Dear members — in today’s newsletter we’ve got a political exclusive about a suspended Manchester council candidate, a new feature called “At Home With…” in which we invite ourselves into a member’s house, an expanded Things To Do for the weekend ahead, and a mini-review of a restaurant on Tib Lane in the city centre.

We’ve been working up this idea for a few weeks — doing a Thursday members’ newsletter that has a series of different elements and features and feels a bit more like a magazine. Dani and Jack took the lead on pulling this week’s edition together, so please do email us to say if you liked it or ideas for extra features you would like to see (dani@manchestermill.co.uk and jack@manchestermill.co.uk) or just hit reply to this email.