Queen Bey is back, and she’s giving fans a major fashion moment — and new music! Beyoncé graced the cover of British Vogue after announcing her first solo album in six years.
29.05.2022 - 14:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A dad-of-three from Oldham is thought to be the first British Muslim to scale Mount Everest - and completed part of the momentous challenge whilst fasting for Ramadan.
Akke Rahman, 39, who lives in Chadderton with his wife and three children, summited the world's highest mountain on May 13 in an incredible 21 days and says he's still struggling to process his achievement. The former insurance manager even fell down a crevasse early in his trip and missed celebrating Eid with his family for the first time in his life, in order to complete the climb at the best possible time.
Speaking to the M.E.N after arriving home, Akke said he was looking forward to spending some time with his family, and is having to look at photographs from the once in a lifetime trip to believe it happened.
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"My family were so relieved to see me. My little boy was crying. I just wanted to get home to them by the end," he said. "I don't think it has sunk in yet. I need to be home for a few days before I start processing it."
The dad-of-three only began mountaineering a few years ago, and was inspired to get into the extreme support to 'do something different' and to inspire his children aged 15, 10, and six.
He started with popular mountains in the UK such as Snowdown, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis, before moving on to Europe's tallest mountain - Elbrus in Russia, which he scaled five days after recovering from Covid-19. He then completed Mount Blanc and Kilimanjaro in the space of a week.
"The plan was always to do Everest but you need to put yourself on a journey and see how your body reacts," he said. "Rich people can just pay for an expedition and if they do it
Queen Bey is back, and she’s giving fans a major fashion moment — and new music! Beyoncé graced the cover of British Vogue after announcing her first solo album in six years.
It's been an exciting Thursday for the BeyHive — and Queen Bey has another trick up her sleeve! Not only was it announced that Beyoncé is releasing , her long-awaited seventh studio album and her first solo album in six years on July 29, but British alsoreveals that the GRAMMY-winner is their cover star for the July issue. Editor in Chief Edward Enninful takes readers for a fantastical ride describing the process of creating Rafael Pavarotti’s «fashion fantasia» photo shoot for the issue, and shares the brief but intriguing hints the mother-of-three laid out about her upcoming project. Enninful describes the «magical mood» on set where Beyoncé is surprised by a visit from husband JAY-Z and her children for a «slightly surreal» family day out.And when it comes to Bey's first solo album since in 2016, the editor shares that Beyoncé contributed the long creative process to the pandemic.
The Directors Guild of Canada BC has released the terms of a tentative agreement that ended the recent labor dispute in British Columbia. The new three-year deal with the AMPTP and Canadian Media Producers Association includes what the guild says are “significant gains” for the lowest paid and entry level workers, as well as new provisions to deal with brutally-long workdays.
An NHS trust which runs hospitals and other health services in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and Salford is now the first to have fully electric trucks in its fleet. The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) is taking part in a year-long trial which will see two fully electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) used by the NHS group.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds are set to play Delamere Forest in Cheshire this week, having stunned a Cannock audience in Staffordshire on Sunday. The former Oasis rocker will play the open air gig as part of the Forest Live 2022 series this Thursday, June 16.
Sisters Lauren and Stephanie are reaching for the stars – and hoping to be the first twins in orbit.
Lidl GB has become the first major supermarket to introduce a new label in stores that will help those who are struggling to pay for their food.
Arctic Monkeys have announced a new tour date in Colombia. Check out ticket details below.Father John Misty will act as support on the date, according to a post the band shared on social media today (June 7).
Queen’s Greatest Hits has reached the landmark milestone of 1,000 weeks on the Official Album Chart.
Scotland has become the first UK nation to enforce a ban on single-use plastics.
A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Oldham.
A drug dealer involved in importing cocaine from Colombia as part of an international crime network has been locked up. Ian Cary, 49, was part of a gang which sourced the class As from the south American country, which has a notorious reputation for drugs cartels.
Two drug dealers have been jailed after cocaine was imported in the post from Colombia. The pair were caught after the secret communications network they used was smashed.
MPs in Oldham have written to health chiefs raising concerns that it took five days to notify them about a major IT failure that led to a ‘critical incident’ being declared at four hospitals.