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‘I’m going insane’: My afternoon at Manchester’s anti-woke meetup
Upstairs at a city centre pub, a group of people who worry about being ‘cancelled’ for their heretical views get together to put the world to rights
A festive funding shock - and the story behind the hole in your local council’s budget
A former council leader takes us behind the scenes
The rise of Manchester’s urban gardens
Plus, drama at a Labour Party fundraiser and how to celebrate the end of Dry January
Manchester’s oldest social housing block fell out over a Christmas party
This week, residents at Victoria Square staged a protest against ‘ageism and oppression’. But some say the tensions have to do with class, politics and which part of town you grew up in.
Rochdale is a political minefield, so why do so many want to be its MP?
‘It’ll be pretty poisonous, to be honest’
To eradicate deaths on the road, Greater Manchester looks to Sweden
Plus, your chance to help rewild the city centre
Five months after his mysterious death, a Manchester soldier comes home to rest
Daniel Burke was known as a fearless fighter. But his passing is now being investigated as a homicide
Last month, Andy Burnham signed a landmark deal with Fujitsu. Then the Post Office scandal erupted
The Japanese company has a major presence and a long history in Manchester. But should the brand new partnership now be cancelled?
Embrace the boggart!
On Boggart Hole Clough, forgetting your new year’s resolutions and the art of irrational recreation
How Greater Manchester Police failed Rochdale’s girls
Plus: It doesn’t look like Metrolink will reach Bolton
Piccadilly Radio started broadcasting 50 years ago. It’s a portal back to Manchester’s grimy, glorious past
Phil Griffin recounts a night at The Electric Circus, and a morning in Collyhurst looking for everything he lost
Amy Burdon put her life savings into her dance studio. Then, the landlords took it away
‘I’m a single mum, we haven’t got masses of money, we have to be able to trust people’
Manchester’s AI sector is small, and that’s its superpower
‘If you’re a business and you’re not implementing AI you’re going to be left behind’
Are skyscrapers bad for Manchester?
Plus: Salford declares a homelessness crisis and we welcome hundreds of new Millers