Plastic fantastic: Chorlton street ditches notes and coins to become first in UK to go ‘cashless’ for a day
A fashionable street in Chorlton became the first in the UK to trade entirely without cash for the day as a social experiment last weekend.
Levenshulme campaign for ‘urban wildflower meadows’ is bees’ knees for insects stung by flower shortage
Manchester’s honey-loving motif the humble bee is in need of the public’s help to stop their dramatic decline in population – and urban wildflowers meadows are seen as the key.
Say cheese… and eat for free! World’s first pay-by-picture restaurant offers Manchester diners meals for snaps
Manchester’s diners will soon be able to snap themselves a free meal – simply by taking a picture of their food, courtesy of pop up restaurant The Picture House.
Summer of Lev: Levenshulme festival raises cash for homeless charity in memory of lost friend
Summer of Lev will be embracing the festival atmosphere and raising funds for homeless charity, coffee4craig.
Piccadilly Pulse: Should parents be prosecuted for neglect if their children become obese?
MM took to the streets to find out what Mancunians think of parents who allow their children to become overweight – and if they should be prosecuted for it.
First Manchester…then the world: Northern Quarter cocktail bar Cane & Grain eyes global domination
Manchester’s latest cocktail bar is has laid down the gauntlet to its Northern Quarter rivals by proclaiming it will be the ‘best bar in the world’.
Turtle Bay is fin-ally here: Manchester to go coconuts for £1million Caribbean cocktail bar and restaurant
Turtle Bay’s new £1million Manchester bar and restaurant will bring a taste of Caribbean cocktails, cuisine and culture to the city centre.
Red legend goes green: Manchester United’s Neville has had his Phil of meat – so turns vegetarian
Former Manchester United defender Phil Neville has ditched pork for peas to follow in the footsteps of other sport stars by becoming a vegetarian.
Piccadilly Pulse: Would you care if you ate halal meat and didn’t get told? 70% of Manchester says ‘no!’
Here at MM, we took to the streets to ask people if they would mind if they ate Halal meat and were not told what it was?
Oh… rats! Rodent infestation sees Wigan tapas bar closed down following faeces–filled inspection
Wigan tapas bar and restaurant Deliciosa has been immediately closed after an inspection by health officials discovered it to have a rat infestation.
Kitchen cockroach infestation at Manchester Indian restaurant damned in Food Standards Agency report
Swadesh restaurant on Portland Street was given a food hygiene rating score of zero out of five, after an inspection back in February