LIVE updates and pictures from Manchester's first ever Christmas parade, via diannebourne, RAMIMWAMBA and ashlieblakey
city centreThe parade will see brilliant street performers, magical stilt walkers, artists and bands take to the streets of the city on Sunday. The procession promises be filled with all the 'sights, sounds and sparkle that spell Christmas'.
It aims to build on the success of the city's Manchester Day Parade which, after starting small for its first parade back in 2010, now regularly sees thousands of people flock to the city centre'Once in a lifetime' boutique hotel is one of the country's best - and less than an hour from Greater Manchester
It will set off from Deansgate at the junction with Blackfriars Street. It will then set off on a circular route that will see it travel south along Deansgate, before turning left onto St Ann's Street, then left onto Cross Street. It will then travel down Cross Street, past Boots and the Royal Exchange Theatre, before turning left onto Market Street, going past Marks and Spencer, and along St Mary's Gate to Deansgate - finishing where it started.
Reporters Dianne Bourne and Rami Mwamba will be in the city centre this afternoon reporting from the parade.Read more of today's top stories here
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