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‘Anybody sees an opportunity to take, they will’
Outside of Manchester’s thriving city centre, child poverty is on the rise
Plus: University occupiers face expulsion and Metrolink comes under fire.
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An editor's note from Joshi, founder of The Mill
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A morality play at the Theatre of Dreams: Manchester United fans can’t agree over their new owners
The club’s worldwide fanbase looks set to pull it away from its roots. Is that such a bad thing?
A prize-winning novel takes on ‘poverty and capitalist devastation’. And it's based in Rochdale
'To fully convey the book’s intensity, density, darkness and despair would require quoting all 436 pages'
The secret flights: How Manchester Airport became a gateway for animal testing
Staff are scared to talk about their role in the import of live animals. So is the airport
A young woman made a harassment claim. Then the man she accused was elected mayor
There is fury among councillors in Rochdale after a man being investigated for harassment is now 'swanning around the borough in his gold chain'
Revolution in a cost of living crisis? Head to the Royal Exchange
Plus: Save the date for our birthday party
Bad hospitality: Working in Manchester’s bars and restaurants - and not getting paid for it
‘You just said you can’t pay us but you’re going to sit in front of us and eat £200 sushi?’
Homeless teenage girls. You don't tend to see them - but this house in Whalley Range does
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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