was sat at all saints dominoes on grosvenor st earlier, a young black dude in a redish puffer, glasses and trackies walks up to me and my mates and acts all nice and daps us up, saying i haven’t saw you guys in time even though we’ve never saw this dude in our lives.

within a few seconds he’s saying we owe him money demanding that we give him £5. we tell him to fuck off we don’t owe you money and he starts asking for my fucking pizza as compensation 😂, saying “ give it me you can pay off his debts” pointing at my friend. At this point he was stood right at our ears getting more hostile, asking if my glasses were recording (i was wearing normal glasses), he gets in our faces talking random shit and we throw him out the front door, dominoes closes the door behind him shortly after.

After getting the boot he’s stood outside saying through the window he’s gonna wait right there for us and started pretending like he was ringing people on his phone lol, the dude was smirking the entire time like a disney villain his phone wasn’t even turned on. When we left the building ten minutes he’d disappeared.

Posting this out of curiosity, cos this dude seemed so relatively normal we didn’t even think anything of him when he randomly came up to us he just seemed like a nice guy, has anyone ever ran into him before or had a similar experience to this?

I live in the city centre and I need to find a way of keeping fit / moving once or twice a week. I'm in my late 20s, but I hate the gym. I try to go, but I find it a bit intimidating and that + the fact I don't enjoy it when I've been makes it a hard sell. Are there any good activity / clubs that meet regularly that aren't "laddy" that anyone can suggest so I can keep in shape?

Hi! We’re currently forming an alternative rock band in Manchester. We already have a singer, drummer and guitarist, and we’re looking for a bass player or synth/keyboard player to complete the lineup.

We’re all around a beginner/intermediate level, so we’re not looking for highly experienced musicians. The idea is to learn, improve and grow together while writing our own songs.
Our influences are quite mixed — Joey Division, PVRIS, Wisp, Underoath, Deftones, alternative rock, shoegaze but we want to develop our own sound rather than just copy one particular style.
We usually rehearse around Manchester City Centre or MediaCityUK.
If you’re also learning and want to be part of a new project from the beginning, feel free to message me! 🤘

hey, I'm mid 20s F, thinking of going to Manchester pride on my own, but worried it will be awkward and I'm not really sure how the weekend works and I don't really want to go on my own but idk. I'd love to make friends but I'm not sure how to. any advice would be appreciated :)

I'm currently sat in my office at home in Heaton Mersey with the window open and I can hear the distinctive sounds of music being played live. It's ebbing and flowing with the wind so it must be fairly far away. I can even hear crowd noise at the end of a song.

Is it an outdoor gig? It seems a little strange being a Wednesday late afternoon.

What is it and how can I get involved!

Hi everyone

Are there are international supermarkets I should be adding to my list when I am in Manchester on Friday. I've already got Amato foods and Taste of Portugal on the list.

Where is the best eastern European shop? Any mexican/Latin American options? Anywhere I must go? I love all cuisine but don't need any Chinese/Asian options as we have plenty of good ones in Liverpool. We will be in the car so can get to anywhere in Manchester.

I’m looking for either an online/physical shop that sells a wide range of classics with great quality.

We have been rejected from 8 properties now. We have been renting for 10+ years (7 years in most recent home), never missed a payment, good credit scores, stable jobs with good household income (far exceeding the affordability threshold for the properties we are applying for), local to the area and wanting to live near family long term due to them aging and having disabilities. We don't drink, smoke, or do anything aside from nice walks and reading and yet nobody will rent to us or even tell us why. We know applicants cannot offer increased monthly rent anymore so it can't be that thats beating us competition wise.

I can't figure out how we are deemed to be bad applicants and what makes other people successful. In the past it has never been such a disheartening process, its costing us money and time out of work going to these viewings just to be rejected with no reason why.

Family think its because I work in law, because we are engaged but not married, or because we have a small dog. None of these are legitimate and I feel like most of the rental market is unmarried with a dog lol. I just wish anyone would tell us why we are being rejected.

Is anyone else struggling with this too or is 8 rejections just rookie numbers nowadays and we just have to keep going?

Edit: i get it clearly its the dog despite renters rights and so many people in this country having pets. Its not a good enough excuse considering they get paid a deposit and I have disclosed in every application that I have full insurance that covers pet damages in the home. Looks like I will be continuing to commute to visit family, i would never get rid of my dog for a landlord and I think my parents would kill me if I tried to.

