Author: Sally Isla Mills OCorner
Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum is calling on visitors, local residents, and businesses for support as it navigates a challenging financial period before opening its new gallery in early 2027. The much-loved Widnes attraction welcomes around 30,000 visitors each year, combining a museum, archive, and hands-on science centre. Housed in a Grade II listed building with over 170 years of chemical industry heritage, Catalyst is now facing the same severe financial pressures impacting heritage sites across the country. A hot summer and stretched household budgets reduced visitor numbers this year, while energy, supplier, and staffing costs have soared. Government…
Cheshire Fashion Week® is officially expanding into Manchester, bringing a bold new chapter of Northern fashion, culture and creativity to the iconic Manchester Cathedral on 21 August 2027. The move marks the next stage in the growth of the Cheshire-born fashion week and its wider Destination North vision, connecting British and international fashion with some of the North’s most distinctive cultural destinations. The 2027 showcase will bring designers, models, photographers and creative voices together beneath the historic architecture of Manchester Cathedral, focusing on emerging talent, established brands and fashion with a distinctly Northern edge. Manchester is a natural next destination for…