A search on the Irwell

'Is this to do with the student that went missing?'

Dear members — today’s story is an update on the disappearance of student Charley Gadd in Manchester. Jack spent some time at the riverside yesterday, witnessing a search for his body in the Irwell.

It’s been lovely meeting some of you on the doorstep this week as we handed over bundles of the print edition, and even more lovely to see many of you at our Christmas concert last night. The music was magical and we just want to thank the rector Nigel, director of music Simon and everyone at St Ann’s for putting on the event, despite the tricky circumstances.

Many thanks to Leah, who wrote in:

Just wanted to say that it was great to finally see The Mill staff face-to-face and how lovely the carol service was. So glad I came. You guys are all doing such a great job. I really appreciate reading The Mill and that you have started such a great newspaper in our city! I can’t wait to see it expand and get bigger and even better. I swiped a pile of paper copies so my colleagues can read for them…