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THERME Manchester’s long awaited opening has been delayed even further.
The huge water attraction was first announced back in 2020, which had an opening date of 2024.
However, the attraction bosses have said the “first major construction phase” will start later this year, MEN reports.
And with the huge complex predicted to take between 24 and 30 months to build, this means it is unlikely to open until 2028.
Not only that, but the estimates costs for the 28-acre resort have since soared.
Originally cited to cost £250million, this has since jumped to £400million.
Therme UK CEO Professor David Russell CEO explained that the costs were based on an old design of the resort.
He said: “The current design incorporates additional public space, sustainable and accessibility initiatives, the spectacular inner wellbeing garden, incorporation of our own state of the energy centre focused on air sourced heat pump energy and thermal storage (capable of incorporating district heating networks when available) and an integrated water retention system.”
He said it will still make Therme Manchester “unique and first of its kind in the UK”.
Sun Travel has contacted Therme UK for additional comment.
Therme Manchester has been called the “UK’s first city-based wellbeing resort”.
When it does open, inside will be a waterpark with 25 swimming pools, 35 water slides and even an indoor beach, the first of it’s kind in the UK.
The resort will be 33C all year round so don’t expect to get cold inside.
A huge wellness area will have steam rooms, saunas, mineral pools and treatments such as massages and facials.
Swim up bars will be part of the adult-only areas, with a push on healthy food options, gyms and exercises classes as well.
Restaurants, cafes and outdoor gardens will be part of the resort, with dedicated public transport stops outside as well.
As many as 1.7million people are expected to visit in the first year.
There are also plans for Therme Scotland in Glasgow, expected to cost £100million.
Little else is known about the plans although images show huge glass atriums with outdoor pools overlooking the river.
In the mean time, there are two other Therme attractions in Europe.
Therme Bucharest, while smaller, still has 17 slides and even DJ nights.
We visited the huge indoor spa and water resort – here’s what we thought.
The Sun’s Steve Corbett recently visited the Romanian Therme attraction.
Picture one of those famous Center Parcs domes, then imagine it seven times bigger.
Therme has its own exotic climate — the air temperature never drops below 30C — so you’ll see bananas and coconuts growing on some of its cherished 800,000 trees, plants and living walls.
Then there’s everything you can see and do inside the waterpark-spa hybrid, from whirling water slides for kids to high-tech treatments for couples and poolside bars, with DJs, that stag and hen parties would love.
Grown-ups can enjoy a hydro-massage bed, visit “wet saunas” — some of which are infused with botanicals and herbs — and sit in a relaxing salt library, with walls built from blocks on Himalayan salt, known for its medicinal and mental health benefits.
Make sure to stay until the early evening if you fancy a bit of a boogie.
Open until midnight, the place becomes an Instagrammer’s paradise after sunset, with a DJ delivering energetic vibes.
Best of all, a day ticket, offering full access, costs just £28.
There is also Therme Erding, one of the largest thermal baths in the world which even has an indoor waterpark.
And here are the plans for Therme Dubai which will be the tallest of its kind in the world.
CHELSEA head coach Enzo Maresca has two games to save his job, according to Paul Merson.
The Blues have endured a mixed season under their new boss.
Having been widely considered title contenders before Christmas, Maresca and Co began dropping down the Premier League table at the turn of the year.
They now sit down in seventh and face competition from Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Newcastle and Manchester City for a Champions League spot.
With the top-four competition so tight, Merson believes Chelsea cannot afford to drop any more points in the coming weeks.
The ex-Arsenal man has even suggested that Maresca could find himself out of the job if they don’t win the next two games.
On Monday, Merson said: “If they don’t win their next two games, the manager won’t be there.
“They’re playing against two of the worst teams to play in the Premier League for I don’t know how long in Southampton and Leicester.
“So, if they don’t win those two games, he will do well to keep his job.
“Chelsea have got to get in the Champions League. They need the Champions League to keep players like Cole Palmer as he will want to play in that competition.
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“They will have to finish in the top five, otherwise I dread to think what’s going to happen. I just don’t see what the plan is.
“All the seven-year contracts and these players are not getting any better. How many of them have been a major success?”
Merson also put forward a theory to explain why Cole Palmer has experienced a drop-off in form.
He continued: “Even Palmer has struggled now, Palmer needs Nicolas Jackson, and Jackson needs Palmer.
“Without Jackson’s movement, Palmer gets suffocated out of the game. He hasn’t got any movement in front of him.
“People give Jackson stick, but you can see how good he is now he’s not in the team.
“Now, all of a sudden, they’ve got nothing up front, so no one’s making the runs and Palmer’s got no space. So he’s getting deeper and deeper. Jackson’s a massive miss.”
Chelsea next host Southampton at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday evening before travelling to Copenhagen in the Europa Conference League next Thursday.
They then return to Premier League action to face Leicester City.
By Graham Hill
BLUES keeper Filip Jorgensen’s awful underarm howler saw Aston Villa come from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 in the Prem.
