Behind the headlines: GM's latest Covid numbers and a new owner for the Trafford Centre
What you need to know this evening
What you need to know this evening
'It's the people's stories I have been drawn by, not the buildings themselves'
Plus a mini local gift guide, and the rest of our weekly briefing
Four readers talk candidly about their months of isolation
Read an excerpt from one of our most moving and important pieces
Mill analysis of council documents shows vast overspending on marquee projects
I was a freelance mountain leader. Then Covid forced me to take on a very different job
In 1958, a brilliant professor was given a big grant and a mammoth task
Plus: Why are so many people alleging corruption by the police?
Some reflections on our first six months
'I'm not sure why but I have to fight off tears when I'm leafing through the pages'
'I feel the devastation and the pain that many freelancers are going through'
And the rest of our Monday briefing
Spend local today
A photographer returns to his home after 20 years
We asked Andy Burnham and spoke to a leading think tank