Organisers are renaming the festival Beacons Metro and swapping the rustic Yorkshire Dales for gritty Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.

Fancy yourself as something of a cereal connoisseur? Well weetabit longer, and you’ll be able to snap, crackle and pop in to Black Milk Cereal, the first ever cereal café to open in Manchester.

The hotly-anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey hits cinemas today and Teacup are planning to do the impossible – make tea ‘sexy’.

Tib Street designer Richard Gill’s career involves travelling the world hand-picking retro gems and hand-crafting bags for the likes of The Specials.

Notable mentions: Dusk ’til Pawn (speakeasy-style cocktail heaven), Cloud 23 (best views in the city), Epernay (classiest cocktails this side of Manhattan) and Whim Wham Cafe (vintage-inspired, gin-addled drinking den).

Laura Pahomova, originally from Latvia, threw herself from Light Boutique Aparthotel in the Northern Quarter back in 2012 after a stalker told her family she was an escort.

The Northern Quarter’s notoriously poor record on fire safety – which saw 100 serious blazes in only 10 years – has seen an improvement of 55% following a safety drive.

Debunking the myth that high-street chains are cheaper than buying independent, customers are being given a Christmas discount to shop in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.

Manchester’s homeless were invited to the opening of the UK’s first every Street Store in the Northern Quarter last weekend

Scarecrows of former Oasis band members Liam and Noel Gallagher have been spotted across Manchester but the motive is unclear

Manchester’s lovers of all things retro are in for a festive treat as The Gladrags and Handbags Vintage Christmas Fashion Show comes to the Northern Quarter’s Tib Street Tavern