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Why was untreated sewage poured into the river at Crumpsall for 93 days last year?
The river described by Engels as a ‘foul-smelling stream’ is being befouled again, new data shows
‘A snapshot of 70s Britain’: Why does Manchester have so few black leaders?
Plus: How Manchester became the nightlife capital of the UK, again
What you missed at the first Mill Members Club
The 'conflicted' PR supremo and the stories behind our journalism
The Guardian apologises for its 'awful history' after identifying historic links to slavery
'Our founder and those who funded him drew their wealth from a practice that was a crime against humanity'
The disappearing 'Manc' accent: How outsiders changed the way Mancunians speak
Plus: Graham Brady duped by activist group, and the story of Mason Greenwood at Manchester United
How 'historic' is Andy Burnham's new deal with the government?
'It's not even explaining it to an alien that would be hard, it’s explaining it to any citizen of Western Europe'
Competing for a prestigious role at the Hallé, the first challenge is to keep calm
'I faced the fact that, okay, I don't like that I'm nervous, that I'm feeling this; it’s not very pleasant. But I have to be my own friend'
Andy Burnham is about to get more powers - and face more scrutiny
Plus: The Manchester residents paying for mortgages on uninhabitable flats
A generation of journalists is being wasted in the content mines. I was one of them. My clickbait days are over.
My almost-two years as a millennial media cliche
Manchester International Festival says: go big or go home
Plus: Is criticising clickbait now 'snobby' and 'sexist'?
Undercover agents, sports cars and an Oldham flat: the fall of a people-smuggling kingpin
Plus: An Altrincham design studio tastes glory at the Oscars
Tories beware: Graham Brady is quitting parliament - and preparing his memoirs
The influential chair of the 1922 Committee speaks to The Mill after announcing his surprise retirement from politics. But why is he leaving now?
They want to live together in a co-housing community for over-50s. Can it work?
The group plotting an "intentional community" in south Manchester
The Supreme Court has relocated to Manchester until Thursday. Why should you care?
This marks the first time the Court has sat outside the four UK capital cities
‘They can’t hide behind being MI5’
Arena victims’ families look to sue the security services. Plus: Is Manchester still a 24-hour city?