Trailblazing Northern Quarter restaurant announces sudden closure - just days after reducing hours in a bid to make it work

Channel Four has announced the casting for its new film based on the 'Wagatha Christie' case. The drama will star This Is England actress Chanel Cresswell as Coleen Rooney and Harry Potter star Natalia Tena as Rebekah Vardy in the story of Rebekah's famous libel trial against Coleen.

Blink-182 have reunited with Tom DeLonge for a huge world tour, and are due to release a new single this week.The song ‘Edging’ is set to arrive on Friday (October 14), and it marked the first time in a decade that DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker had been in a studio together (pre-save/pre-add it here).A new full-length studio album is also in the works, details of which are yet to be revealed.Additionally, the trio have announced their biggest tour to date, with concerts confirmed in the UK, Europe, North America Australia and New Zealand as well as their first-ever shows in Latin America.The mammoth stint will kick off next March and conclude in February 2024. For the UK leg, Blink-182 will visit Glasgow, London, Birmingham and Manchester in September and October 2023.Tickets go on sale at 10am local time next Monday (October 17).

A much-loved fish and chip restaurant has announced it is to close after 50 years of business - to the shock of loyal customers. The Seafarer in Northwich, Cheshire, has announced it will close its doors later this month.

A jury has heard how a nurse accused of killing seven babies and trying to murder another 10 allegedly poisoned two babies with insulin days after they were born.

Shutters down, empty departure boards and an eerie quietness isn't what you'd expect to find at Piccadilly train station on a normal Saturday afternoon.

Liverpool was tonight unveiled as the host of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest next year - and the reaction in Manchester was, well, mixed.

Jenny Powell looked stunning as she put on a pink and glittery display as she stepped out in Greater Manchester. The TV presenter was seen as she headed to a business awards bash in Stockport on Thursday evening (October 6).

The heartbroken family of a Sikh leader who was left for dead after being attacked in the Northern Quarter said that the assault has 'left an ever bleeding wound' on their hearts. Avtar Singh, 62, suffered life-changing brain injuries after being knocked out by stranger Claudio Campos, in Tib Street, on June 23.

Ringo Starr and his band, All-Starr, were forced to cancel two concerts after the drummer fell ill. The group were due to perform in New Buffalo, Michigan, on Saturday just a couple of hours after the cancellation was announced and then again in Minnesota on Sunday.

Police have confirmed the arrest of 11 men after violence erupted in a fight between hooligans before Oldham Athletic's clash with Wrexham yesterday (October 1). Greater Manchester Police have described the scenes captured on video shared on social media yesterday as 'unacceptable' with an investigation underway to find and arrest more people that were involved.

Guy Lodge Film Critic A total of 164 feature films will play at this year’s London Film Festival, alongside an abundance of shorts, TV series and an expanded program of XR (extended reality) works — and that’s in a comparatively slimmed-down era of curation for a public-facing festival that has long aimed to bring the best of the global festival circuit to non-traveling cinephiles. What has definitely grown is the LFF’s national reach: In what fest director Tricia Tuttle terms the festival’s “new normal” format after a few years of structural shifts and COVID-era adjustments, the capital-centered event will also be hosting screenings in 10 other cities around the U.K., from Manchester to Edinburgh to Belfast — sealing its status as the country’s preeminent film festival. A digital program of up to 20 titles will also be made available for online viewing, while short films and screen talks will be free to stream on the BFI Player platform: “It’s really important to us to get to those places we can’t reach with our venue partnerships,” says Tuttle, adding that their priority is “to give new audiences a taste of what the festival is like.”

The former assistant manager of a popular Manchester restaurant chain has been awarded just over £23,000 for constructive dismissal. Sarah Abell worked for Croma, a pizza restaurant with branches across the region, for more than 10 years but resigned in October 2021 citing bullying and harassment from management.

A violent groom broke his wife's back just weeks after their wedding and then refused to take her to hospital. Jonathan Hall, 45, repeatedly kicked his new wife, Amanda Lomax, who feared she would die as she lay defenceless on the floor.

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has opened up on 'breaking records' just days after Lionel Messi went ahead of him for the most non-penalty goals by a single player in football history.

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The crew behind bars like Bunny Jacksons and chaotic pizza establishment Crazy Pedro’s are to revive a favourite Northern Quarter haunt. Liquor & Burn on High Street is being extended into the next door unit, where the Convenience Store bar was, and will re-open for business this weekend.

A new mum is having a ‘horrendous’ Spanish getaway after being without any luggage for NINE days when her flight left Manchester Airport without loading any bags onboard.