First Manchester…then the world: Northern Quarter cocktail bar Cane & Grain eyes global domination
Manchester’s latest cocktail bar is has laid down the gauntlet to its Northern Quarter rivals by proclaiming it will be the ‘best bar in the world’.
Night and Day Café face the music: Venue gets date for crunch meeting over noise complaints and licence review
Night and Day Café has been ordered to attend a compulsory review meeting on June 9 to discuss whether they have been breaching the terms of their noise abatement notice and venue licence.
Manchester Green Party candidate: We are most popular party in UK… we just lack cash to win votes
The Green Party stood candidates in all 32 of Manchester City’s wards, they came second in 13 wards.
Coroner leads fight against ‘super-violent’ Call of Duty after game linked to suicides of FOUR Manchester teens
A coroner is investigating violent video game Call of Duty after up to FOUR Manchester teenagers who regularly played it went on to kill themselves.
North West European elections 2014 round-up: Victory for Labour as BNP and Lib Dems wiped off map
UKIP have three North West MEPs, while the Conservatives hold two seats after gaining only 20.1% of the North West vote.
Salford shooting: Victim in serious condition after masked men open fire in packed pub
The 49-year-old victim was rushed to hospital and is believed to be in a serious but ‘stable’ condition
Things can only get better: Manchester councillor slates UKIP’s rise and vows to repeat Labour’s ’97 landslide
Gorton South Councillor Julie Reid readily voiced her concerns despite beating second place UKIP candidate, Bob Catterall, by 1781 votes.
Picture purr-fect! Life as Manchester’s photographic Dr Dolittle capturing the region’s pets – in pictures
Robert Ashton spent 15 years working as a food photographer in London before head up north to focus on pet photography
Trafford council elections 2014 round-up: Tories rejoice at majority as Labour draws General Election battle lines
The Conservatives now have a majority of 34 seats, eight more than Labour.
Max Factor: Former talent show contestant mentored by Gary Barlow lands weekly Manchester bar gig
Former X Factor star Max Vickers has secured a weekly spot at Piccadilly’s B-Lounge.
‘Umbro… tenacity and sheer damned cheek’: Manchester sportswear brand celebrates 90 years at the top
Formed in Wilmslow in 1924, Umbro is THE iconic football brand and remains as in-demand today as it was back then.