Hello For more than 40 years the CIS Tower stood in glorious isolation as Manchester’s tallest building. But in the last five years alone 10 skyscrapers have been built that dwarf the Co-op’s modernist masterpiece.
Reach for the skies Manchester’s skyline looks set to expand ever upwards with a bid to build the latest, and tallest, of a cluster of skyscrapers unveiled in the last decade. Salboy, the developer co-owned by Betfred's Fred Done, has revealed plans for a new 241m tower off Great Bridgewater Street, near Deansgate.
Yesterday an inquest jury said a lack of one-to-one, constant nursing care likely 'contributed to his death'. Jurors determined Trafford council services did not communicate with each other effectively enough and did not provide Charlie's mum the 'practical support' she needed as his mental health worsened, without enough help in the community.
Co-op Live fallout continues It’s been a rough week for those in charge of Manchester’s new £365m arena Co-op Live. And the fall-out from the botched opening continues to rumble on. He described plans for for a £1 levy on arena tickets, to go towards grassroots music venues as 'too simplistic', and suggested that some venues are poorly run. More here
Jenna Campbell went along to check out a cafe that’s putting a cuisine often overshadowed by its bigger, noisier neighbours in the spotlight here in Greater Manchester.