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FIND OUT MOREManchester walked away with three awards at this year's Northwest tourism 'Oscars', courtesy of the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Ordsall Hall Museum and Manchester Central.
The 5-star Radisson Edwardian, in Manchester city centre, beat off competition from Cumbria hotels Grosvenor Pulford and Lakeside, as well as Lancaster House Hotel and Holiday Inn Liverpool City Centre, to win 'Large Hotel of the Year'.
Salford's magnificent Ordsall Hall Museum came first in the 'Small Visitor Attraction of the Year' category, in a race against Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre in Cheshire, The Rum Story in Cumbria, Penny Farm - International League for the Protection of Horses - in Lancashire and the National Wildflower Centre in Merseyside.
And Manchester Central (formerly G-Mex) beat De Vere Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire, Castle Green Hotel in Cumbria, Bartle Hall Hotel in Lancashire and the Foresight Centre in Liverpool to the 'Excellence in Business Tourism' award.
The three winners will represent the region in the national Enjoy England Awards for Excellence, organised by VisitBritain, which will be held in April 2008.
Salford Film Festival is bringing one of the city's oldest and most beautiful cinemas back to life this month.
The New Harvest Christian Fellowship Church, on the corner of Chapel Street and Trinity Way, has an unusual history. Originally built as a Scottish Presbyterian Church in 1846, complete with tall spire, it was reincarnated into the Salford Cinema in 1912 and then changed to Rex Cinema in 1938. It survived as a cinema until 1958 and became a bingo hall from 1967 until 1985.
This month, the building will be used as a cinema for the first time in nearly 50 years, as Salford kicks off a festival celebrating the city's cinematic talent.
Steve Balshaw, Salford Film Festival programme manager, said: "The old Salford Cinema is such a fantastic venue for the film festival. We are so grateful to New Harvest Christian Fellowship Church for allowing us to use the venue for the festival and give people a chance to step back into one of Salford's architectural hidden gems."
The Salford Film Festival, which this year pays tribute to Oscar-winning Salford actor Sir Ben Kingsley with an eclectic selection of his films, runs from Nov 24 - 28 at various venues across the city.
Manchester's pivotal role in international communications is celebrated in a newly launched permanent gallery at the Museum of Science and Industry (MoSI).
Opened by culture secretary James Purnell last month, the Connecting Manchester gallery traces the history of communications - from printing presses to mobile phones - and reveals Manchester's little known but very important role in print, radio, TV and computing innovations.
Items on display in this gallery include original props from Nightmare Before Christmas, made by Manchester-based animator Paul Berry, as well as characters from Bob the Builder. Early BBC studio equipment, telephones and printing machines are also featured, alongside state-of-the-art communication devices.
The gallery, on the second floor of the 1830 Warehouse, is free for all visitors.
If you look at your restaurant bill and notice that you have been overcharged by £1, check whether that restaurant is taking part in the StreetSmart Campaign before you accuse them of ripping you off.
Dozens of Manchester restaurants - including Yang Sing, Choice and The Living Room - are joining forces in an innovative scheme to raise money for the homeless during the Christmas period. These restaurants will add £1 to each table's bill from Nov 1 until Dec 31 and the money raised will go to various homeless charities in the city. The £1 donation is voluntary and a small information card will be placed on each table giving customers the chance to opt out if they choose.
Last year, the money raised through StreetSmart was used to give a number of homeless people allotments on the outskirts of Manchester, helping them make a living and regain some control over their lives.
A lecturer from the University of Manchester has set a new British women's record for distance and duration in a gas balloon, after travelling nearly 400km across Germany in a cramped wicker basket.
Dr Ann Webb, who works in the university's Centre for Atmospheric Science, had been preparing to represent Great Britain in the annual Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett balloon challenge with Dr Janet Folkes from the University of Nottingham. When the contest was cancelled at the last minute, the GB team packed up their Pirat balloon and headed for the Stuttgart Cup in Germany.
Reaching altitudes of over 8,000ft and a top speed of 28km per hour, the two women flew over Germany and landed near Linz in Austria, some 195km from their starting point, in a record-breaking, 19-hour journey.
Move over West End - Manchester is the first UK stop for Broadway musical The Wedding Singer.
Opening at Palace Theatre on Feb 18 next year, the musical features Jonathan Wilkes (The Rocky Horror Show, Tommy and Grease) and Natalie Casey (Fame). It is based on the 1998 blockbuster movie, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, about a wedding singer whose misery gets in the way of entertaining guests after he is jilted at the altar, and the waitress who wins his heart.
Tickets, priced at £12.50 - £30, are now on sale and you can book by calling 0844 847 2275.