Too wide and confusing a variety of fitness-related activities and food is causing people to be inactive and consequently unhealthy, says a Virgin Active fitness trainer.

The Printworks will be selling hundreds of jars of Manchester’s finest ‘live from the hive’ honey as they celebrate their second annual harvest to raise money for two Manchester charities.

A Hazel Grove mother-of-two has gone from washing pots to ‘baking’ an empire.

The Northern Vegan Festival comes to Manchester for the third successive year on Saturday October 17, showcasing 185 stalls worth of vegan food and products.

David Gale has worked as a senior chef at the Hilton Hotel, The Lawn Club in Spinningfields and Mughli in Northern Quarter, and will open his new restaurant Louie next year… but this lunchtime, he’s dishing up a meal in slightly different circumstances – on the first floor of a warehouse on Oldham Road.

Platinum selling singer-songwriter turned chef, Kelis, is coming to Manchester’s Arndale Shopping Centre to sign her new cookbook My Life on a Plate in Waterstone’s tomorrow.

A biospheric mushroom farm has sprouted up in Albert Square as a main exhibit at this year’s Manchester Food and Drink Festival.

The Manchester Food and Drink Festival (MFDF) will soon be back in Albert Square and the 18th year of this culinary delight is set to be its biggest and best yet.

Foodie website Good Egg Manchester and culture publication The Culture Review – both set up by former Mancunian Matters contributors – are already making a big impact on those seeking an alternative to mainstream media.

Manchester Superstore (Rusholme) Limited, which is based in Wilmslow Road and supplied meat to many of the restaurants and takeaways on the Curry Mile, were found guilty after their representatives failed to turn up to a hearing at Manchester Magistrates’ Court.

The unprovoked attack happened outside the Planet USA takeaway on South Parade, Rochdale, at about 5am on July 26.