A Manchester not-quite 10K, Co-op Live's little bump and a catch up with a chicken shop lifer

Jack Dulhanty's writer's edition

Dear members — welcome to your mid-week edition of The Mill. It’s Jack here, with a writer’s edition. As usual, I’ve kept things varied, but I’m leading on a recent catch-up I had with Riz Zeb, who the most avid among you will remember from Sophie and my piece about Manchester’s most significant contribution to the world. Atomic theory? Nah, the spicy chicken burger. Riz has been in the chicken shop game for decades, and is looking to franchise the spicy chicken burger — using his own secret recipe — and take it nationwide.

But before all that: there’s a bit on what I’m reading, the restaurant I’m trying to land a table at, where I’m spending all my money and my plan to tail Andy Burnham around the Manchester 10K.

But first, a round-up of the news.