How Greater Manchester Police failed Rochdale’s girls
Plus: It doesn’t look like Metrolink will reach Bolton
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Piccadilly Radio started broadcasting 50 years ago. It’s a portal back to Manchester’s grimy, glorious past
Phil Griffin recounts a night at The Electric Circus, and a morning in Collyhurst looking for everything he lost
Amy Burdon put her life savings into her dance studio. Then, the landlords took it away
‘I’m a single mum, we haven’t got masses of money, we have to be able to trust people’
Manchester’s AI sector is small, and that’s its superpower
‘If you’re a business and you’re not implementing AI you’re going to be left behind’
Are skyscrapers bad for Manchester?
Plus: Salford declares a homelessness crisis and we welcome hundreds of new Millers
Have the arts been ‘colonised’ by the middle class?
Dave Moutrey is about to start full time as Manchester’s Director of Culture after many years running HOME. And he has strong views about who art should be for
For help surviving Drynuary, look to the past
On Rawtenstall's temperance bar; the birth of Vimto and a once-sober Wetherspoons
The stories of 2023
Let’s have a good old reminisce
After the credits rolled: What happened to the cast of 2023?
Returning to some of the people we met this year
Black mould, freezing homes and a child in hospital: Meet the housing association that stole Christmas
Mill Investigation: Riverside Housing says it provides good quality, safe housing for thousands of people. That’s not what we found when we visited its tenants.
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'I love you, I want to come home'
The return of missing child Alex Batty. Plus: Chanel brings £8 million into Manchester
Secret hoards: The extraordinary discoveries of Manchester’s ‘misers’
Why did some of Manchester's wealthiest residents live like they had nothing?
Going underground: The Picc-Vicc Line and the future we never got
What went wrong with Manchester's underground metro system?
The Royal Exchange has pulled off the impossible and crafted a feel-good ‘Brief Encounter’. But does it miss the point?
The tragic love story: now a sunny musical
After over a year in limbo, is the Clean Air Zone coming back?
Plus: Buy a cottage dating back to 1808 in rural Bury