Who invented the Manchester Bee?
It’s become a ubiquitous symbol for the city and a rallying point in times of disaster. But it wasn’t always that way
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He ran a popular Manchester United fanzine - then he started spreading Covid-19 conspiracies
A fascinating long read charts his journey. Plus: Plans for Manchester’s first 70-storey tower block
Hundreds of Manchester students are refusing to pay their rent this month. We met them
‘I think there is a lot of greed at the top of universities. I think people are willing to let students suffer’
Why is your cash-strapped local council buying your failing local shopping centre?
We asked an acquisitive former council leader to explain
‘Significant new information’ in Yousef Makki case
The High Court has quashed the first inquest and ordered a new one. Plus: Radio 4 visits Mill HQ
The Mill took a chance on me, now you should take a chance on The Mill
Down with cookie-cutter journalism
The north Manchester home full of secret antique wonders
‘If it burned down and I lost everything, it doesn’t really matter’
Chorlton, Didsbury and Hale are working from home: New Census insights into how we live
Our data reporter digs through fascinating numbers about renting, home working and which neighbourhoods the New Mancunians are moving to
What happened in the Benjamin Mendy trial?
Plus: NHS bottlenecks in Greater Manchester hospitals and your reactions to our weekend read
£1,000 sofas, chic bistros and swooning Guardian features: welcome to the hipsterfication of Stockport
‘I don’t know if Stockport is ready for us, but we’re ready for Stockport’
Is Greater Manchester’s controversial housing deal on the brink of collapse?
Plus: Dogs now welcome on Metrolink - and the crisis in local hospitals
Let’s just do it ourselves
An end-of-year editor’s note from Joshi - and our favourite stories of 2022
Everyone saw the worst in them - she made them a home
The chaotic mission to give abandoned dogs love and care
A new tool against the ‘continued and evolving’ terror threat
Plus: Avanti awarded £6.5m by government, and the latest update on the ENO