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Inside the Manchester hotel booked out for months to house asylum seekers
Plus, a new report says the city has sold out to Abu Dhabi
A strange day for Market Street’s snow cone seller
Wandering in the city centre on Manchester’s hottest ever day
Manchester’s hottest ever day - until tomorrow
Plus: a three-bedroom cottage with a lake view, and the rest of your weekly briefing
Plans for a low traffic neighbourhood in Prestwich have collapsed. So what went wrong?
‘The whole area has been gaslighted’
The barrister with less savings than when she worked at Costa Coffee
‘The system is creaking at the edges’
Does the Manchester Evening News have questions to answer about its coverage of a controversial trial?
A criminal conspiracy case raises concerns about how the media covers young black defendants
Exclusive: Police officers redeployed to answer 999 calls as force struggles with demand
We reveal a new sign of pressure on GMP. Plus: more trouble with a low traffic neighbourhood in Prestwich
Johnson’s gone. Will ‘levelling up’ be the next to go?
Plus, searching for the art of Australia’s Stolen Generations of Aboriginal children
An ‘inexplicable episode’ and the death of Charley Gadd
A perplexing inquest and tragedy in Manchester’s waterways
‘I’ve spent a year fighting off bullying and harassment from the Labour Group’
Why Ekua Bayunu defected to the Greens. Plus the rest of your weekly briefing
Why is Salford’s population rising so fast?
We speak to some experts about the census numbers. Plus: A first look at photos taken by Manchester’s homeless
‘Suddenly life just becomes one long miracle’
After drug addiction came poetry and a Bob Marley-loving cockatiel
New art galleries and old-style politics - the latest bids go in for ‘levelling up’ cash
Plus: Manchester’s barristers strike for the first time since 2014
Bev Craig has her own ideas
‘I think Manchester’s hand has shifted, and it’s my job to make sure we properly play that hand’