Hugely popular takeaway Salt & Pepper forced out of Arndale Market because 'too many people were eating there'

A food stall in the Arndale Market has been forced to close after it was considered a 'health and safety risk' due to its immense popularity.

Salt & Pepper, which regularly attracts long queues, has announced it will be closing at the start of next month as it claims Manchester City Council, who manage the market, wanted them to pay 'upwards of £100,000' to install a better extraction system.

The 'Chinese inspired British food' vendor will close on April 2.

Sibling owners Chloe and Cash have expressed their frustration with the council in a Facebook post announcing the news, saying the responsibility was placed on them to 'fix' the extraction system.

They added the council were therefore 'unwilling' to renew their lease. But they still remain hopeful about the next stage of their business.

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The post said: "It is with a broken heart that we're announcing that our Arndale Market stall will be permanently closing on April 2. Due to the limited facilities in the Arndale Market, we're no longer able to keep trading in this space.

"If you've been to the market, you'd know there isn't much of an extraction system on our side (to expel smoke and smells) and the council (who run the market) have said it's our responsibility to dix this because of the popularity of our stall.

"The council have said they're unwilling to renew our lease unless we invest upwards of £100,000 to put in our own extraction system, with additional costs that they couldn't tell us unless we accepted to pay the £100k.

"It doesn't seem fair really, but it's safe to say that it's time for us to move on.

"We've been absolutely gutted, and we've