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charity
Charity Boxing Nights raise £90,000 for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
It pushes the total raised in the last five years to over £300,000
Louise Rhind-Tutt
28 September 2021
Manchester writers
UK’s only award for outstanding Northern writing announces longlist
The £10,000 Portico Prize is open to new works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry that best evoke the spirit of the North
Louise Rhind-Tutt
28 September 2021
Manchester Airport
San Carlo and Pot Kettle Black join Mancunian line-up at Manchester Airport
The new £1bn ‘super-terminal’ will also welcome two further airlines, as KLM and Air France become the latest to move to the facility
Louise Rhind-Tutt
28 September 2021
Manchester chefs
The best restaurants and bars in Manchester – as voted for by you
The MFDF Awards winners were decided entirely by the public vote – with food and drink fans voting in their thousands
Louise Rhind-Tutt
27 September 2021
Pizza
American Pies has brought cheesy deep dish pizza heaven to the city centre
As well as Chicago deep dish and grandma pies, there’s now the doughrito – a garlic bread and pizza burrito stuffed with joy
Louise Rhind-Tutt
27 September 2021
Ancoats
Top critic declares Ancoats restaurant ‘one of the best meals of the year’
‘See how good it is? It’s forced me to type utter blathering, enthusiastic bollocks’ says Jay Rayner in his review of Erst
Louise Rhind-Tutt
27 September 2021
First Street Manchester
Review: The War of the Worlds invades HOME Manchester with superb effects
The stage at HOME evokes ‘an other-worldly feel’ and ‘awash with extra-terrestrial hues’ for The War of the Worlds production
Craig McDonald
24 September 2021
Trafford
Modern Surf plans approved including lakeside park, beach bar and restaurant terrace
Manchester to finally have everything, including a £60m beach
I Love MCR
24 September 2021
Kampus
Manchester bakery Pollen to open new canal-side pastry kitchen and café
Soon you can grab Pollen’s legendary cruffins from their new canal-side cafe
I Love MCR
24 September 2021
Stockport
Local gin awarded two stars at the trusted Great Taste Awards 2021
Stockport Gin is among the winners at the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink awards
I Love MCR
23 September 2021
Waterloo Road is returning with new series – and it’s set in Greater Manchester
BBC announce Waterloo Road is returning for a brand new series after six years
I Love MCR
23 September 2021
The Lowry
The next LS Lowry? Inspired Salford boy reimagines famous painting
Famous painting by LS Lowry reimagined by 7-year-old boy from Salford
I Love MCR
23 September 2021
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