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Exclusive: Lido for Deansgate by spring 2024

Confidentials.com thinks this is a great idea as do businesses along the street

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Corrie to be renamed Camilla Street, Neville's burden, George Best's lost boot

News in brief from across the city

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REVEALED: The Northern Quarter Park

Jonathan Schofield writes about a vision that would have hugely improved the city centre

Latest Manchester
stories

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15-Minute City: What is it and could it be good for Manchester?

David Adamson explores the current urban planning buzz-phrase

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DNA VR: an otherworldly experience

Harley Young attends DNA VR’s launch party and discovers more about Manchester’s brand new virtual...

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Manchester Food and Drink round-up: Pelican NQ opens, Kampus news and more

We give our rundown of what's happening in the city's food scene

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An alternative walk through Northern Quarter and Ancoats (part two)

Jonathan Schofield continues his stroll amongst factories, warehouses, canals and street art

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Marley's Pizza: The Did It Anyway profiles

Lucy Linford continues her series, interviewing some of Greater Manchester indie food traders that decided...

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Bigamy, Buildings and Dreams: Naughty Thomas Witlam Atkinson

Eccentric citizens: an occasional look at unusual lives associated with Manchester

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WAG/MAG divorce: new unconventional direction for the city's main galleries?

Change ahead for the Whitworth Art Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery after 11 years of marriage

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Best places to go for afternoon tea in Manchester

Pastries, cakes, clotted cream and jam, and perfectly cut sandwiches. Mmm… have we missed anything?

Manchester restaurant
reviews

Squid Bolognese – Fold

'Personality and spark': Fold, Marple Bridge, reviewed

Olivia Potts enjoys a trip into the hills for some fine food

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'D'you want some bread with that butter?' - 263, Preston, reviewed

Sophie, I don't think we're in Pizza Express anymore...

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'A beautiful butterfly' – Restaurant Metamorphica, Haslingden reviewed

Neil Sowerby relishes a fine dining discovery in the unlikeliest of settings

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‘A crisis of identity’ - George’s Dining Room, Worsley, reviewed

Olivia Potts isn’t sure what the Worsley restaurant is aiming for

Pavlova At Tahi Circle Square

'A prize fighter' - Tahi, Circle Square, reviewed

Mark learns a thing or two about Kiwi food and the Māori language

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'Hearty and clever food' - The Yew Tree Inn, Anglezarke, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield enjoys good food in a very attractive pub

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'Good-looking without excessive fandango' - Homage at WOOD, Manchester, reviewed

Jonathan Schofield finds that funny word cheese is close to his heart

Gooey Bakery And Cafe High Street The Northern Quarter Review 2022

'I feel like I'm on vibrate' - Gooey bakery and café, reviewed

Ellie-Jo tries giant toast and sticky toffee cookies at Gooey’s permanent caff

Things to do
in Manchester

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Read all about it: House of Books and Friends

The King Street spot tackling social isolation and loneliness one book at a time

The Padel Club In Wilmslow Manchester Looking Into A Court

Pep Guardiola’s second favourite sport is padel

The tennis squash hybrid is about to take the North West by storm

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The Visit: Kersal Wetlands

Jonathan Schofield recommends this glorious place two miles, as the crow flies, from Deansgate

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14 indie theatres in Manchester you should know about

Big theatres, small theatres, theatres run by charities, all utterly lovable

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It's coming home: L.S Lowry painting gains a permanent spot at namesake Salford venue

Going To The Match is going to The Lowry

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Greater Manchester is top of the Footy Scran league

The food and drink across the football pyramid has never been so good

Dna Vr Virtual Arcade New Opening Manchester 2023

Brand new VR Arcade is coming to Manchester in early 2023

DNA VR is ready to take you to Egypt, the bottom of the ocean, and...

Cheshire Smokehouse Opening Sign And Entrance December 2022

Cheshire Smokehouse plans improvements and new accessible café space

Wilmslow favourite, which turned 30 this year, set for public consultation

Regional
guides

The Monton Lighthouse Opposite Waterside Pub In Monton Manchester

An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Monton

Picky bits, produce, pizza and the benefits of everything on one road

Ramsbottom Greater Manchester

An insider's guide to eating and drinking in Ramsbottom

It's not all black pudding lobbing and horse bits, Rammy is food and booze heaven.

Altrincham Market House

An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Altrincham

Markets, Cal-Mex, and 'a haven of dark greens and polished wood'

Assorted Brunch Items At Kin Bakehouse In Urmston Manchester

An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Urmston

Brewtaps, bakehouses and solid spots to eat

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An insider's guide to eating and drinking in Clitheroe

Local bar owner Katie Mather uncovers the gems of Clitheroe's food and drink scene

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An insider's guide to eating and drinking on Deansgate

Not just for heavy boozing, Deansgate has some major food highlights too

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An insider’s guide to eating and drinking in Didsbury

From croissants to Korean, pints to Palestinian - Manchester’s most covetable suburb is bursting with...

Levenshulme Bee In Green Space In Manchester

An insider's guide to eating and drinking in Levenshulme

We love Levenshulme for food and drink and here's why

Travel

Mackintosh Mural – Glasgow Life

Mackintosh, murals and magical sculptures - Why Glasgow is the ultimate arty city break

Is this Scotland’s visual art capital? Vicky Smith thinks so

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Hipping Hall: Stepping stone to Dales delights

Neil Sowerby revisits old haunts and revels in a fresh culinary direction at a favourite...

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Forest Side: a trip to Grasmere

Neil Sowerby considers the hikes of winter past and present on a trip to the...

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Beers, brekkie, and a home away from home: a stay at Holmes Mill in Clitheroe.

We stayed at the Spinning Block Hotel and indulged in some local booze, cheese pie...