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There’s a huge ‘Nerf battleground’ attraction opening in Greater Manchester

The first official Nerf Action Experience attraction in Britain is opening in Greater Manchester and will cost 4.5m

The Manc The Manc - 9th January 2021
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It looks like plans for a Nerf Action Experience are one step closer to coming to fruition in Greater Manchester.

The Trafford Centre will be the destination for the 25,000 sq ft attraction – which will cost Hasbro £4.5m – in a space originally earmarked for food and drinks establishments by Trafford Council.

The brand new activity centre is a collaboration between the gaming giant Hasbro and Rocafella Leisure Group, and will be the first to open in the UK.

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The news was originally announced by Phil Smith, Chief Operating Officer of Rocafella.

He wrote on LinkedIn: “I’m excited to announce that we are launching the UK’s first Nerf Action Experience at the Trafford Centre in early 2021. Taking UK family Entertainment Centres to the next level with the first of its kind. A huge thank you to @hasbro and their dedicated team.”

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The application for the plans reveal that three first floor units will be merged into one to create the whopping space for the attraction – which will also boast a 4,000 sq ft mezzanine with room for a café and a viewing platform.

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The application states that Nerf is ‘a family entertainment leisure experience, incorporating laser guns and virtual interactions and is a market leading attraction with 20 attractions across Europe’.

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Even better is that the attraction will generate up to 50 jobs.

More to follow when we have it.

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UK’s hottest binmen wanted for charity calendar and you can nominate them now

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Do you know someone who looks hot in high-vis, beautiful behind the wheel of a bin truck, or elegant while emptying the bins?

Well now is their time to shine.

That’s because, waste management experts BusinessWaste.co.uk has launched a new – and rather unique – nationwide search to find ‘Britain’s buffest binman’, celebrating the men and women who do one of the UK’s toughest and most overlooked jobs.

Bin workers do a job that many of us take for granted, but without them, our streets would be dirty, littered with bin bags, and attracting pests.

That’s why this new competition is aiming to shine a spotlight on them at a time when the waste sector faces a shortage of bin workers, as it’s more important than ever to recognise the people who keep the systems running.

The competition will crown the UK’s best-looking bin workers – with 12 winners featuring in a limited-edition charity calendar for 2026. 

The UK’s hottest binmen are wanted for a charity calendar and you can nominate them now / Credit: Supplied

Bin workers of all genders, ages, and backgrounds are welcome to apply, and you don’t even have to work on a bin lorry itself, it can be anyone behind the scenes too.

Crucially though, the aim of the competition is to raise money for charity, and this year, funds raised from the calendar will be in aid of FareShare – an organisation focused on fighting hunger and tackling food waste.

FareShare’s vision is for ‘no good food goes to waste’, and so it works to redistribute surplus food to charities that turn it into meals.

Ultimately, this tongue-in-cheek campaign is a chance for the waste sector to have some light-hearted fun.

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Keen to enter then? Or know someone who needs to be a part of the calendar? You can nominate yourself, a friend, or a loved one, and all you need to do is just ensure the nominee is happy to be entered and fill in a short form online.

You can enter, and read the full terms and conditions here.

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Britain’s least favourite chores have been revealed according to new survey

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Washing up, dusting, taking the bins out – we’re really not short of household chores to dislike, let’s be honest.

Doing the chores is, well, a chore… or is it? Surprisingly though, a new YouGov poll says different, as it’s been revealed that there are only a few household tasks that large numbers of Britons actively loathe, with many more liked that disliked, in fact.

While it probably has to be said that most chores and household tasks are not exactly what we’d choose to spend our time doing, the reality is they have to be done whether we like it or not.

The new survey, however, has revealed the some of us do actually ‘like’ it though.

YouGov asked a total of 2287 British adults for their opinions on a selection of chores in a bid to find out what the best and worst household task is.

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Cooking came out on top as the most popular chore of those polled, with a clear majority of Brits (57%) saying they like rustling up a meal, alongside a further 21% who neither like nor dislike it, and only 18% saying it’s a task they openly dislike.

Nearly half of Brits (46%) say they enjoy decluttering or clearing out their house, alongside 24% who are not bothered either way. Similarly, 40% say they like tidying up, with nearly as many (35%) neither liking nor disliking it.

In both cases, only roughly a quarter (22-27%) actively dislike making things neat and tidy.

On the other end of the spectrum, the chore that takes the top spot for being the most disliked across the board is ironing.

Four housework staples stand out as having the fewest outright fans – ironing, cleaning the bathroom, dusting, and taking the bins out, with just one in six Brits (16-18%) claiming to like doing any of them.

Although similar numbers of survey respondents dislike dusting, ironing, or cleaning the bathroom (41-45%), it’s ironing that has the strongest claim to being the most-hated chore overall, as not only do a higher proportion say they dislike it a lot (25% vs 16-18% for the other two chores), roughly three times as many Brits avoid doing the ironing altogether (20% vs 7%).

This makes it the only chore where the number of dislikers (43%) outnumber the combined total of those with a positive or neutral opinion of the chore (37%).

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How does gender come into the conversation? Well, taking the bins out is the chore polled with the biggest gender divide.

According to YouGov, while men are equally likely to say they like (24%) and dislike taking the bins out (22%), only 9% of women say they relish the task, which is relative to 42% of them who dislike having to do it.

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