What on earth is going on inside flat 3203?
‘Never in a million years did I expect to see what I saw’
The mayor’s departure threatens to upend local politics - and trigger a £5m election
‘We went to the polling stations and people weren’t looking us in the eye, and we could tell something was wrong’
‘It’s a bit much, innit?’
What happens when childcare goes corporate
Jack joined The Mill in 2021 and writes about the city’s people, from crane drivers and butchers to its leading planners and decision-makers. His work has been nominated for the Paul Foot Award.
Ophira is a features writer and editor, and has previously written for the Quietus, the Guardian, and the Fence. She is particularly interested in petty disputes.
Lucy is an investigative reporter who cut her teeth in student journalism. She was previously an editor at The Tab, managing local teams across the UK.
Jack is a writer and editor who has been with the Mill since 2021. His favourite pieces include his expose of Manchester flag-raisers and his trip to Stockport's Curry Pyramid.
A bitter dispute over a cladding defect has been going on for over a decade
He’s been feted by the press as a tech pioneer. But we can’t find his data centres
Members of Reform's campaign team shared racist content online and aligned themselves with far-right groups
What happens when childcare goes corporate
Authenticity is being choked out of one of the city’s most treasured industries. How did we get here?
‘That’s why Sainsbury’s is there, to keep the riffraff out of Waitrose’
It’s been 18 months since a cancelled Gaza event threw the organisation into chaos — and all is still not well
A quarter of a million volumes were disposed of in circumstances that remain deeply contested. Some former workers accuse the council of a cover up
Getting to grips with one of the country's strangest constituencies
Who were the mammies who made Manchester?
She started off as a content creator, now they call her Manchester’s greatest journalist
Two homeless men have died in Manchester so far this winter. Can further deaths be prevented?