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Returning to some of the people we met this year
Black mould, freezing homes and a child in hospital: Meet the housing association that stole Christmas
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‘I love you, I want to come home’
The return of missing child Alex Batty. Plus: Chanel brings £8 million into Manchester
Secret hoards: The extraordinary discoveries of Manchester’s ‘misers’
Why did some of Manchester’s wealthiest residents live like they had nothing?
Going underground: The Picc-Vicc Line and the future we never got
What went wrong with Manchester’s underground metro system?
The Royal Exchange has pulled off the impossible and crafted a feel-good ‘Brief Encounter’. But does it miss the point?
The tragic love story: now a sunny musical
After over a year in limbo, is the Clean Air Zone coming back?
Plus: Buy a cottage dating back to 1808 in rural Bury
Surviving Manchester’s frozen streets
The temperature has dropped below zero. Everyone else is hurrying home — you have to make it through the night. How?
Why should posh kids have all the fun? On making music a universal, not a luxury
‘I can’t see a world where we deprive such a large proportion of the population [of music]’
The government says it is ‘accelerating’ rail upgrades in the North. But is it?
Plus: A homeless man found dead in the Gay Village
Everyone hates the Arndale, but it’s a microcosm of Manchester
‘We’ll be doing over a million footfall a week’