Enzo Fernandez’s rapid opener inside nine minutes came from Pedro Neto’s stunning breeze past Ian Maatsen.
But the Blues soon fell apart after Man Utd loanee Marcus Rashford’s blistering introduction at half-time.
Rashford provided two assists for fellow January signing Marco Asensio to leave Chelsea in sixth with two Prem wins from nine games in 2025.
FILIP JORGENSEN – 4
Horrible error for Villa’s late winner as Asensio’s shot squirmed under his body and through his gloves- ironically he had made a crucial save before that.
MALO GUSTO – 6
Failed to get a decent touch on Cash’s ball – and that led to Villa’s second half equaliser. Struggled to deal with Rashford’s presence.
TREVOH CHALOBAH – 3
The defender suffered a huge blow as he had to come off after just six minutes clutching his ribs following a challenge from Asensio.
LEVI COLWILL – 6
Found himself with a new central defensive partner early in the game and looked uncertain at times.
MARC CUCURELLA – 6
Defending Chelsea’s left flank was not as troublesome as the right hand side, and the Spaniard looked stylish as Villa applied more pressure.
REECE JAMES – 6
Stepped in for the injured Noni Madueke and took the captain’s armband, had a good battle with Cash.
ENZO FERNANDEZ – 6
Right place, right time to open the scoring, a real threat early on, took a booking for the team, lucky to escape a second.
MOISES CAICEDO – 7
Provided a strong presence in midfield, spotted danger early and halted a number of Villa raids.
His second-half ball should have provided Chelsea with their winner.
COLE PALMER – 6
Largely quiet game but wasted his chance to win the game when he collected a Caicedo through ball – but stumbled – that allowed Konsa to clear the shot
PEDRO NETO – 7
Great work for the opening goal when he left Maatsen standing before crossing to find Fernandez.
CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU- 5
Hugged the left touchline, should have been involved more, not as much of a threat as Neto, subbed with 14 minutes to go.
SUBS
TOSIN ADARABIOYO: (for Chalobah, 6mins) – 6
Needed some time to fit in at the back after Chalobah’s injury.
JADON SANCHO: (for Nkunku, 76mins) – 5
Did little to affect the game after coming on for an ineffective Nkunku.
NASA has issued a huge update on the “city-killer” asteroid hurtling in Earth’s direction – and the odds of a collision have jumped drastically.
After being discovered in December, YR4 shot to the top of Nasa’s asteroid risk list – and was judged to have an alarming 1-in-32 chance of smashing into us.
But the odds constantly changed as scientists analysed the rock – and have done again.
Nasa now believes YR4 has just a 1-in-26,000 chance of striking Earth – meaning there is a 99.9961 per cent chance the rock will sail on past.
It will still pass near Earth in 2028 – around 5 million miles away – and then again in December 2032, which was the approach causing such alarm.
However, scientists now think there will be 167,000 miles of clear sky – and no Christmas collision.
If YR4 – estimated between 40m and 90m wide – did strike Earth, it would pack a punch equivalent to eight billion kilos of TNT, scientists calculated.
It would blow a 1.2mile-across crater into the Earth’s crust, and a terrifying simulation showed what the impact might look like.
YR4 had been graded as level three on the Torino scale – the system used since 1999 to categorize potential Earth impact events.
This emergency level means: “A close encounter, meriting attention buy astronomers. Current calculations give a one per cent or greater chance of collision capable of localised destruction.”
However, the new, much lower chance of collision means YR4 slides back down to level zero.
Any event with a less than 1-in-1000 chance of occurring falls within this band.
Richard Binzel, Professor of Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who created the Torino scale, said: “The NASA JPL Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) now lists the 2024 YR4 impact probability as 0.00005 (0.005%) or 1-in-20,000 for its passage by Earth in 2032.
“That’s impact probability zero folks.”
Another part of the level three description says: “Most likely, new telescopic observations will lead to re-assignment to level zero.
“Attention by public and public officials is merited if the encounter is less than a decade away.”
So, YR4’s descent to level zero has conformed with the Torino scale’s predictions.
The odds for YR4 striking Earth began at 1-in-83, before steadily reducing to a trough of 1-in-32.
The projected odds have moved around as scientists gathered more data on the speeding asteroid.
The calculations mapping the rock’s path include a lot of mathematical uncertainty, but this is reduced as more data is collected – allowing for more accurate predictions.
Asteroid hunter David Rankin, of the Catalina Sky Survey, knew from the outset the odds of a collision would rise and then fall, and explained why the figures change.
He told Space.com: “Imagine holding a stick that is a few feet long. If you move the stick in your hand a fraction of an inch, you hardly notice any movement on the other end.
“Now imagine that stick is many millions of miles long. Moving your hand a fraction of an inch will cause dramatic changes on the other end.”
The near-certainty that YR4 will pass by without incident will push it out of public conversation, Binzel said, but there are some lessons to take away from the debacle.
He told the website: “As 2024 YR4 fades away from the news cycle, I think there is an overall context that is the most important takeaway news.
