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Huge queues form in Manchester as Molly-Mae Hague hands out free coffees and cookies

Maebe she's born with it, maebe she's Molly-Mae.

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 8th March 2025

Hundreds of people have flocked into Manchester city centre for a chance to meet super-influencer Molly-Mae Hague in the flesh. 

The 25-year-old former Love Island star is hosting a pop-up for her fashion brand Maebe. 

And after briefly promoting it on her Instagram stories to her 8.5m followers, the crowds have formed fast. 

Molly-Mae herself is in Manchester handing out free coffees and cookies to celebrate International Women’s Day. 

The Maebe coffee truck and pop-up structure are in Lincoln Square, just past the Town Hall. 

Fans of the star (who are, yes, mostly female) have been queueing for several hours ahead of the pop-up opening at 10am. 

Many have been posing for selfies and chatting to a beaming Molly-Mae after collecting their free treats. 

There are also film crews in attendance, who it’s believed are filming for the second instalment of her upcoming documentary, Molly-Mae: Behind It All. 

She launched her brand Maebe last September, pitched as offering accessible luxury fashion. 

Previous Maebe pop-ups have only taken place in London, despite Molly-Mae living in the north west. 

The queues are still raging in Manchester for the pop-up, if anyone was planing to head down. 

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Single Mancs wanted to take part in next series of Married At First Sight UK

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

Okay, bold question time – would you marry a complete stranger?

If you (somehow) answered yes to that, then you’ll probably be keen to hear that hit Channel 4 reality show, Married at First Sight UK, is currently on the lookout for brave contestants to take part in the next series.

And you’ll probably be even keener to hear that casting directors are urging single Mancs to stick an application in… if they fancy it.

If you haven’t seen Married at First Sight yet, well then firstly, where have you been? And secondly, it’s a dating show like no other that sees singletons marry complete strangers in a social experiment – and it’s undoubtedly binge-worthy and extremely entertaining.

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Married at First Sight UK has opened its casting for the next series / Credit: Channel 4

Contestants – who will not have met or had contact with each other until the wedding day – are matched up with their supposed ‘perfect match’, determined by a group of experts who use “scientific matchmaking methods”.

Once the contestants are married off, the camera follows them for five weeks to see whether the new relationship is a success or not.

Calling on singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service, Channel 4 wrote in the casting announcement on the ‘Take Part’ section of its website: “If you are ready to swipe left to the dating apps and say ‘I do’ at the altar, then our experts are here to help you find the one.”

Channel 4 wants singletons to put their faith in the matchmaking service / Credit: Channel 4

Casting directors say singles of all ages, backgrounds, gender identities, and sexualities are ‘welcome to apply’ for the new series.

Fancy it then?

Applications are currently open for the next series, and to apply to the show, you just need to be over 18 years of age, live in the UK, and feel ready for marriage.

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Find out more and apply here.

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BBC is looking for messy Mancs who need to ‘sort their life out’ to take part in new series

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Do you need to sort your life out?

We get that this may sound like a pretty brutal and upfront question to ask, but don’t shoot the messenger, it’s technically the BBC asking it, as producers are currently on the hunt for messy people who could do with ‘sorting their life out’ to take part in the new series of one of its hit TV shows – and they’re encouraging Greater Manchester residents to apply.

While the title of the show may, quite literally, be Sort Your Life Out, we promise it’s not as harsh as it seems, as in reality, it’s just offering you a helping hand to tidy up.

That’s right, if you would you like your home to be totally transformed by none other than Stacey Solomon and her expert team, then through a life-changing declutter, supersize spring clean, and some ingenious carpentry solutions to top things off, you could bring some job back to where you live.

The BBC is looking for messy Mancs who need to ‘sort their life out’ to take part in new series / Credit: BBC | FreerangeStock

Stacey and her expert team of organising fanatics can help you let go of the things you don’t need, and streamline what you do.

Plus they’ll also help to create space-saving storage and put systems in place to save you time and money in the future.

“Whether you have a new baby on the way, want to run a business from home, find it hard to let go of sentimental items or just want to create calm in the chaos, we’d love to hear from you,” producers said in a casting call on the BBC website.

Does this process sounds like something you could benefit from then? Producers of the hit show are looking for families or shared households to take part in a potential future series.

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Find out more and apply to Sort Your Life Out on the BBC website here.

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