Tim Heatley is leaving the city centre and betting on — checks notes — Farnworth. Why?
The outspoken property developer known for attracting young professionals into converted mills says his next trick is luring them out of town
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A Dulhanty secret history, Burns Night banqueting and a night out with Sacha Lord
He ran a popular Manchester United fanzine - then he started spreading Covid-19 conspiracies
A fascinating long read charts his journey. Plus: Plans for Manchester’s first 70-storey tower block
The very reluctant rise of Paul Dennett
The left-wing leader of Salford may well be the successor to Andy Burnham. But he sounds nothing like the current mayor
Hundreds of Manchester students are refusing to pay their rent this month. We met them
‘I think there is a lot of greed at the top of universities. I think people are willing to let students suffer’
Why is your cash-strapped local council buying your failing local shopping centre?
We asked an acquisitive former council leader to explain
‘Significant new information’ in Yousef Makki case
The High Court has quashed the first inquest and ordered a new one. Plus: Radio 4 visits Mill HQ
The Mill took a chance on me, now you should take a chance on The Mill
Down with cookie-cutter journalism
The BBC lured a star conductor to Manchester. So why didn’t it work out?
Omer Wellber was “quite a coup” for the BBC Philharmonic - but he left last year with much less fanfare
The north Manchester home full of secret antique wonders
‘If it burned down and I lost everything, it doesn’t really matter’
Chorlton, Didsbury and Hale are working from home: New Census insights into how we live
Our data reporter digs through fascinating numbers about renting, home working and which neighbourhoods the New Mancunians are moving to
What happened in the Benjamin Mendy trial?
Plus: NHS bottlenecks in Greater Manchester hospitals and your reactions to our weekend read
It’s Europe’s most successful new neighbourhood. So why is there so much tension?
New Islington has great sourdough and thousands of happy residents - but some people from the ‘real Ancoats’ feel like they are being looked down on
£1,000 sofas, chic bistros and swooning Guardian features: welcome to the hipsterfication of Stockport
‘I don’t know if Stockport is ready for us, but we’re ready for Stockport’
Mill Interview: Meet the government’s new social mobility tsar - a headteacher from Oldham
The new interim chair of the Social Mobility Commission tells us: ‘If somebody can grow up in Oldham and go to Oxford, that’s fantastic. But that’s only ever going to be very small numbers’
Is Greater Manchester’s controversial housing deal on the brink of collapse?
Plus: Dogs now welcome on Metrolink - and the crisis in local hospitals