“An object the size of YR4 passes harmlessly through the Earth-moon neighbourhood as frequently as a few times per year.
“The YR4 episode is just the beginning for astronomers gaining the capability to see these objects before they come calling through our neck of the woods.”
He warned there will be future asteroids that, initially, will be calculated as having a high chance of smashing into Earth.
Binzel added: “But, just like YR4, with a little time and patient tracking, we will be able to rule out entirely any hazard.
“This means that objects with low categories on the Torino Scale are likely to be a common occurrence, of interest to space enthusiasts and astronomers for follow-up, but not particularly newsworthy.”
Binzel concluded: “Rather than making anyone anxious, by finding these objects that are already out there and pinning down their orbits, we are becoming more secure in our knowledge that any sizable asteroid is not likely to take us by surprise.”
WE’VE all experienced it at least once or twice – the waging war against the zip on your suitcase just hours before a flight.
There’s nothing more annoying than having to take out a pair of shoes, multiple bikinis or leave your straighteners at home, only to ensure that you can fit the bare necessities in for a trip.
And if you’ve tried all things from packing cubes to vacuum-packed bags in a bid to save space in your luggage but with no success, then you’ve come to the right place.
Thanks to a ‘genius’ hack, many travellers are only just realising that they’ve been packing their suitcase all wrong.
Content creator Aline Lowry took to social media to share her simple but effective space-saving packing hack – and it’s left many very impressed.
Thanks to this influencer’s trick, which has now gone viral online, gone are the days of putting your suitcase on the floor to stuff in all your bits.
Now, according to Aline, the best way to load up your belongings is to pack your suitcase upright on a bed.
In her short video which has amassed 8.6 million views, the fashion and travel influencer stood up an empty suitcase on her bed and packed it from bottom to top.
She asked her followers: “Have you ever packed like this? I saw someone packing with their bag in a vertical position and I had to try.”
Thrilled with the amount of stuff she was able to squeeze in, the blonde beauty continued: “I’m very impressed by the amount of clothes I was able to put in this bag.”
Not only this, but Aline also recognised: “I think this will be a great way when you arrive at the hotel and you don’t unpack at all, this is like a drawer full of clothes.”
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @alinelowry, has clearly impressed many, as it has quickly amassed a whopping 209,600 likes, 50,800 saves and 59,800 shares.
As well as this, 722 users eagerly raced to the comments, keen to share their thoughts on the packing trick.
One person said: “I pack my groceries like that but never thought to pack my suitcase that way. Genius!”
I can’t believe I have never thought of this!
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Another added: “Genius idea, so easy to find your stuff.”
A third commented: “I can’t believe I have never thought of this!”
But despite this, at the same time many travel fans raved about packing cubes as opposed to Aline’s savvy trick.
One user beamed: “I prefer packing cubes.”
A second agreed: “Packing cubes win.”
Whilst someone else chimed in: “Packing cubes are the way to go!”
Jemma Solomon, aka The Label Lady has got 5 packing tips to help you get organised for your next holiday.
1. Write a list
Think about all the essentials you need to take with you; suncream, medicine, a few games for the kids, beach towels, and write everything in one list, which you can tick off as you add it to your suitcase.
Or for complete ease, try Google’s AI app – Gemini – which will create a list for you and help you not over pack.
2. Involve your kids
Jemma said: “My girls are getting older, they’re 11 and nine, and they enjoy helping to pack. So I send them a list, and say ‘this is what you need’ and they follow the list.
“And then I give them a rucksack each – and say to them ‘you can have whatever you want in there as long as it’s not liquid’, and they can take that on the plane. And that’s their ‘home away from home’ items.”
3. Try a hack or two
She said: “I think they all work, but for different reasons – and you’ve just got to pick the right one for your trip.
“Rolling your clothes is really good to stop your clothes from getting creases. And if you’re trying to get a lot of items into your case, it’s a space saver.
“Packing cubes are great – for example, I’m going on holiday with my three kids and we’re all using the same suitcase for our clothes.
“These handy compartments let you separate your clothes, toiletries and tech into designated cubes, maximising luggage space by keeping your items compressed and neatly stacked.
“I love taking them abroad with the family and it means my kids can easily take charge of their own items once we’ve arrived.”
4. Decant beauty products
Do you really need to take full-size bottles of shampoo and conditioner with you? The beauty industry has evolved so much, you can now buy shampoo bars or sheets – which are much lighter and smaller.
Or, if you’ll be popping to the shops when you’re abroad, consider buying some items when you arrive.
5. Get organised before you come home
Jemma said: “When you repack on holiday [before coming home], the trick is to separate clean from dirty clothes.
“Also pack it in some form of order – so lights, darks, colours for items that need washing, or if you wash your clothes by person in the household, piles for each person.
“Then you can put it straight into the washing machine. Do it straight away, don’t leave it.”
Not only this, but others weren’t too keen on having a suitcase on their bed.
One cleaning enthusiast shared: “Wheels on the bed is diabolical.”
At the same time, another penned: “Luggage on the bed. I just can’t.”
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