I also think a lot of people saying having dogs is a gross liability to landlords would be scandalised to hear that I moved into the house i am in currently with a dog AND a cat with no issues whatsoever.

I’m 36 and I live in Sheffield but I’m gonna be in Manchester from the Friday-Sunday of the bank holiday weekend for Pride.

I’m gonna be there by myself and I’m also quite shy as well as being autistic so I don’t always find it very easy to go out by myself.

I’m kinda hoping I might be able to find a friendly guy or group of guys who want to take me under their wing and we can hang out/go out together and enjoy the weekend.

Especially interested in any guys who are gonna be at Love Riot on the Friday night coz I’ve already got my ticket for that

Hey! I have some friends (a couple) who've visited a few times over the last few years, and last time he said he would consider moving here and she said she wouldn't want to. When I asked why she said she didn't like the city centre.

Of course I took this as a slight and something of a personal challenge, so I've started making a list of places to take them next time (that are outside of the Trinity Way/Mancunian Way/Great Ancoats Street loop, but inside the Greater Manchester border) that show how nice the region is to live in.

I wondered if you guys had any suggestions for places to go that show the best of the region outside of the city centre. Big or small; general or stupidly specific; town, suburb, street or corner!

They live in the centre of Brighton for reference, so bonus points for places that make them feel like that!

So far on the list:

• Chorlton Water Park
• Oswald Rd in Chorlton when you emerge out of the path around the school
• Fletcher Moss Rockery in late Spring
• Anita Street, walk over to Ancoats Marina
• Heaton Park
• Underbank in Stockport

Hi,

This might be a big ask, but I need someone to take a look at my PC. I'm currently on Universal Credit and I managed to get enough together to purchase a monitor screen so I could starting using it to start upskilling, applying for jobs and trying to make some sort of income.

Unfortunately my PC wasn't starting up or connecting. I gave it to someone to take a look at who opened it up, did something and now I feel it's worse than what it was.

Everyone I've asked is charging a diagnostic fee, which I genuinely cannot afford.

I am happy to show my financial situation, proof of UC and even a bank statement to someone who is willing to help me out.

I just need someone to take a look, hopefully it's a quick and easy fix - but depending on what the cost is I can agree to pay you back at a later date/as soon as a I get a job as a matter of priority.

Even if it's an exchange of services, for example I can build websites, do SEO, I am very up to date with AI Implementation and Integration. I've just fallen on really hard times due to suddenly being made reduntant and I am not able to get myself out of this hole.

TL;DR: I was recently made redundant and am currently on Universal Credit. I bought a monitor so I could use my PC to upskill, apply for jobs and try to earn an income, but the PC isn’t working properly and may have been made worse after someone looked at it.

I genuinely can’t afford the diagnostic fees I’ve been quoted, so I’m looking for someone willing to take a look and hopefully identify/fix the issue. I’m happy to provide proof of my financial situation, repay the cost when I’m back in work, or exchange services — I can build websites, do SEO and help with AI implementation/integration.

I’ve applied for a dropped kerb with Manchester City Council.

The email says if you don’t hear in 4 weeks feel free to get in touch with them, but very kindly provide no information who or how to do that (the email is a no-reply and the website isn’t helpful.

It’s a great strategy to keep admin down on the councils side for sure, but anyone know who or how I can actually follow up with?

Thanks!

I am an 18 year old in manchester. I recently came here on a dependant visa and was basically forced to take a gap year due to moving in the middle of a school year. SO long story short I already finished my GCSEs in my home country where the average age of giving GCSE's is 17/18. I was 17 when i completed mine and am 18 now. Due to my age, I was unable to apply to most colleges for A levels except for 2 : Cheadle college and pendleton college.

I got A* in 9 subjects in my GCSE's and am looking to get into oxbridge in the future hopefully so I dont want to compromise on doing A levels. I am now completely stumped on what college to choose between these 2 and am very desperately hoping that people can give me pointers on the pros and cons of both of them in all metrics overall. Im not saying just academically but also development of extra curriculars , clubs, teaching environment, staff, campus and facilities. (im also completely alone so hoping to make friends too). If anyone with any experience with either of these colleges can provide me with some insight i will be grateful and any help will be deeply appreciated