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Sports Direct queues broken up as hundreds of shoppers line streets for NHS discount
Hundreds of eager shoppers have been spotted queueing up outside Sports Direct as the chain announces a 50 per cent discount for NHS workers.The sportswear chain is reopening 374 stores as of today - including those across Greater Manchester - as the government allows non-essential shops to restart trading following almost three months of lockdown.In Stockport, the queue snaked from the entrance on Warren Street up the hill on Vernon Street and around the corner onto Turner Street and Shawcross Fold, with about 300 people waiting in line at 10am.While in Bolton, where many major shops have opened their doors once again, MEN reporter Tom Molloy says the town’s biggest shopping queue is at Sports Direct.He tweeted, along with a video: “By far
