Piccadilly Gardens pavilion plans get green light with work to start this summer

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They clearly got the memo as three of Coronation Street's young stars rocked up to the red carpet in similar outfits. Elle Mulvaney, Harriet Bibby, and Tanisha Gorey proved great minds think alike as they donned varying pastel blue outfits.

A homeless pensioner who spent five nights sleeping rough on Piccadilly Gardens has been told he is not eligible for housing from the council he used to work for.

A second major site next to Piccadilly Train station has been bought by HS2 to facilitate the stations expansion for the high speed rail line. The Square One building on Travis Street has been bought from property developer Bruntwood, following the sale of a site on Store Street last year.

Piccadilly Gardens is a landmark synonymous with Manchester, but sadly often for the wrong reasons. The area has gained a notorious reputation as being a magnet for crime - whether it be drug dealing, sexual offending or serious, terrifying violence.

There is no disputing the sheer size of the challenge awaiting Erik ten Hag at Manchester United this summer.

Have a wander around Rivington and you never know what you’ll find around the next corner. This village, located between Bolton and Chorley, is where you’ll discover a range of outdoor delights, from beautiful yet wild gardens to mysterious hilltop towers.

A remorseless sex pest who 'laughed' at a teenage girl as she bravely recounted how she'd been sexually assaulted by him in Piccadilly Gardens has been locked up. Delovan Najeeb, aka Najeed, assaulted the 16-year-old girl while she was out with friends last summer.

Peak District which is used by celebrities. The 39-year-old mum-of-three, who has not yet been named, is reported to have been taking part in a session with Breatheolution in Buxworth in the Peak District, reports the Manchester Evening News. She was pulled from the water and given CPR on Monday, April 25 by paramedics who were called around 4.

Coleen Rooney, Stephen Graham and other celebrities. The 39-year-old, who has not been named, was pulled from the water at Breatheolution in Buxworth, Derbyshire on Monday. The mum, from Manchester, had been acclimatising to the cold water in the River Goyt during a two-hour session alongside friends, according to reports.

Russia has sanctioned a number of Manchester MPs and hundreds of others across the country for “whipping up of Russophobic hysteria”.

The headteacher of a Manchester primary school has backed calls for the Government to inject millions more pounds into school breakfast provision. Ruth Perry, head of school at Newall Green Primary School in Wythenshawe, said without a charity's help, some of the children 'would be starting class hungry'.

An eyewitness has described the moment a brawl erupted in Piccadilly Gardens, leaving one man in hospital. Two men were involved in a fight outside Café Nero on Monday night, the latest troubling incident in Manchester's main square.