In case you hadn’t noticed yet, we’re currently in June – also known as Pride month.
Marking the start of the summer, Pride month takes place every year to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan – considered a major tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the west.
Every year, celebrations across the country get bigger and better – stretching all the way through the summer up to the August Bank Holiday weekend here in Manchester, when the city holds its annual parade and Pride party in the Gay Village.
Of course, there’s always loads to do in the city – but if you fancy celebrating Pride month and making a bit of cash at the same time, we think we’ve found the perfect gig for you.
In celebration of Pride month 2022, one of the UK’s leading bottomless brunch platforms is giving someone the chance to get paid to review the city’s best drag brunches.
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Offering a whopping £500 for your trouble, plus covering all your food and drink at the brunches, it’s quite a decent job if we do say so ourselves.
The chosen candidate will be required to review three drag brunches across three months, giving honest and helpful feedback to Bottomless Brunch in order to help its partner restaurants stay ‘on top of their game.’
With sites across the country, the team is looking to hire three brunch aficionados – one in Manchester, one in London and one in Brighton – to feed back on their drag-themed brunching experiences.
They will be asked to rate their brunches on the following criteria:
Level of entertainment
Service
Quality of food
Menu range
Drinks range
Aesthetic/vibe of venue
Value for money
Overall experience
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At the end of their review experience, they’ll then be paid £500. Sound good?
If you think that you are the right person for the job, and can help school Bottomless Brunch on what makes for a fun-filled, entertaining drag brudge, then this is your chance to apply.
Sign up for an all-singing, all-dancing drag show, tasty brunch dishes and free flowing tipples, plus a £500 pay check, here. T&Cs apply.
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Jet2 and Greggs is offering Mancs the chance to win a luxury holiday for the price of a sausage roll
Thomas Melia
Jet2 has teamed up with Greggs to announce a new competition where you can win a holiday for the price of a sausage roll.
If you didn’t know by now, ‘Nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday’, and as the British budget airline launches its latest collaboration where you can win a holiday for the same price as a sausage roll, we’d say that’s pretty accurate.
Fancy laying down in the scorching heat and baking yourself just like a trusty Greggs sausage roll? Well it’s a good thing these two iconic companies have teamed up then, because now you can do just that.
Jet2 and Greggs are giving away a three-night all-inclusive holiday to Marbella for the same price as everyone’s flaky-pastry favourite priced at £1.30.
In a video shared to social media, internet personalities Charley Marlowe and Luke Hamnett announced this brand-new offer in an extremely on-brand way.
The video sees the pair taking on very different roles, quite literally, as Hamnett dresses as a sausage roll while Marlowe tries her hand as a cabin crew member.
This exclusive campaign sees you in with the chance of winning a three-night all-inclusive holiday to the luxury Spanish destination, staying at Iberostar Selection Marbella Coral Beach from 2 October – 5 October 2025.
Jet2 and Greggs is offering a luxury holiday for the price of a sausage roll / Credit: Laura Barry (via Unsplash) | Greggs
On top of this, you’ll also get a handful of Jet2 and Greggs co-branded goodies sent to your door before take-off, and there may even be a present or two in your hotel room as well.
I think it’s safe to say there certainly will be carbs in Marbs.
Police ‘stop and search’ powers authorised following double stabbing in Piccadilly Gardens
Emily Sergeant
Section 60 ‘stop and search’ powers have been introduced in Manchester following a double stabbing in Piccadilly Gardens last night.
Beginning this morning (Thursday 3 July) and set to be in place for 24 hours, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has authorised a section 60 in the city centre, with powers effective on Ring Road between Great Ancoats Street and Trinity Way, and Irwell Street between Trinity Way and New Quay Street.
Police will have the right to stop and search anyone they have suspicions over within the area during the authorised time frame.
The section 60 powers come under the 1994 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, and after having run for the full 24 hours, is set to expire at 12:53am on Friday 4 July 2025.
The section 60 authority comes after GMP says it received multiple calls of an ‘ongoing disturbance’ where weapons were ‘seen and had potentially been used’ in Piccadilly Gardens, and when officers attended the scene, they found two men – one in his 20s and another in his 30s – both with stab wounds.
#INCIDENT | This morning (Thursday 3 July 2025), we authorised a Section 60 authority in the outlined area of the city centre.
The Section 60 is in place following a double stabbing in Piccadilly Gardens at around 12.50am.
— Manchester City Centre Police (GMP) (@GMPCityCentre) July 3, 2025
Both men remain in hospital at this time – with one receiving ongoing treatment, and the other remaining in critical condition.
No arrests have been made at this stage, and investigations are ongoing.
“The Section 60 authority put in place overnight gives officers additional powers which will be utilised to prevent any further incidents or the carrying of weapons,” commented Chief Inspector Rob MacGregor, from GMP’s City Centre division.
“There will be a significant presence of officers, particularly on foot patrol in the area today.
“If you have any concerns or any information, then please speak to those officers who will reassure and respond to any queries.”
CI MacGregor added that Section 60 powers are ‘crucial’ to preventing potential further offences or instances of violence in the community.
Anyone with information or footage relating to this incident is urged to contact GMP on 101, quoting log 71 of 03/07/2025, or report it via the LiveChat online at www.gmp.police.uk.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Georgina Pellant -
10th June 2022 
