Manchester’s enormous Freight Island will make its return this weekend, bringing back its famous Sunday carveries and all-you-can-eat curry clubs.
The huge street food enterprise at Depot Mayfield will be back open every Saturday and Sunday throughout February and March, before fully relaunching from April.
All of its brilliant food traders, like Burgerism, Voodoo Ray’s, Payal, Mega Gyros, Lazy Tony’s Lasagnaria, Patel’s Pies, Fuku, Mia’s Arepas, and Oh My Cheesecake will be back from Saturday 3 February.
And a highlight of the programming will be the return of Seconds Carvery, Freight Island’s famous Sunday feasts.
Diners will be able to dive into this modern take on a classic carvery, which serves locally-sourced produce in one of the country’s coolest venues.
A stand-out feature of Seconds is the bottomless trimmings, including proper Yorkshire puddings, garlic and rosemary roast potatoes, buttered mash, broccoli, glazed carrots, petit pois and 48 hour gravy.
You book yourself a half-hour slot to see the carvery chef on the terrace, where you choose a main from roast topside of Highland beef, marmalade glazed gammon joint, roast turkey crown or roast squash and wild mushroom Wellington.
Then it’s time to plough head-first into all those trimmings, with the option to add on unlimited access to a big pot of molten cheese torched in front of you, giant sharing honey-mustard pigs in blankets, and a sharing sage and onion stuffing dish.
There are three size plates to choose from too – £11 for kids, £18 for adult (two mains) and £21 for XXL if you’re hungry (three mains and a massive plate).
Drinks will be available from the Freight Island Bar & Tap Room.
Seconds Carvery will run every Sunday between 12pm and 6pm.
Click here to book your spot at the Seconds carvery at Freight Island.
Nostalgic ready-to-drink Breezer makes UK return after a decade
Daisy Jackson
An iconic ready-to-drink favourite has launched back into the UK – oh yes, Breezer is back.
First launched in the 1990s, Breezers – then pitched as an ‘alcopop’ – were a staple on dancefloors and at barbecues right across the UK.
And now Bacardi has decided to bring these delicious, fruity, easy-drinking bottles back to British shores.
There are three new flavours to try as Breezers return to your fridges – Zesty Orange, Zingy Lime, and Crisp Watermelon.
And Breezer launched back into Manchester last night with a suitably memorable party, turning a spot in the Northern Quarter into a corner shop.
The ‘local Cornerbop’ was stacked with your usual essentials, plus shelf after shelf of these colourful glass ready-to-drink bottles.
Inside the Breezer ‘Cornerbop’ corner shop in ManchesterBreezer is back, in three new flavours
The Breezer relaunch party saw Tarsza and Rennie Peters spinning nostalgic anthems with a modern twist at a pop-up party in a corner shop.
Steve Young, business unit director for Bacardi in the UK & Ireland, said: “We know there is a lot of love for Breezer in the UK, and we are confident a new generation of consumers will fall in love with the new Breezer.
“RTDs are booming, however, the Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages category could do with a bit more excitement. By bringing back Breezer we’re definitely putting the fruity taste into FAB.”
The iconic ready-to-drink classic is back – and better than ever.
Drinks prices for Manchester Oasis gigs announced – and you’ll be pleasantly surprised
Daisy Jackson
The prices of drinks at Heaton Park for the five huge Manchester Oasis shows have been released in advance.
With the Gallagher brothers reuniting on stage in their hometown for the first time this weekend (and then again next week), it’s a huge moment for our city.
Those lucky enough to snag tickets have already forked out a small fortune to witness this moment in history (still scarred from the dynamic pricing debacle).
And most of us were probably bracing to spend another small fortune on beers at the Oasis Manchester gigs.
But you might be pleasantly surprised at the drinks prices up at Heaton Park for Oasis Live ’25.
It’s now been confirmed that pints of lager and cider will be just £6.50.
Before you turn your nose up, remember that pints at our two arenas – the AO Arena and Co-op Live are now sitting around the £9 mark.
Prices for other drinks, like wine and spirits, we’ll have to wait until Friday to see.
Heaton Park will also be the home of the ‘largest beer garden’ and the longest bars in the city for the Oasis reunion.
With a major heatwave predicted for the first shows, fans are being encouraged to stay hydrated (on WATER, not beer, please).
Ticket-holders will be allowed to bring a sealed bottle of water up to 500ml in with you, but it must be collapsible plastic.
Solid plastic and metal containers will be rejected on safety grounds.
There’s a free water point on site where you can fill up your bottles again.
Oasis will perform at Heaton Park in Manchester on 11, 12, 16, 19 and 20 July.
Daisy Jackson -
2nd February 2024 
