A red tide is rising in the North West
One of the country's leading political scientists gives us his take on Andy Burnham's victory and the rest of the local election results
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Why Labour stormed local elections across the country - but lost ground in Greater Manchester
'This is the most significant result of the night'
‘You’re explicitly saying that I’m under arrest right now?’
Our first of two editions taking you inside the local elections
What does a gruesome murder do to a street?
'Well, I watch a lot of true crime, so…'
“Pretty crafty in my view”: Is the Rail Minister taking Burnham and Rotheram for a ride?
Plus: Could Manchester’s deputy leader lose his seat this week?
‘The greatest arena ever built’: Inside the fiasco at Co-op Live
‘I think they’ve been kidding themselves’
Sacha Lord’s new book is eye-opening and colourful, but what does it tell us about Manchester?
Surviving cocaine rats, a drive-by shooting and being bundled into a car by gangsters
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
After hundreds of millions of pounds of investment and three years of construction, is Manchester’s newest arena a ‘shitshow’?
Plus: Where can you see screenings of women’s football matches in Manchester?
They decided what our city will look like, then people started asking why
Do Manchester’s foremost architects get preferential treatment?
Tensions over Galloway’s newfound sway in South Manchester boil over
“People are flocking to it”
Does Manchester really need a new football league?
A gender-inclusive revolution challenging the FA at Hough End
Arena survivors become the first to take MI5 to court for not stopping attack
Plus: An indoor flower show at Depot Mayfield
Manchester's new homeless camp has good intentions. Is that enough?
Dozens of tents now line St Peter’s Square, but the management of the camp has raised questions
Is Greater Manchester where LTNs go to die?
‘Everyone is resistant to change, it’s human nature’
Confusing alliances, no-nonsense graft and general malaise: insights into this year's local elections
Plus: An update on a dismembered torso in Salford