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Viadux Manchester

Manchester developments to be given less stupid names

Sleuth week 7: Is Viadux the worst building name ever?

2018 02 05 Levenshulme Library

Levy Old Library to be reborn as arts centre

It may have been replaced by Arcadia Library & Leisure Centre, but this isn’t the...

Hotspur House Press Geography Org Uk

Disappearing Manchester: the city's most at-risk old buildings

From Little Ireland to Hotspur House - these heritage buildings may not be around much...

2018 02 13 Ancoats Hospital 2

Ancoats Dispensary Trust admit defeat as council reclaim listed building

Council say plans for affordable housing plans will seek to maintain the fabric of the...

2018 02 08 Bonbon 6

Bonbon voyage? Chocolatiers face uncertain future as developers pile into Northern Quarter

As property developers swallow buildings, people are concerned about the future of the city's indie...

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Shudehill hotel rejected as council rap knuckles of developer

Salboy, Betfred boss Fred Done's development company, has had controversial plans for a new aparthotel...

Ikea Sleuth

IKEA's new Manchester buildings + pub reacts to art gallery censorship

Sleuth week 6: plus, new towers to be built... in the ground

Levenshulme Baths Jeremy Hoad

Could the circus save Levenshulme Baths?

Since closing in 2016 due to funding cuts, the building has remained derelict - now...

20180107 Swadesh Interior

City centre restaurant could lose licence over illegal workers

Swadesh on Portland Street faces a review following immigration checks

Hacienda

Haçienda and Chetham's in Historic England Top 10

Manchester institutions feature on national music and literature heritage list

20180105 Heart And Parcel Dumpling Tray

Heart & Parcel - how dumplings are helping Manchester's migrant women

Lucy Tomlinson visits Levenshulme, where a social enterprise aims to teach English through cooking

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Let there be light - Manchester Cathedral lifted from gloom

Jonathan Schofield welcomes the cathedral's new lighting and effects

18 01 24 Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery to remove all paintings

Following the controversial removal of 'Hylas and the Nymphs', Sleuth speaks to the curator

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Introducing Bridgewater Wharf

New buy-to-let opportunity close to the city centre

Cannabis

How high does Manchester rank in the Global Cannabis Price Index?

How much do we pay and how much do we consume, compared with London, Liverpool...

170317 Parklife Crowd

Liam Gallagher, Pharrell and The xx to headline Parklife 2018

Lorde, Skepta, A$AP Rocky and Everything Everything also confirmed for Heaton Park festival this summer...

171221 St Michaels New Drone

Historic England will never back Neville's tower, but let’s build it anyway

Jonathan Schofield on why Gary Neville, Stephen Hodder and city planners should ignore the bureaucratic...

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'They can't eat steel and glass' - Manchester's child poverty shame

Manchester is the second worst local authority in the country for child poverty and something...