National Margarita Day: All the best margaritas in Manchester

A butchers shop which started out life as a market stall is now the proud owner of the 'best pie in the UK' title. SJ Bebbington Butchers in Chester won the 'best cold pie' category at the Golden Cleaver Awards, which take place in Harrogate every year, CheshireLive reports.

Here’s an odd question: Where’s the calmest place to eat ice cream? Some would say by the seaside, but you forget about the seagulls swooping down on you. Straight from an Ice Cream Van in a park is a good idea, but there’s every chance a stray football can snap your cone in half.

Hattersley-born chef Iain Thomas is a pretty big deal. You might well have tried his food - either at Ancoats’ gastro-pub, Edinburgh Castle, or back in the day at Establishment on King Street - the building that is now home to Italian restaurant Rosso.

“It was surreal,” former Manchester United defender David May once said of Sir Alex Ferguson regarding a 1996 team talk. “You were expecting the gaffer to absolutely rip everyone’s head off.”

A doomed shopping parade set to be demolished was once the beating heart of its estate.

More than 10 of the BBC’s highest-profile sports stars have staged an unprecedented walkout over the British broadcaster’s decision to suspend Gary Lineker. Below is a list of those who have walked out, with links to tweets explaining their reasons for joining the protest.

The country's top doctor has warned the coming week will see the 'biggest strike disruption to date' as junior doctors stage a sweeping walkout.

City's Cancelo stance

A number of roads around Greater Manchester will be completely closed on Thursday night (March 9) due to treacherous conditions caused by snow.

It is British Pie Week. And while every week should, perhaps, be pie week, this week actually is. So there’s likely some legal requirement, or almost certainly a bylaw, that states that pies should be ingested this week en masse.

Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers has compared James Maddison to Manchester United midfielder Casemiro - saying both players have the ability to improve those around them.

Manchester United coach Eric Ramsay has joined the Wales backroom staff ahead of their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.

As someone who'll openly admit that they spend more time than is normal sat in a theatre, when I found out that The National Lottery's Big Night of Musicals was coming to the 12,000-seater AO Arena in Manchester, I knew there was absolutely no way I could miss it. The casts of thirteen of the UK's biggest musicals all under one roof, along with some special surprises, all hosted by the city's own Jason Manford - how could I say no?

Many of Greater Manchester's levelling up fund bids were 'guaranteed to fail' as the Government changed the selection criteria after applications had been received, councillors have heard. In January, Greater Manchester missed out on more than £276m of Levelling Up money in the latest round of funding announced by the government.

Extensive new bike storage facilities have been confirmed for cyclists using Manchester Piccadilly railway station in the city centre, the M.E.N. can reveal. Rail bosses said a total of 162 new storage spaces would be created at the station across four separate locations.

The National have shared a second preview of their new album ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’ – listen to the moving ‘New Order T-Shirt’ below.The band’s ninth album, and first since 2019’s ‘I Am Easy To Find’, will be released on April 28 via 4AD and feature cameos from Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Sufjan Stevens. Swift will appear on ‘The Allcott’ while Bridgers is set to feature on ‘This Isn’t Helping’ and ‘Your Mind Is Not Your Friend’.

Here are your Manchester United evening headlines on Wednesday, February 22.

Antony and Harry Maguire took part in Manchester United first-team training on Wednesday ahead of playing Barcelona.

The Met Office has addressed rumours that a 'Beast from the East' storm could hit Britain in the coming weeks.

A seven-year-old boy was rushed to hospital after falling 30ft onto a stone path at a popular beauty spot near Bolton.