By Mike Burnett BBC Sport in Manchester

More can sometimes be less, as Andy Blake found out after hearing the wheelchair basketball competition was a sell-out.

The Great Britain captain is a bit miffed that tickets are so hard to come by, even for players.

"We just assumed that there would be a special allocation for friends and family," he said. "But there's none available."

At least, there should be plenty of people roaring on Blake and co when they begin their campaign against Germany on Thursday.

It is official - shellsuits are out. Many of you already know that but it seems Manchester has finally caught up.

Paralympic World Cup volunteers Diana Doyle and June Hargreaves

They were all the rage at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, but this year's volunteers are wearing fetching pastel blue jumpers instead.

Diana Doyle and June Hargreaves, volunteers at both events, clearly prefer the new uniform.

"Oh, those horrible purple shellsuit things - I'm glad to see the back of them," said Doyle. So are we.

'Like mother, like daughter' - but not in Tanni Grey Thompson's case.

It seems three-year-old Carys has already decided not to emulate her famous mum, opting for the golf course instead of the track.

"At the moment, she wants to be a golfer. She prefers that to athletics," the Paralympic star revealed.

"My brother loves golf so I think he'd be happy to tour round the world with her. But she is only three so we're not getting our hopes up just yet."