Dear readers — Manchester is a city with news coming out of its proverbial ears, but there’s one piece of news that has captivated the newsroom this morning: the trams are back. The line maintenance marks the closure of the Bee Network’s darkest period, at least in the view of the Mill office.
Our critics that believe we’re all just tosspots who live in south Manchester will rejoice in hearing that the partial closure of the Altrincham tramline nigh on crippled this noble news organisation. Meanwhile, roadworks on Princess Street led to bus diversions so absurd in their complexity that Jack Dulhanty had nearly made it back to Salford by foot before finding a stop actually being serviced by his bus.
All of this is to say, we’re glad things are back to normal. At least now we can enjoy a quiet network running as it should, without any giant influxes of people or disruption until the Christmas Markets open… on Friday.
So, onto the news, which today includes the rising fortunes of one United legend (Gary Neville) and the rapidly declining ones of another (Michael Carrick).
Was Manchester Museum right to take an Egyptian mummy off display?
Manchester Museum was once known as ‘the one with the mummies', but in September, it made a big announcement – its last remaining mummy, Asru, was being taken off display after 200 years. Was this the right choice? How did the museum make that decision? And, as Asru waits in the darkened museum stores, what’s next for her?
All these questions and more were up for debate at our event with Manchester Museum earlier this autumn. Missed it? Don’t worry, Lucy has a full write-up ready for you on our site – click below to read.
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