First published in Manchester’s Finest July 28, 2021 The Stack is available to rent from this week… The iconic brutalist 60s tower block, which was once a Business School within the Aytoun Street Campus of Manchester Metropolitan University, is now officially open to city centre renters. It will offer 123 brand new one and…
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The Manchester Kebab House in the Finals of The British Kebab Awards 2021
First published in Manchester’s Finest July 28, 2021 Ahhhh The British Kebab Awards – better than the Oscars… It’s that time of the year again, when machetes are sharpened, aprons are starched and kebab meat is finely sliced and plonked onto a huge naan bread with tonnes of salad. Yes my friends, The British…
Local community stunned by sudden death of Stephen Cooper
First published in the Saddleworth Independent STEPHEN Cooper, a former Uppermill cricketer and well-known musician, has died suddenly aged 49. Uppermill Cricket Club official Jim Bradbury said it was a measure of the esteem in which Stephen was held that more than 100 people observed one minute’s silence in his memory at the recent…
Sophie Bee talks Manchester, Inclusivity, and Freight Island
First published in Manchester’s Finest July 27, 2021 One of the city’s hardest working cultural professionals waxes lyrical, and explains what’s next for Mayfield Depot’s dining and drinking destination now dancing is on the menu “There’s no let up for me, I go from one thing to the next, from the minute I get…
When David Bowie, Elton John & Black Sabbath played B&Q in Stretford
First published in Manchester’s Finest July 27, 2021 This place was only open for a couple of years but it made a massive impact… I’m always amazed at some of the history knocking about this city, and none more so than when I heard that an old B&Q in Stretford, right near my house,…
Council to invest extra £1.27m and clean every district as part of new ‘Don’t Trash Oldham’ campaign
First published in the Saddleworth Independent OLDHAM Council is set to carry out a deep clean of every district in the borough over the coming months. It’s part of the council’s new ‘Don’t Trash Oldham’ campaign which will see an extra £1.27m invested in street cleaning. Councillors this week agreed plans which will see…
An Italian Pop-Up Beach Bar is coming to Spinningfields this Summer
First published in Manchester’s Finest July 27, 2021 The Aperol Spritz & Spiaggia will come to The Oast House from 5th August… As we all resign ourselves to a summer of staycations, Aperol have teamed up with The Oast House down in Spinningfields to bring their very own picture-perfect Italian beach bar to the…
Peter Kay is BACK with a Special Charity Gig
First published in Manchester’s Finest July 27, 2021 All profits from the gig will go to charity… Peter Kay returns to the Manchester O2 Apollo to host two very special charity Q & A shows in aid of Laura Nuttall. Laura was 18 and in her first term at Uni when, after a couple…
OPENING THIS WEEK: The Bar & Restaurant with a “constantly evolving food and drinks menu” from Henry C & CBRB
First published in Manchester’s Finest July 27, 2021 The pedigree behind 10 Tib Lane is enough to make us sit up and take serious notice… Over the years, number 10 on Tib Lane, just off Albert Square has changed hands a couple of times, from the rather excellent Moulin Rouge-esque Lounge10, to most recently…
Manchester’s New LOADED Spanish Tapas Lunch Boards at La Bandera
First published in Manchester’s Finest July 27, 2021 Get 3 tapas and a drink for £15.50 through the week… With all of the good weather that we’ve been having recently, we haven’t even missed going on holiday – well, I haven’t. Yet. There are enough fantastic restaurants and bars in (and out of) the…