My night at the murder mystery hotel

Plus: A milestone for The Mill

Dear readers — for today’s edition, we sent Jack to solve a murder. There were multiple suspects, poisoned champagne, and a multi-million-pound inheritance at stake. That’s below.

But first, an announcement. You may have already seen Joshi post about this on Twitter, but we have now reached 100,000 subscribers across our titles in Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield and Birmingham. It’s a huge milestone for us, having built our audience from nothing four years ago, and proves the value of high-quality, in-depth local journalism. And 7,000 of that 100,000 are paying members like you, who make all of this possible. So thank you again for your support. You are helping drive a revolution in local media in this country. So, onwards!