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Rachel Reeves dashed hospitality's hopes with her do nothing Spring Statement

My six point action plan could halt the decline and allow the sector to flourish again

Evening Standard

Top Burnham ally launches scathing attack on Starmer on eve of Labour conference

Exclusive: Sacha Lord compared Labour under Keir Starmer to a fish ‘rotting from the head’

The Independent UK

‘It’s not just a dancefloor’: the precipitous decline of UK nightclubs

A cocktail of Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis has left larger ‘chrome and carpet’ venues high and dry as struggling chains look to party bars

The Guardian - UK

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‘It’s overpriced tat’: Christmas markets divide opinion across the UK

Residents and businesses complain about busy crowds, loss of trade, repetitive stalls and extortionate prices

The Guardian - UK

Supersonic: where will the money be made on Oasis reunion tour?

Band’s shows next summer expected to be most popular tour in British history – and a solid gold financial hit

The Guardian - UK

Straight to your inbox: meet the journalists shaking up local UK news

Local newspapers in the UK are disappearing fast, creating news deserts and leaving councils unscrutinised. Enter a new generation of online reporters…

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Tales from the Dancefloor; The Curse of Pietro Houdini; The Earth Transformed – review

Sacha Lord tells some enjoyable tales of Manchester clubbing, Derek B Miller blends wartime adventure and art-heist thriller, and Peter Frankopan attempts a planetary history

The Guardian - UK

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‘Clubbing just isn’t cool’: UK’s New Year’s Eve revellers switch to warehouse or home parties

Smaller clubs are losing out to mega raves, private events and even livestreams, say music industry insiders

The Guardian - UK

Festival organisers sound alarm as big-name artists shun their events

Industry says with global headliners doing their own tours there are not enough stars to fill festival line-ups in UK and Ireland

The Guardian - UK

Scrapping of HS2 northern leg slammed by locals: ‘Biggest two fingers to the North in decades’

Business leaders and residents in the North slam government plans to delay HS2 as ‘complete betrayal’

The Independent UK

Drug testing at festivals must expand before summer 2024, committee tells Home Office

The Home Affairs Committee recommends a dedicated licensing scheme for drug checking

Evening Standard

Festival boss steps up legal action over drug testing with ‘pop up labs’

Parklife co-founder Sacha Lord is urging the Home Office to legalise pop-up drug testing at festivals

Evening Standard

Wythenshawe FC drop amateur status as they look to make waves in the women's game

The Manchester-based club are making waves with their new policy to treat men's and women's teams equally

Manchester Evening News

Parklife boss Sacha Lord threatening Home Office with court action over on-site drug testing

"If it saves one person’s life as a bare minimum, we’re just going to carry on with it."

Manchester Evening News

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Evening Standard

Festival boss threatens legal action against government over drug testing

Parklife founder Sacha Lord says requiring a licence for on-site drug testing is ‘irrational’

Manchester Evening News

Government accused of 'screeching U-turn' over music festival drug testing after Parklife's Sacha Lord slams Home Office

Testing has been carried out since 2014, but Parklife was told it needed a licence 'at the 11th hour' this year

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: G-mex, Urbis, Kendals…or whatever they’re called

Will Factory International’s new name stick? PLUS Trains in the north are ‘rubbish’ AND The neighbours making urban oases

Manchester Evening News

Parklife’s Sacha Lord says Home Office decision to block drug testing at festival was 'dangerous and stupid'

He made the comments after Parklife wasn't allowed to test confiscated drugs on site

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office U-turn on festival drug tests ‘puts people at risk’

Exclusive: Festival organisers say onerous new licence rules for onsite drug testing could endanger lives

Manchester Evening News

Mancunian Way: Rock and Roll All Nite

Metrolink taps PLUS bus gates AND Roger Waters drama

Manchester Evening News

'If you can't stop them getting into Strangeways, what am I supposed to do?': Parklife boss on dealing with drugs

'Ultimately, if you cannot stop drugs getting into a category A prison like Strangeways, what am I supposed to do in a park?'

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: 'Not the letter of the law'

Tales from Manchester's nightclubs PLUS no study cafés AND a new Lord Mayor

Manchester Evening News

Parklife and Warehouse Project boss Sacha Lord to pen tell-all book about Manchester nightlife

Tales From The Dancefloor will be out next year

Manchester Evening News

‘Complete nonsense’: hospitality reacts to Jeremy Hunt’s ‘Brexit pub guarantee’ policy in his first budget

Operators are both baffled and annoyed with the chancellor's supposed assistance

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Haunting civil servants

What does the new ‘Trailblazer’ deal mean for Greater Manchester? PLUS Mayor to face greater scrutiny over funding

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