Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it
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The Casablanca Deal: Secret contracts and unexplained payments at the University of Greater Manchester
EXCLUSIVE: Senior executives at the university tried to divert hundreds of thousands in tuition fees into a private company which one of them owns
It's Europe's most successful new neighbourhood. So why is there so much tension?
New Islington has great sourdough and thousands of happy residents - but some people from the 'real Ancoats' feel like they are being looked down on
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Meet Andy Burnham’s man ‘in the shadows’
Kevin Lee has been the mayor’s ultraloyal advisor for years. Who is he — and who else influences Burnham?
Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it
Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister?
The ‘unfathomable’ fall of Labour’s Greater Manchester
‘We went to the polling stations and people weren’t looking us in the eye, and we could tell something was wrong’
Three courts dates in three months – and how you can help
Today, we’re calling on the government to change the law
Who’s peddling a ‘persistent myth’ about local news?
Press giant Reach Plc asks you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears
‘Why the hell am I doing this?’ The man navigating Manchester’s biggest job
Students cheating via AI and international applications ‘tanking’ – Duncan Ivison is at the helm of a big ship in stormy waters
‘You’ll just see the shouting’: How Manchester looks through the lens of TikTok
Young people are getting their news from an app whose algorithm favours videos about violence, outrage and confrontation
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The fake journalist and AI writing our news
An editor’s note from Joshi about the creep of AI-generated journalism
