Manchester council still wants the Christmas markets to go ahead despite coronavirus concerns

Levenshulme, started his career under his real name Steve Vernon, but had to change his name because acting union Equity already someone of the same name on their books.

blog post he says it's estimated shutting businesses such as pubs and gyms would cost the region's economy about £70m a month.

Chorlton.In January, Manchester Council announced it would be undergoing a major review into how new buildings and investments met the city’s high development standards.Running from February until May, the review received a total of 562 responses via emails and online comments.247 comments, accounting for 44 percent of the total responses, were in opposition of Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) aims to sell the Ryebank Fields site.Manchester Council declared the Chorlton site to be ‘by

We asked M.E.N. readers what they'd miss most about the markets, and their favourite memories from previous years, and thousands of you responded.

straight to your inboxSergio Aguero has returned to the Manchester City starting line-up for the first time in three and a half months.City take on Mikel Arteta's Arsenal, with the pressure on to return to winning ways after a draw and defeat in their last two Premier League games. And Pep Guardiola has called upon Aguero after he recovered ahead of schedule from knee surgery suffered in June.

Grill It Yourself kit. The G.I.Y. kits, launched in lockdown, recently won a Manchester Food and Drink Festival Award and deliver all the ingredients and instructions you need to make your own grilled cheese at home.

Let us know in the comments below. Click through the gallery below to see highlights from last year's opening dayAs well as traditional Bavarian food, there has always been a good showing of local operators too.Northern Soul pitch up with their signature grilled cheese sandwiches, Yard & Coop with buttermilk-fried chicken in a cone (festive), Porky Pigs with their iconic Yorkshire pudding wrap, and Elsie May's with loaded hot cookie dough.

in their vision for a ‘vibrant’ zero-carbon neighbourhood.

latest plans were for three single-row markets at Piccadilly Gardens, Deansgate and Cathedral Gardens, modelled on the regular Maker's Markets.

A new £12m ‘cold weather fund’ to help rough sleepers into accommodation and keep them Covid-safe over the winter has been announced by the government.But Manchester council say the funding does not go far enough, while homelessness charities have warned that plans to reopen communal night shelters could risk lives.The fund will be split into a £10m cold weather payment to support local authorities in providing self-contained accommodation.An additional £2m will be made available to faith groups

Bosses say they will be able to contain the economic fallout of the pandemic during the current 2020/21 financial year - but a bleak picture has been painted for the years to come.

Manchester Evening News can reveal.

United will then have the chance to strengthen the positions they failed to during the summer. Although a flurry of new arrivals - consisting of Edinson Cavani, Alex Telles, Facundo Pellistri and Amad Diallo - were signed to salvage the summer on deadline day, fans were still left underwhelming by the club's dealings.

Leaked plans which are reportedly set to close pubs and restaurants in Greater Manchester to curb the spread of coronavirus have plunged the hospitality industry into uncertainty. Boris Johnson is expected to announce the closure of pubs, bars and restaurants in the north of England on Monday.Greater Manchester's night time economy adviser, Sacha Lord and Manchester Hospitality Network founder, Greg Maguire, said the move would be devastating for pub and restaurant operators.

exploring options for a smaller version of the Christmas Markets, which councillor Pat Karney said could take the form of small rows of stalls like the Makers Markets, in three key locations around the city.

straight to your inboxDefensive communicationWhen even the defender you spend a world-record fee on begins to look like he's falling into the death spiral that is playing in central defence for Manchester United, it might be time to consider the wider issues that are plaguing this side at the back.Harry Maguire might not be the £80million fix to United's defence that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer thought he would be, but he was lauded at Leicester City and wanted by Manchester City last summer.

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I'm A Celeb would be cancelled this year due to its filming location in Conwy in Wales being one of the areas where bubbles have been banned and there's a crackdown on meeting indoors to halt the spread of coronavirus.