best places to get the latest travel information and tap and go contactless payments are the quickest and easiest way to pay.”
You can see all the road closures for the Manchester Half Marathon HERE.
Funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the 14 national museums of the UK are all located in England – including the Imperial War Museum North, and the Science and Industry Museum in our region – and free entry to was first introduced all the way back in 2001, with millions of visitors having benefitted since.
National museums are said to add more than £1 billion a year to the economy, and bring in visitors from all over the world.
In fact, seven of the UK’s 10 most visited museums are national museums, and 7.1 million people visited the Natural History Museum and 6.4 million visited the British Museum in 2025 alone.
The Government has announced that all national museums in the UK will remain free for everyone to visit / Credit: Science Museum Group | Wikimedia Commons
Earlier this year though, the Government committed to working with local leaders and the museum and tourism sectors to explore whether charging overseas visitors could help museums’ finances.
But following this, it’s now believed that charging could deter visitors, and that the impacts and benefits would ‘not be felt equally’ across the sector.
Instead, the free entry will be funded by the £1.5 billion Arts Everywhere Fund – which is providing £760 million for museums – while £600 million of infrastructure funding is supporting national museums and DCMS-sponsored cultural organisations.
The latter funding will be used to address critical maintenance and works to estates, and enable institutions to deliver on their commitments to share collections with visitors from around the world.
Emily Sergeant -
1st July 2020 
