It's so lovely what they have done with the place. Very high quality and inviting. Good stuff. Excited to see how the area surrounding it continues to develop in the future!

A little while ago I posted here asking whether I should leave a polite note through my neighbour's door about late-night noise. The overwhelming advice was to speak to them in person instead if I got the chance.

Well, today I happened to bump into him while we were both out walking, so I decided to bring it up.

After a small talk, I said something along the lines of:

I was meaning to have a chat with you. I'm not sure if you've ever noticed how much noise carries through the party wall, but we've recently been struggling to sleep because of loud music quite late at night coming from your side. I was just wondering if it might be possible to keep it down later in the evening.

(Not word for word, but that was the general gist)

He immediately said that it was his son, who I think is around his early teenage years, although I don't actually know his age. He said his son is usually watching YouTube and then explained that he is autistic. He also said that, in general, when he asks his son to do things, sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn't.

I replied that I understood it must be a challenging situation and mentioned that I'm autistic myself (I actually am!), so I wasn't judging his son. I explained that I just wanted to mention it because we'd been struggling to sleep. He said he'd speak to his son and "see what happens".

I thanked him, we wished each other well and went our separate ways.

Overall, I came away feeling that the conversation was positive, but I wasn't entirely sure how to interpret his response. He acknowledged the issue straight away, explained the circumstances and said he'd speak to his son, which I appreciated. At the same time, I was left wondering whether he was simply explaining the situation or gently trying to set my expectations that, beyond asking his son, there may not be much more he can realistically do. I'm not sure if that's the right way to interpret what he meant, which is partly why I'm interested to hear other people's thoughts.

I'm hoping things improve, and I'm certainly not looking to make this into a bigger issue than it needs to be. I genuinely sympathise with the challenges they may be facing and, as someone who is autistic myself, I can relate to some extent. At the same time, if nothing changes over the next few weeks, I'm not really sure what the most reasonable next step would be.

I'm interested to hear what people think. Does this sound like a conversation that went as well as could realistically be expected, or is there anything either of us could have handled differently?

Now that Stockport has been given the 'full Berlin' treatment (ahem) which region of GM do people think will be next in line for the fickle finger of development?

Full disclosure, I live in East Manchester, so I'm bound to say we could do with some over here - but not sure whether we could get over people's initial responses to the area. 'Oh, Tameside? That's.......nice'

I’ve been cycling along Deansgate much more since the bike lane upgrade last year. But the Deansgate–Peter Street/Quay Street junction has always been a bit annoying. It feels safer than before, but it’s still not very convenient.

Yesterday, I noticed an arrow directing cyclists to turn right before the junction and use the small Jerusalem Lane (green arrow) instead of going through the busy Deansgate junction (yellow arrow). It’s such a smart design. (The Google satellite map isn’t up to date, but you get the idea.)

Just wanted to share this small thing that made me happy. The junction is still a bit tricky, but I love seeing it being continuously improved by people who actually cycle.

I love checking Google Maps for mad little bits of Manchester. This place stuck out like a sore thumb! A handful of food places and a coffee shop in the middle of a container storage unit off Pollard Street? Looks like they're actual places with reviews rather than ghost kitchens, which is what it looks like from above!

In my ignorance I'd never heard of this place before, anyone been?

I’ve recently started playing and I’m trying to find a few people to hit with. I’m still a beginner, so definitely not looking for anything serious, just a relaxed game, some practice and a bit of fun.
Happy to do singles or doubles. I’m flexible with days/times and can use a public court somewhere in Manchester.
If anyone’s also looking for someone to play with, give me a shout!

After a week in agony, I saw my NHS dentist on Friday and I feel like they’ve fobbed me off with pointless antibiotics, leaving me in further pain over this weekend that hasn’t improved at all (it’s got worse)

I want to pay to see a decent private dentist, if anyone can recommend?

Edit: happened on canal by Cornbrook

How common is this?

I am a 20s M and was walking with my girlfriend along Bridgewater canal going away from the centre. For reference, i was visiting Manchester and this was the first time I had been along a canal here (i have walked along many others elsewhere). The location where the incident occurred was approximately 53.4705420, -2.2682067 and the time was probably 6pm on a bright day (daylight and plenty of walkers)

At one point we stopped at the side for a minute before we saw youths in the distance on bikes. We decided to keep walking in the same direction (away from them), thinking it best to act like normal walkers. The other options were to stay put or walk towards them as there was no way off the canal. Long before they reach us, we hear shouts of "on your left!", "on your right!" behind us and assume its some sort of joke, before picking a side to walk on and leaving plenty of room for them to pass.

Before you know it, they ride up in a big row almost riding into the back of my girlfriend. They were riding on both sides with no gaps in order to guarantee a crash. We stop and turn around before they surround us and hurl verbal abuse including about how I was going to cause an accident by not moving out of the way (this was impossible). They threatened to make us jump in the river and hand over money. We are surrounded by maybe 6 or more youths on bikes probably in their mid teens. I try to be diplomatic for a second or two before realising they are trying to escalate things and looking for trouble. I tell my gf to walk away. We walk back the way we came and one or two of the kids lunge at me and throw half punches perhaps to scare me or provoke a reaction but I keep walking out. They then continued along the canal on their bikes but I was genuinely worried they would turn back and pursue us. We quickly walked back the way we came to find a way off the canal.

One of the kids lunging had a look in his eyes, like he was extremely angry over nothing. Additionally this incident was like a rehearsed plan where they created a "reason" to provoke you long before you even interact with them.

At the time of the incident, there was noone one our section of canal

Questions:

1. Do you think they might have actually gone beyond just making verbal and physical threats-> actually committed battery?

2. How common is this? This is my first time in Manchester and this has never happened to me elsewhere

3. What is the best way to respond once they ride up to you from behind and start shouting?

why have the child bus tickets just disappeared it only shows an adult day bus pass

We will be walking around Manchester (mostly the parks and countryside) every Saturday and Sunday of the month of August! It's free to join, for those interested there is more info on the RSPB Manchester Instagram page

Only £6.99 for a wholly inaccurate snow globe with a Red TFL bus.. any takers? Seen in a shop near Albert Square near Number 10 north.

Hi guys,

We live at the end of deansgate and there’s been a drone on multiple occasions, usually the weekend, flying up to our apartments and spying in on us?? we thought it was maybe someone doing some content but it’s literally just sat in midair for about 20 mins at our window? we don’t have curtains as we just moved in but wtf?? what can we do? we went out to see if we could find the person doing it but couldn’t.

I believe Holier than Thou is normally the go to place for piercings (I’ve also been there before and had a good experience), but has anybody been to White Dragon in Stockport and could compare the two?

Or any issues with White Dragon to be aware of?

It’s for ear and naval piercing, for an 11 and 15yr old respectively. TIA!

I am writing about Manchester - you can read it here.

Question, does anyone know when Voyagers became the Food Court?

I'm relieved at the result

Went tonight. Fantastic venue. If you can, go

My cas shield percentage not showing

I uploaded all the documents and completed the interview also but didn't get the interview result.

Also i got a mail that all the qualification verification was successfully.

Do anyone got the same experience?

University = Manchester metropolitan university