Several people – including some armed with clubs – climbed on top of the old Cornerhouse cinema on Oxford Road, bring the busy area to a standstill at lunchtime.

The proposals for a new 35-storey residential building on Whitworth Street West, submitted in July, will be brought before Manchester City Council’s planning committee on Thursday.

Brighton rockers Royal Blood wake up to parking ticket on their tour bus window following a sell-out show at Manchester’s The Ritz