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The Manchester city centre carvery with bottomless trimmings and gravy returns this week

Unlimited proper Yorkshire puddings? You spoil us.

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Seconds, a modern take on a carvery with unlimited trimmings and gravy, is returning to Manchester this week. 

The popular offering will be back on the Platform at Freight Island from 1 September. 

These traditional Sunday feasts are made with locally-sourced produce and served up in one of the country’s coolest venues. 

Once you’ve booked your half-hour slot for Seconds, you can then select your meat from delicious porchetta with crispy crackling, succulent turkey crown, or rare topside of beef (or mushroom Wellington for the vegetarians and vegans). 

A stand-out feature of Seconds is the bottomless trimmings, including proper Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes, buttered mash, broccoli, honey-glazed carrots, petit pois and 48 hour gravy. 

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That gravy is unlimited, as is the bottomless cheese sauce you can pour all over your dinner. 

And if that’s not quite enough for you, you can add a GIANT honey-mustard pig in a blanket, a gooey bowl of cauliflower cheese, and pork, sage and onion stuffing, each priced at £4 each.  

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Seconds, the Manchester city centre carvery with bottomless trimmings and gravy returns this week. Credit: Supplied
Seconds, the Manchester city centre carvery with bottomless trimmings and gravy returns this week. Credit: Supplied
Seconds, the Manchester city centre carvery with bottomless trimmings and gravy returns this week. Credit: Supplied

Plates start from £11 for kids – a small plate and one main – then £18 for adults (two mains) and £21 for XXL (three mains on a massive plate). 

The modern carvery is transforming Sundays at Freight Island into a day for feasting on the very best of British food. 

And new for this year, is bottomless dessert. Yep, all-you-can eat crumbles and custards and all sorts of other favourite puddings. 

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Seconds launches on 1 September, and is available every Sunday from 12pm-8pm. 


Book your spot here. 

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adidas and JD are giving away FREE Nell’s pizza with a Manchester Marathon medal

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Manchester Marathon finishers will be able to reward themselves with free Nell’s pizza this weekend, thanks to a collaboration with adidas and JD.

The sportswear giants will be teaming up with one of the city’s top pizza spots to hand out the ultimate post-race reward at Kampus this Sunday.

It’s all to celebrate the launch of the new adidas EVO SL ATRs, a shoe that’s built with running miles in mind.

And there’ll be a chance to grab an exclusive t-shirt too, and have your official marathon finish time branded on-site.

adidas and JD are giving away FREE Nell’s pizza with a Manchester Marathon medal / Credit: Supplied

As well as a free slice of Nell’s famous New York-style pizza and a drink, Manchester Marathon finishers will be able to enter into a range of giveaways, with prizes including the EVO SL ART, adidas merch, and range of other prizes.

And you’ll be recovering with a slice in hand and a live DJ keeping the post-race energy high

All you need to do is show your Manchester Marathon medal at Nell’s at Kampus, to grab your free slice, and check out adidas and JD’s latest drop.

Friends and family are encouraged to join too – after all, all runners know a marathon isn’t possible without that support crew.

There are also a bunch of giveaways and more to look forward to / Credit: Supplied

Pizza slices will be handed out on a first-come, first-serve basis, so make sure your sprint to Nell’s is your fastest yet.

Thankfully, the adidas EVO SL’s are built for speed…

adidas x JD x Nell’s – Manchester Marathon event

  • Taking place on Sunday 19 April, from 12pm to 8pm
  • Free pizza slice and a drink when you show your Manchester Marathon medal (while stocks last)
  • Exclusive merch and great prize giveaways from adidas and JD
  • Plus photo moments, live DJs, and more
  • Find it at The Bungalow, Kampus, M1 3GL (next to Nell’s)

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Parents in Greater Manchester say friendship is one of school’s most valuable lessons

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Some of the most valuable lessons that children learn in school are friendship and confidence, Greater Manchester parents have revealed. 

It’s been revealed thanks to new research conducted by the Department for Education.

The data has found that 82% of local parents believe school has improved their child’s confidence, with a similar number (79%) believing that the social skills developed at school have also positively influenced behavior at home. 

Parents also say that making friends is one of school’s most valuable lessons, with more than four in five (83%) saying that child’s school friendships extend beyond the classroom. This is helping to boost confidence and a sense of belonging for young people. 

Reflecting on their own early years, more than two thirds (69%) of parents in Greater Manchester said their school years were the best years of their lives, and two thirds (66%) are still in touch with friends from school.

The Department for Education has found that 88% of parents believe children learn valuable social skills at school, well beyond traditional subjects and education. 

The top five lessons gained at school are, according to parents, making friends (52%), confidence (50%), teamwork (48%), respect (42%) and problem solving (40%). 

But school absence can really impact a child’s opportunity to learn and develop these social skills and life lessons, making the transition from school to the rest of life more difficult. 

Which is why five high-performing schools in Greater Manchester have been selected by the Department for Education to run Attendance and Behaviour hubs. 

Parents in Greater Manchester say friendship is one of school’s most valuable lessons

These are networks of schools that will share effective practice on attendance and behavior through collaboration, supporting thousands of children and families by working with other schools in the area to identify absence early, build strong routines, and create positive environments. 

It’s hoped that this support-first approach will help schools to understand the barriers that stop children from attending school, and put plans in place to help overcome them. 

The five local schools running Attendance and Behaviour Hubs will be among 93 hub schools nationally, which have capacity to support more than 3000 schools each year. 

Kersty, a local parent in Greater Manchester, said: ”My daughter really struggled with anxiety and wasn’t able to go to school for a while. 

“We got in touch with our local council attendance support team who were so supportive and they directed me to an attendance course to help support my child’s return to school. 

“We take things one day at a time and she’s now starting to settle into the school routine, speak to other children, and make friends.

“From my experience, I’ve found that school is about a lot more than just classes, it’s where children gain important social skills. They learn how to make friends, sort out the little fallouts, and feel like they’re part of something.”

Other curriculum reforms coming into action from September 2028 will include an expanded curriculum with more focus on areas like arts, sport, digital skills and financial literacy. 

Children will have more regular opportunities for enrichment activities like sport, arts, outdoor learning and community activities. 

Schools will also provide clearer information about progress, behaviour and at-home support for parents, plus will identify learning or wellbeing issues to provide earlier support for children who struggle. 

And mainstream schools will improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) so more pupils can succeed alongside their peers. 

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To find out more about the hubs and the government’s wider reforms to support belonging at school, head HERE.

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