Shoppers are flocking to the city centre as stores open their doors for Boxing Day.
Hectic scenes from bustling streets and packed stores have become something of a tradition, as shoppers return to Manchester for the start of the post-Christmas sales.
And today looks to be shaping up as another busy Boxing Day, as a host of bargains go on sale.
As December 26 has fallen on a Sunday this year, shops across the city are opening their doors slightly later than on a normal Boxing Day.
Streets were quiet across the city centre earlier this morning, but with the first shops now opening their doors, queues have been forming around town.
A crowd of excited shoppers waited by the doors of Primark, on Market Street, ahead of its opening time at 10.30am.
The store was one of the first to open across the city centre, and bargain hunters were eager to get straight inside, looking for the best discounts on the store's already low prices.
Other queues also formed outside Selfridges at Exchange Square before doors opened at 11am, while shoppers poured into the Arndale Centre when it opened its doors shortly after.
One eyewitness told the Manchester Evening News : "They've all gone into Primark - it opened up and they all piled in. There's a queue at Selfridges as well.
"It was quiet earlier this morning - a few people were milling around - but it's busier now."
