An ‘inexplicable episode’ and the death of Charley Gadd

A perplexing inquest and tragedy in Manchester’s waterways

Jul 5, 2022

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Dear members — today we have a piece about the tragic case of Charley Gadd, a student from Essex who went missing in Manchester last December while on a night out with his parents. At the time, we covered the search for Charley in the River Irwell, and today’s piece examines the circumstances which led to him entering the water. But first: why an incident in a Manchester night club is piling more pressure on Boris Johnson.

You might remember us writing about Jayvon Morgan over the weekend, we had this wonderful response from 84Youth, the youth organisation he helped found:

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