Hundreds of golden retrievers and goldie-loving humans are to descend on a popular Manchester bar next month.
Innovative events company POP+BARK is known for hosting lots of socialising events and breed-specific cafes for dogs, and now, hot off an appearance on BBC’s Dragons’ Den, will be bringing its pop-up Golden Retriever Café to the doggy-friendly The Botanist at MediaCityUK for one-day-only on Saturday 13 May.
It’s set to be a “social experience for all”, where goldies can roam, explore, play with others, and make some new four-legged friends.
A cafe full of hundreds of golden retrievers is coming to Manchester / Credit: POP+BARK
The Golden Retriever Café has become one POP+BARK’s most successful events to date, which is why founders Anushka and James are bringing the party to its first location out of London and are heading up north.
Gearing up to be the ultimate feel-good event for golden retrievers, goldie owners, and goldie fans alike, the Golden Retriever Café will be an 80-minute ‘off lead’ social experience for dogs and humans, and will come complete with loads of doggy-sized furniture, fun props and photo opportunities, and so much more.
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There’ll even be a pupuccino bar, a doggy bakery serving beautifully-iced pupcakes and treats, a pop-up pup boutique.
It’s taking over The Botanist at MediaCity next month / Credit: POP+BARK
The pupuccino bar is fully-stocked with dog-friendly chocolate drops, fresh blueberries, peanut butter sprinkles, gravy bones, and more, while there’ll also be a pupcorn bar and Rudi’s The Doggy Bakery will be bringing their all-natural pupcakes, doughnut, and cookies to the event for the dogs hungry for something sweet.
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The Crafty Dog Co pop-up pup boutique will also be bringing pretty rope leads, sassy bandanas, smart bows, and so much more.
A delicious menu of food and cocktails for will also be served for all humans.
There’ll be a pupuccinco bar, doggy bakery, pop-up boutique, and so much more / Credit: POP+BARK
As all POP+BARK events welcome not just dog owners but dog lovers too, this means you don’t even need to own your own golden retriever to head on down to The Botanist on Saturday 13 May and enjoy this special one-off event.
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All the goldies will be off-lead and free to roam and make friends, so this is the perfect chance to get to know the breed first-hand from their owners who know them best.
Tickets are now on sale and you can grab them from the POP+BARK website here.
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Manchester City announced signing of top Premier League defender Marc Guehi
Danny Jones
It looks like they’ve finally got a done deal: Manchester City have finally announced the transfer of highly sought-after defender Marc Guehi.
Man City reached an agreement with Crystal Palace to sign the increasingly established Three Lions star after emerging as a suitor in recent weeks.
Pep Guardiola’s pursuit of the impressive Premier League centre-back ramped up earlier this month, as it became apparent that they were hoping to hijack Liverpool’s prospective move for Guehi.
The Ivory Coast-born England international looked all set to arrive at Anfield back in the summer, but the deal never materialised, and now rivals City have sealed his signature instead.
Finally confirmed and fully announced on Monday, 19 January, Palace and Man City are said to have reached an agreement in principle for a base fee of approximately £20 million.
However, rumoured add-ons are thought take that total closer to £30m; either way, it’s fair to say that it’s an absolute bargain for a player of his quality.
On the other hand, the acquisition will also see Man City’s total spending reach roughly half a billion pounds over the past year alone. Staggering sums for any sporting outfit.
Not that his former London team will mind one bit, of course, as it became increasingly clear that Guehi would be leaving eventually; manager Oliver Glasner – who also seems set to depart at the end of his contract – even addressed the sale ahead of completion in a recent press conference.
Guehi will wear the number 15 shirt for Man City and has penned a deal until 2031.
With Man City currently facing multiple absences, particularly in their backline with both Josko Gvardiol and Ruben Dias out injured, Guehi’s arrival is no doubt a welcome one.
Although many debated whether or not Pep needed to sign another centre-half, especially with two promising youth players returning from loan, supporters will nevertheless be glad to have snatched him from the clutches of Liverpool.
Over in the women’s team, they’ve also brought in a new member of the squad who could help spur on their title charge.
Can you see any more deals being down befor the end of the window?
New survey reveals half of Mancs have already given up their new year’s resolutions
Emily Sergeant
We’re into our third week of 2026 now, and according to a new survey, half of Mancs have already ditched their new year’s resolutions.
New year’s resolutions are always made with the best intentions, and it’s not like we intentionally set ourselves up to fail with them, but more often than not, that tends to be the case – and now a new survey of 1,000 Brits carried out over the past few weeks has found that 35% of us have already admitted to giving them up.
That percentage rises to a whopping 50% when narrowed down to the people of Greater Manchester.
Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, and Glasgow are the other four major cities joining Manchester in the top five list of people in each area that have stopped their 2026 challenge early.
Half of Mancs have apparently already given up their new year’s resolutions / Credit: PICRYL | Pexels
On the other end of the spectrum, it’s the cities of Southampton, Newcastle, and Edinburgh that are staying strong, with just 25%, 26% and 26% giving their new year’s resolutions up respectively, and some of the other northern cities on the list including Liverpool and Leeds.
According to new research from greetings card marketplace, Thortful, more than half of Brits (53%) expect to give up within the first three months of the year – with the hustle of busy schedules, work commitments, families, and social activities being given as reasons why.
When it comes to the reasons people provided for why they’ve given their resolutions up this year, lack of discipline tops the list at 43%, followed by just being too busy to consider them at 21%, and different mental or physical barriers in third place, as well as a change of personal circumstances and a lack of money also cited.
The majority of people cited a lack of discipline as being the reason they gave up / Credit: Andrea Piacquadio (via Pexels)
Looking forward to next year, it seems many of us want to reframe how we set our new year’s resolutions in the future.
According to the research, 32% of respondents want to ‘improve their existing qualities rather than set an unrealistic challenge’ next time around, and 16% ‘feel like there’s social pressure to change in the new year’, when in reality, they ‘don’t have to’.
Emily Sergeant -
12th April 2023 
