Sheikh Jassim decides Manchester United isn’t worth it
Plus: Pro-Palestinian demonstrations on St Peter’s Square
The Mill
Why has the Bee Network created an inequality that wasn’t there before?
Permanent bus drivers complain that that temporary worker bees are being paid a third more an hour
Surviving a traumatic journey across the sea and coming alive again in barber shops
Hopeful stories from Manchester’s Kurdish community
A record-breaking year for sexual offences in Greater Manchester
Plus: Why Danny Boyle is bringing the Matrix to Manchester
A city that is good at writing press releases and bad at writing cheques
An editor’s note from 38,000 feet
The unsung changemakers of Longsight
Plus: An 18th century circus master’s tragic time in Manchester
The Tories arrive in Manchester bearing bad news
Plus, a new exhibition to celebrate Black History Month, and Manchester researchers find undiscovered galaxies in the early universe
The vanishing zoo of Rochdale
Out of nowhere, a persuasive zoologist turned up promising to fund a Manchester Zoo with millions of pounds of family money. Then he disappeared
The vanishing zoo of Rochdale
Out of nowhere, a persuasive zoologist turned up promising to fund a Manchester Zoo with millions of pounds of family money. Then he disappeared
Exclusive: The Arts Council is investigating finances at Wigan’s Old Courts
‘These allegations, whilst currently unsubstantiated, are serious in nature and we have begun an investigation into the situation.’
The Royal Exchange’s ‘Great Expectations’ is accomplished and witty — so why was I checking my phone?
Plus: The very happy people of Wigan
Burnham gets his buses
Plus: The ‘huge and undersung role’ of Manchester’s social clubs in the British music industry
‘Make it free again’: what Manchester’s returning students want from university this year
On incestuous friendship groups; trying to break into MI6 and moving to a city you despise for love
Why Greater Manchester will need 180,000 more graduates
Plus: ‘Completely unacceptable’: The housing association gets to work on Michaela’s flat
