Popular Liverpool Street restaurant Cibo Manchester is going to be opening inside the Great Northern Warehouse, bosses have confirmed.
The restaurant, already well-established in Castlefield, will be opening a second location at the Great Northern Warehouse later this year – bringing its flaming parmesan cheese wheels right into the heart of the city.
Taking over the former Home Sweet Home venue, which has lain empty for over a year, the Italian eatery will also bring its signature style to the huge 150-cover site.
Image: Cibo Manchester Image: Cibo Manchester
When it opens later this autumn, diners can expect to see the same yellow-gold seating and plush booths, dark wood, and white herringbone details that make the existing Liverpool road site so sleek.
To add a bit of spectacle, bosses will also be installing a huge tree in the downstairs atrium as well as a hanging floral display with lights that will be suspended from the high ceiling.
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Owners have invested over £600,000 into the snazzy new restaurant, which is due to open inside the Great Northern Warehouse in November.
Menu-wise, as the new restaurant navigates Christmas, dishes will remain the same as at the existing Cibo – meaning diners will be able to enjoy the authentic Italian pizza and pasta favourites they have come to know and love, alongside traditional mains and sides.
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Bosses also plan to introduce a new Italian bottomless brunch service at the new restaurant on Saturdays, with endless Aperol Spritz and prosecco sure to make an appearance alongside breakfast twists on mid-morning classics.
Whilst initially offering the same menu as at their Liverpool road site, quarterly menu changes promise to introduce something that is just “as big and as exciting” as the epic flaming cheese wheel every few months.
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The incredible flaming parmesan wheel for which Cibo has become known will also be available at the second restaurant in the GNW.
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Giant signs have gone up in the windows of the former Home Sweet Home site to announce that the restaurant will be opening later this year, building anticipation for the restaurant’s formal opening date to be announced.
To find out more and keep up with the restaurant’s announcements, make sure to follow Cibo Manchester on Instagram.
Manchester Airport issues update for anyone flying today after hundreds of cancellations yesterday
Emily Sergeant
Manchester Airport has issued an update for anyone catching a flight today after hundreds of cancellations yesterday.
In case you hadn’t heard, hundreds of flights at several major UK airports – including Manchester Airport – were disrupted by a technical fault at air traffic control provider National Air Traffic Services (NATS) yesterday (8 September 2026), with the incident grounding planes and resulting in numerous cancellations.
According to Flightradar24, more than 1,000 flights were cancelled nationwide, and many passengers were told to expect disruption for the rest of the day.
One of the worst-affected airlines was said to be Ryanair, with around 65,000 passengers affected by the cancellations and delays.
Manchester Airport issued its first statement addressing the matter at 3:15pm yesterday, stating: “We are aware of an issue affecting NATS’ air traffic control service at UK airports, which may result in delays to some departing flights from Manchester Airport today.
“Passengers due to travel are advised to check the latest status of their flight with their airline. We will continue to monitor the situation and share further updates as more information becomes available.”
Now, although the issue has been resolved, Manchester Airport has issued further statements informing anyone travelling today what they can expect.
The airport started off by saying that it is ‘operating as normal’ today, but that passengers are advised to ‘check with their airline for the latest information’.
“A full flight schedule is expected to operate [today] but the airport may be busier due to rescheduled flights,” it added.
Passengers were then thanked for their ‘patience and understanding’ over the past 24 hours.
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Hundreds of staff at four Greater Manchester hospitals to strike AGAIN next week
Emily Sergeant
Another round of strikes has been called at a handful of major Greater Manchester hospitals.
Amid ongoing disputes following the first set of strikes at the end of last month, it has now been announced that more than 350 Northern Care Alliance Foundation Trust (NCA) employees – including nurses, clinical support workers and housekeepers – who are members of the union UNISON will once again walk out for three days next week.
According to the union, the dispute centres on the NCA’s use of an outside agency called NHS Professionals (NHSP) to manage overtime.
When covering staff shortages, workers are entitled to time-and-a-half pay – however in some cases, staff earn less than they would on a normal shift, and some have even been missing out on more than £80 per shift, the union added.
Operating theatre staff were previously on picket lines in June, and although an option to resolve the row was initially tabled by NCA bosses, this has now fallen through.
Hundreds of staff at four of Greater Manchester’s hospitals are set to strike next week / Credit: Stephen Andrews (via Unsplash)
This means that staff at Salford Royal Hospital, Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary, and Fairfield Hospital in Bury are walking out next week on Monday 14, Tuesday 15, and Thursday 17 September.
The union’s North West regional organiser, Kevin Dolan, said the trust had given ‘no indication’ that it’s willing to re-enter negotiations, adding that operating theatre services were ‘chronically under-staffed’ and staff were choosing to work extra shifts to cover shortages.
Ahead of the August strikes, the trust declared a critical incident to help it secure extra support and keep urgent surgery running, while also announcing that some procedures would have to be postponed.
Understandably, some disruption is expected at each of the hospitals on strike days.
But Gertie Nic Philib, who is the chief people and strategy officer at the Northern Care Alliance, said that the trust will do ‘everything we can to minimise the impact on patients’ and ‘maintain high standards of care and quality at all times.’
“We also have contingency plans in place for emergency situations,” they concluded.
Georgina Pellant -
3rd November 2021 
