New café with 'glorious' views opens in popular beauty spot

Greater Manchester's newest IKEA store has already divided shoppers as customers took to social media to voice their opinion.

served the noise abatement order in November 2021 from a new resident who had moved to the city during lockdown.Despite months of petitioning and fundraising for the venue and messages of support from acts local to or with strong connections to Manchester including Elbow’s Guy Garvey and The 1975’s Matty Healy, Night & Day remains in danger of closure due to a planning file for the redevelopment of a nearby building.Although a noise abatement order isn’t grounds to shut a venue down, it could be subject to seizure of sound equipment, fines and potential prosecution. These alone would be enough to shut down Night & Day for good.Now, the venue has returned to court to continue appealing the noise abatement order.

An IKEA is opening today in a new location in Greater Manchester.

A talented young Liverpool chef who was tragically killed in a Mother's Day crash has been described as a "joyous character" by his boss who was about to promote him.

A doggy soft play is preparing to reopen for the new season and will be 'bigger and better' than before.

New Order have backed the #LetTheMusicMove campaign against proposed changes to US visa rules that would impact touring artists.Last month saw the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announce that it was planning to raise touring visa fees for foreign acts by more than 250 per cent.The DHS said in its proposal that applications for a P visa, which is for acts arriving in the states to perform temporarily, would increase from the current rate of $460 (£375.23) to $1,615 (£1,317). Meanwhile, the longer-term O work visa would jump from $460 (£375.23) to $1,655 (£1,349).Numerous musicians have since spoken out against the plans, saying that it would be “a huge hardship to pay such high visa fees”.

Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert of New Order spoke today (March 15) at this year’s SXSW and discussed becoming musicians, the evolution of their sound and growing up in Manchester.The trio were keynote speakers at the annual tech and marketing festival, in conversation with Will Hodgkinson, rock and pop critic of The Times. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, introduced the keynote, calling New Order “the ultimate Manchester band” before adding that it was “a big statement”.The band kicked off their chat by discussing how they weren’t necessarily “anti-musicians” but they were “anti-success”, with Sumner pointing to growing up working class before “punk came along” giving him the chance to express himself, without being a virtuoso. “I didn’t want to be famous, I didn’t care about that at all.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reportedly lining up Sir Dave Brailsford to lead the overhaul of Manchester United should his bid for the club be successful.

Brazilian-born, Manchester-dwelling chef Caroline Martins is set to bring a flavour of South American pub food to the city. Her new project Rio-Mex is to open at Hatch, the food court under the Mancunian Way.

She famously sang about the 'juice' in one of her biggest hits but Grammy Award-winning singer and rapper Lizzo was full of praise for the food when she arrived in Manchester. The American megastar had been feeling unwell but was cheered up no end after getting a takeaway bag from Northern Quarter cafe Gooey.

The 1975 have shared a new short film on YouTube entitled A theatrical performance of an intimate moment – check it out below.The release of the six-minute film comes a few hours ahead of the band performing on tonight’s (March 11) episode of Saturday Night Live alongside host and Wednesday star Jenna Ortega.In the short film, Matty Healy meets fans on the street and works out. “You’re not a little girl, you’re a big strong man!” he tells himself while lifting weights.No details have been revealed about what form the series will take in the future, but an Instagram post from the band calls the new video “Episode 1,” hinting that an entire series is on the way.For now, watch A theatrical performance of an intimate moment below.After their SNL performance tonight, this summer the Manchester group are due to play huge outdoor shows in London’s Finsbury Park, Dublin’s St.

A piece of art set to cover a huge section of the iconic Printworks building has been unveiled as the £22m redevelopment of the building steams ahead. The work, by Manchester based artist Alex Sylt, was unveiled by Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, at an event this morning (March 11) with the aim of being in place later this year.

When Nattalie and Mike Molyneux tied the knot after six happy years together, the couple thought they’d finally found their fairy tale ending.

Joao Cancelo lost his place in the Bayern Munich side due to his performances in training and in matches.

Wunderhorse have announced additional UK and Ireland dates for 2023 – find all the details below and buy tickets here.Jacob Slater and co. will open at SWX in Bristol on October 25, with stops in Manchester, Dublin, Glasgow and Birmingham, before closing out at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on November 1.O2’s pre-sale is happening from today (March 8) until Friday, March 10 8am GMT, while general sale goes live Friday 9am GMT – you can purchase your tickets here.The new dates follow Wunderhorse’s previously announced UK and Ireland tour which is due to kick off March 26 in Southampton, with further shows scheduled for Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, Brighton, London, Dublin and more.A post shared by WUNDERHORSE (@wunderhorse_)Wunderhorse will also perform five North American shows across May and June, starting in Philadelphia on May 27, followed by Boston, Toronto, Chicago and New York.The tour follows the release of debut album ‘Cub’, which NME said in a four-star review “repositions Slater as a rock’n’roll troubadour drawing from the likes of Neil Young and Joni Mitchell (the music he always listened to, Slater says) and desperately grappling back control of his narrative”.“It makes for an album that’s filled with fantastic revelations, namely the realisation that you have agency over your decisions and the path you choose to go down.”Last year Wunderhorse hit the road with Fontaines D.C., which they described as a “hell of a year” in an Instagram post.

New Order are celebrating 40 years of ‘Blue Monday’ with a range of special merchandise.The Manchester band took to Instagram earlier today (March 7) to post footage of the range inspired by their classic hit which includes two t-shirts, a hoodie, a long sleeved t-shirt, plus a pin badge and numbered lithograph.You can also purchase a 12-inch vinyl of the single for £14.99.You can view the footage of the merchandise below and find more information on their official website here.A post shared by New Order (@neworderofficial)It comes just weeks after the band released a new ‘Blue Monday’-themed t-shirt in support of mental health charity CALM.New Order said of the shirt at the time: “We are proud to be ambassadors for CALM and honoured to be using ‘Blue Monday’ to help raise awareness for the brilliant work they do to support millions of people struggling with their mental health.”Speaking to NME about the recording classic track, which went on to become the best-selling 12-inch single of all time, former bassist Peter Hook said: “It was actually quite shocking to realise what these new machines could do – you were always in awe of them.”Drummer Stephen Morris added: “We got all this new musical equipment and just learned how it worked. Writing ‘Blue Monday’ was an exercise in learning what we could do with it all.”Meanwhile, Primavera Sound Festival announced New Order as its final headliner for its 2023 line-up earlier today.The 2023 instalment of the festival, which will take place in both Barcelona and Madrid, will see the Manchester legends perform at the former’s Parc del Fòrum on June 1 and at the and at the latter’s Ciudad del Rock in Arganda del Rey on June 8.

Primavera Sound Festival has announced its final headliner for its 2023 line-up – New Order.The 2023 instalment of the festival, which will take place in both Barcelona and Madrid, will see the Manchester legends perform at the former’s Parc del Fòrum on June 1 and at the and at the latter’s Ciudad del Rock in Arganda del Rey on June 8.They join previously announced headliners Depeche Mode, Blur, Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía along with the likes of Halsey, FKA twigs, Skrillex, St.

A huge ‘mafia scale’ fly tip that has blighted a city centre beauty spot will get cleared up following the MEN’s intervention.

A popular fish and chip shop in Altrincham as received a outpouring of support after announcing its closure after 12 years in business.

Michelle Keegan's fans have a labelled her entire family as "beautiful" after the actress shared pictures of her enjoying a family night out at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.Taking to Instagram Michelle, 35, posted a couple of snaps which saw her posing alongside a number of he relatives, which she captioned: "What it’s all about. Friday night in the city with our mums.