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Jack Dulhanty
Jack is a journalist from Salford who joined The Mill in 2021. His work has spanned development, crime, homelessness, politics and spicy chicken burgers. His investigation into mayoral advisor Sacha Lord was nominated for the 2025 Paul Foot award.
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Exclusive: Did Sacha Lord cheat his way to £400,000 of public money during the pandemic?
The Mill has obtained a funding application that makes a series of highly misleading claims about the nature of his business
Simon Martin is Manchester’s best chef. Is he its worst boss?
Mana promised to win the city’s first Michelin star for several decades by creating a kinder kitchen culture. Staff remember it differently.
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A death on the streets of Withington
On Monday afternoon a homeless man died on the pavement outside a corner shop - who was he?
Is it time for Andy Burnham MP?
Angela Rayner’s struggles mean a Burnham return to Westminster is even more likely. But could it let Reform into Greater Manchester?
How student accommodation in Manchester became a luxury industry
An influx of international students and a move to aspirational living has students swapping cheap suburbs for city centre high rises
Digging into Manchester: What lies beneath our feet?
The city region’s expanding population needs an underground network. But when it comes to digging, rocks are destiny
An Egyptologist digs for signs of life
'They always want to talk about lost cities. In reality, most cities were never lost.'
A good day to be a Mancunian duck - Castlefield's sky park is expanding
Plus: Andy Burnham reveals his 120-page plan for the future of the city
Exclusive: The contract that gives Sheikh Mansour first dibs on Manchester
Plus: Mark Garner explains the sudden implosion of his website Confidentials
A murder of crows: how a blog post deepened the conflict inside Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust
The board says it’s committed to transparency, critics say it prefers ambiguity
Does Manchester need a high speed train to Liverpool?
With government backing looking likely, we explore whether this is the best use of £17bn
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?