If you grew up in Greater Manchester, there's a good chance you will have memories of being packed off to Center Parcs for a family holiday.
21.05.2023 - 07:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
There's a pizza place that popped up in lockdown that has people queuing around the block - and the story behind it is quite something.
Delicious Honey Butter Rings have become the signature dish of Leopard Pie, and have proved so popular in fact that owner Lee Chester has now trademarked them.
A twist on the garlic bread that Brits love so much, they come in a pair and are 'filled with a bath of homemade garlic butter mash and chilli honey drizzle'.
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Now selling hundreds of the 'next level' starters each week from the restaurant in Barton Road, Worsley, Salford, it's a dream come true for businessman Lee, for whom, just a few years back, 'life stopped' when his daughter became gravely ill.
A routine blood test on three-year-old Esme revealed she was suffering with end stage kidney failure, turning their lives 'upside down overnight'.
Up to that point the the three-year-old was coughing and a little tired, but otherwise seemed well, so news that her kidneys were functioning at just 6% came as a huge shock to Lee, her mum Rachel Mulhearn and older sister Georgia.
What followed was months in hospital as Esme spent months on dialysis - 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
She eventually returned home, only to suffer a stroke on Christmas Eve 2015, leading to another long stay at Manchester Children’s Hospital.
When Lee was told he was a match to donate a kidney to his daughter, he didn't think twice, and the pair underwent the operation in August 2016.
Thankfully all went to plan with Esme making a full recovery and life returning to normal, with Lee carrying on his job as an account manager for Canon UK.
But when lockdown came and he found himself with more
If you grew up in Greater Manchester, there's a good chance you will have memories of being packed off to Center Parcs for a family holiday.
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The Warehouse Project will be back in September, with the likes of Bicep, Honey Dijon, The Blessed Madonna and Jamie Jones on the bill for its 2023 season. It’s also revealed that it will be opening up two new areas of its Depot Mayfield home, including the roof.
Black Midi have announced a special festival appearance where they’ll cover a range of tracks by The Beatles.The London trio are due to perform the special “one-off” gig at the festival Le Guess Who?, which takes place in Utrecht in the Netherlands this November.Writing on social media, Black Midi explained that former Standing On The Corner member Slauson Malone 1 – who has curated his own programme – had asked “to play a set of Beatles tunes” at the event.The band will play the Fab Four-themed show on Friday, November 10 – you can find ticket information here.A listing on the official Le Guess Who? website reads: “When listening to Britain’s cacophonous Black Midi, not many would be reminded of the world’s most agreeable band of all time. In fact, apart from sharing a homeland, the two groups seem to have little in common.“Thankfully, Le Guess Who? curator Slauson Malone 1 has enough imagination to disagree.
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