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Plus: ‘They hate him’ — why Team Starmer aren’t fans of Andy Burnham
‘Hell on earth’: was anywhere more hated than the Manchester of 200 years ago?
Historical voices tell us that even Liverpool — yes, Liverpool — was considered equivalent to a rest cure after too much time in this cursed city
Revealed: the best place in Manchester to be a tree
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Does the Greater Manchester experiment work for Oldham?
In this town, bad economics breeds bad politics
‘Everything is tenser than it seems’: the culture war descends on Dunham Massey
A trigger warning about an almost-invisible figure in a painting is confusing visitors at the National Trust property
Stranded at sea for six days, without water for two, Yun Ma feared the worst
At a salon in south Manchester, a nail technician recites his Odyssey
Big Tory losses and another Oldham leader deposed: your essential local elections briefing
‘I think Amanda Chadderton might be gone’
A scandal on polling day: Have Stockport Labour broken election law?
A local official admits monitoring the postal votes - and using that information to send activists into a key ward
Millions of pounds a year, queues around the block and a customer base gone neurotic: what’s in Manchester’s secret sauce?
Miami Crispy and the chicken shop gold rush