Golden cars, fireworks and pure joy in Rusholme
Plus: we sent Jack Dulhanty on his hardest assignment yet – learning how to perform standup
The Mill
Why has Manchester been ‘cut off indefinitely’?
Inside the deepening controversy over Avanti’s reduced timetable. Plus the rest of our weekly briefing.
Manchester has a homelessness crisis. But it's not the one you thought
Special Investigation: After six months of reporting, we tell the story of the city's most pressing social problem - and how the authorities are flailing in response
Exclusive: Salford Royal’s A&E declared unsafe after surprise inspection
What happened when the hospital got a visit from the Care Quality Commission on Monday
A new lead in the Jack Hilton saga: a suitcase full of manuscripts
More on that in today’s briefing. Plus: another heatwave is coming
Ankle-breaking dance floors and imagined futures as the British Art Show descends on Manchester
‘Modernism is wasted on penguins’
Will this be the site of Greater Manchester’s next industrial revolution?
Plus: An flat in the former ‘Harrods of the North’ is up for sale, and the rest of your weekly briefing
He captured the imagination of Orwell and Auden — then he disappeared from view
The fight to bring one of Manchester’s most innovative writers back into print
A strange day for Market Street’s snow cone seller
Wandering in the city centre on Manchester’s hottest ever day
Manchester’s hottest ever day - until tomorrow
Plus: a three-bedroom cottage with a lake view, and the rest of your weekly briefing
Plans for a low traffic neighbourhood in Prestwich have collapsed. So what went wrong?
‘The whole area has been gaslighted’
The barrister with less savings than when she worked at Costa Coffee
'The system is creaking at the edges'
Exclusive: Police officers redeployed to answer 999 calls as force struggles with demand
We reveal a new sign of pressure on GMP. Plus: more trouble with a low traffic neighbourhood in Prestwich
An ‘inexplicable episode’ and the death of Charley Gadd
A perplexing inquest and tragedy in Manchester’s waterways