Does Manchester need a high speed train to Liverpool?
With government backing looking likely, we explore whether this is the best use of £17bn
Jack Dulhanty
Jack joined The Mill in 2022 and writes about the city’s people, from crane drivers and butchers to its leading planners and decision-makers. He was nominated for the 2025 Paul Foot Award.
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Exclusive: Andy Burnham, Sacha Lord and the missing charity cash
‘Nothing underhanded has gone on here’
On Manchester City Council's most powerful committee, the north of the city is barely represented
Plus: a moving dispatch from inside HMP Forest Bank
The £60 million loan: Did Trafford Council bet on the wrong skyscraper?
The CIS Tower has been empty for five years, onlookers are wondering what's going on.
How a Manchester mental health ward neglected a suicidal patient
An inquest finds Greater Manchester Mental Health’s lack of care contributed to a suicide
Inside GMP’s race to find the Salford torso killer
No identifiable victim, no witnesses, and 19 individual crime scenes
You struggle with your mental health and a nearby cafe offers a lifeline — then it suddenly closes
Manchester’s NHS is trying to get out of the red, but at what cost?
No restaurant for the wicked: how viral chef Sam Buckley put ethics at the centre of eating out
‘I wish I didn’t take it so seriously’
They say Bolton Council is out to make them homeless — but is it a case of crossed wires gone horribly wrong?
David Yates' family have farmed on the land for over 300 years. All this is set to change
In St Peter’s Square, the fight against homelessness becomes a fight against the homeless
‘Good morning sir, here is a bag for your belongings. Anything that is left will go in the bin’
The man keeping John Rylands Library locked in the past
For almost 20 years, Tim Phelps has been working to keep the library not just beautiful, but functional.
Is Manchester’s stunt food era finally over?
Plus: Why Howard Bernstein was our Robert Moses and 60 identical phone shops in Jack’s writer’s edition
Exclusive: How the GMCA flunked its own investigation into Sacha Lord
For months, officers have promised to publish their findings into their night time economy advisor
Breaking: Sacha Lord has resigned as an advisor to Andy Burnham
The Arts Council wants his company Primary Events to pay back the taxpayers’ money it obtained during the pandemic
Can Manchester’s skyscrapers weather the climate emergency?
Even a couple of weeks of high temperatures could be fatal
F1 pit stops for Deliveroo riders: our convenience-obsession has created a new kind of bike shop
For the legions of city centre delivery riders, time is everything