MODA Angel Gardens is throwing open its doors for one night only and inviting Manchester to virtually join the party this weekend.
Missing live music, dancing, singing along to your favourite tunes?
Remember how good that felt?
Well, you won’t have to miss it for much longer as the city centre living community is proudly set to host ‘Moda’s Big Night In’ this Friday and will bring live music to your living room to lighten the mood on the last weekend of England’s national lockdown.
Moda will be opening up the much-loved independent Manchester music venue One Eight Six for the special occasion to stream a live Motown and R&B set from artists Dean Mac and the Sublime Seven.
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All you’ll need to do is pour yourself a drink, hit your home dance floor, and tune in on Moda’s Facebook page.
The event is due to start from 8pm.
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This is the latest event in what has been a jam-packed schedule for the residents of MODA Angel Gardens over lockdown, and they’re finally letting us in on the action for one night only.
Lifestyle comes included at Angel Gardens, even in 2020.
This year alone, residents have been enjoying an extensive series of events (all virtual and distanced, of course), with everything from pasta making workshops with The Pasta Factory – seeing supplies dropped right to their front doors), and pizza making with Noi Quattro DIY Pizza Kits, to beer tasting with Northern Monk, whisky tasting with Great Drams, gin and wine tasting with Evuna, and homemade takeaway classes with Food Sorcery.
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They even got to celebrate Halloween with The Alchemist and a pumpkin carving party this year.
And if that wasn’t enough, they’ve also had cocktails delivered to their door by Grindsmith, and have enjoyed wellbeing sessions / kept moving with workout classes from Hero Wellbeing.
Not bad at all.
You can tune into Moda’s Big Night in at 8pm on Friday 28th November at 8pm on Facebook here.
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Legendary buffet restaurant could close as plans for ANOTHER Deansgate hotel are revealed
Daisy Jackson
Plans have been revealed for another hotel on Deansgate – and if it goes ahead, it could mean Manchester’s legendary buffet restaurant may close.
Maybrook House stands on a prominent corner in the city centre, where Deansgate crosses with Blackfriars Street.
It’s functioned as offices for years, but now there are proposals to change the building into a ‘vibrant, high-quality new hotel’.
If it goes ahead, the new hotel would provide 240 rooms as well as a new bar and lounge spaces.
Plans for the new Deansgate hotel include a two-storey extension on top of the building, which would bring it to an eight-storey building (still well below the height of neighbouring structures, like the 20-storey Treehouse Hotel).
The team working on the new hotel have said that its design will ‘respect the character of the surrounding area while improving the appearance and experience of the building’.
Other plans include repainting the existing brickwork, refurbishing the concrete panels, and installing more efficient windows.
As for the cafes and restaurants already occupying Maybrook House, most will be able to stay – the plans say that the ground-floor occupiers can remain in place throughout the construction period.
But if it all goes ahead, Cosmo, the world buffet that has been here for almost a decade (and was previously Red Hot World Buffet) would need to vacate the premises.
Maybrook House said: “We recognise that Cosmo is a valued and well-established venue in the city, and are engaging with them directly.”
A hotel operator for the building hasn’t been announced yet, but they said that they are ‘currently in advanced discussions with a prestigious hotel operator’.
Two Greater Manchester towns among 16 UK locations set to get new Aldi stores this year
Emily Sergeant
Aldi is set to open 16 new stores over the coming months as part of its continued expansion across the UK, it has been confirmed.
For thousands of residents in two Greater Manchester towns, they could be about to get themselves a new local supermarket, as Aldi – which currently has 1,080 stores nationwide – has revealed the locations where its new stores will be opening up before the end of the year, and our region is well represented.
Aldi says it has a long-term ambition to operate 1,500 stores across the UK, helping more communities access its award-winning quality products at ‘unbeatable’ prices.
And these 16 new stores are set to work towards that ambition.
Watford and Hoxton in London, Balsall Common and Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, Malton in North Yorkshire, and even the Isle of Wight are just some of the locations across the country where new Aldi stores will be opening up, alongside the two Greater Manchester stores.
Two Greater Manchester towns are set to get new Aldi stores this year / Credit: Aldi UK
Here in Greater Manchester, it’s been confirmed that Hattersley and Wigan are the two areas chosen by Aldi for new stores.
The announcement of the 16 new store locations follows the opening of Aldi’s new Salford Quays store last month, and also forms part of the budget retailer’s planned £370 million investment into new stores during 2026.
It also comes after Aldi increased pay rates for store colleagues earlier this year following a £42 million investment in pay during 2026.
Full list of new Aldi stores opening in 2026
Hattersley, Greater Manchester
Newport, Isle of Wight
Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham
Newport, South Wales
Orpington, London
Hoxton, London
Ashford, Kent
Watford, London
Rayleigh, Essex
Balsall Common, West Midlands
Marble Arch, London
Malton, North Yorkshire
Port Talbot, Wales
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Wigan, Greater Manchester
Sudbury, Suffolk
“At Aldi, we’re committed to making high-quality, affordable food accessible to everyone, which is why we continue to invest in expanding our store network across the UK,” commented Jonathan Neale, who is the Managing Director of National Real Estate at Aldi UK.
“Our £370 million investment in new stores this year will help us bring Aldi’s unbeatable value to even more communities, supporting local economies through our industry-leading pay for colleagues.”
Emily Sergeant -
26th November 2020 
