The restaurants and bars nominated for this year's Manchester Food and Drink Festival Awards

straight to your inboxManchester United striker Marcus Rashford has been awarded the PFA Merit Award following his work to combat child poverty in the United Kingdom. The award is presented to someone who has given great service to the game over a lengthy period of time and Rashford has been recognised for his efforts, which took centre stage during the coronavirus pandemic.

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the old security cabin on stilts at Kampus, opposite Canal Street. The residency is led by Joseph Otway, who was formerly head chef at Stockport's acclaimed Where the Light Gets In and has also worked at Copenhagen's Michelin-starred Relæ, and Richard Cossins, formerly general manager at Fera at Claridges in London and New York's Blue Hill Stone Barns restaurant, where the pair met.

MFDF awards. Here's the full events programme, broken down by area.

Manchester Airport in November 2018 as a passenger prepared to head to Dubai.

Donny van de Beek  after he passed a medical on Monday and agreed personal terms. The paperwork looks set to be signed once the 23-year-old has returned from international duty with Holland.

A boy has been charged following two stabbings at a Manchester city centre restaurant.Police were called to Akbar's Indian restaurant on Liverpool Road at around 7pm on Tuesday, to a report of a stabbing.  Two men were taken to hospital with stab wounds.  A boy aged 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with two counts of section 18 assault and possession of an offensive weapon.He has been remanded to appear before Manchester and Salford Magistrates' court on Thursday

Big Hospitality, they added: "These have been the hardest decisions of our lives and we have looked at this from every angle with the sole objective of looking after as many of our teams and restaurants as we can without having to close the business for good like so many others have had to do.

straight to your inboxThe signing of Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho remains Manchester United's number one priority for the summer window, but the club have so far been frustrated in their pursuit of the England international.United’s interest in the 20-year-old is long-standing, but negotiations between Dortmund and the Reds over a transfer of the winger have reached an impasse.Dortmund set an initial deadline of August 10 for any deal to take place but that was missed and not taken

shared the review on Twitter, telling followers: "We cannot express how disheartening it is to read reviews like this in the current climate. "The burgers on the menu f***ing rock and we are so proud of them and what the team are achieving under the current circumstances.

published by NHS England, includes hospital discharges from March 20,  the first day of national lockdown, until August 9.

said the closure was 'heavy-handed' but pledged to replace its first come, first served policy with a new booking system to prevent queues.

Up to 6,000 children who normally would have been referred to social services in Greater Manchester have potentially been missed during lockdown.Social care professionals are calling for a change in approach to tackle the ‘hidden harm’ faced by children who are stuck at home with abusive family members while schools remain closed.Alison Alexander, the CEO of children’s services support organisation Cornerstone, said referrals have dropped in many parts of the UK by 50pc, and by up to 75pc in

by posting a photo of their weekly table reservations.

described as a 'complete breakdown in social distancing'. David Regan, director of public health for Manchester, said: "We all know that we need to stop the spread of Covid-19 and get the number of cases going back down again.

Manchester council wants all of them to be no-smoking zones in a bid to cut the number of smokers in the city.

Eat Out to Help Out scheme. After months of enforced closures with only takeaway trade to rely on, many have had little or no money coming in.And with lots of people still understandably anxious about going out, or having less money to spend themselves if their jobs have been affected, businesses still have a battle on their hands to get back to pre-lockdown levels of trade.