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’
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What happened when Raja Miah’s prophecy failed?
After a report dismisses claims of mass grooming and sinister cover-ups in Oldham, how have the true believers responded?
Meal deals, dubstep DJs and rude DMs: is this how Gen Z dates now?
‘Maybe there’ll be an anti-dating revolution’
Major sex abuse report finds serious failings in Oldham - but no evidence of a cover-up
‘There is no basis for that allegation. We are very clear about that. We have literally looked at thousands and thousands of documents’
Nerves, dreams and proving the doubters wrong - our first two years of publishing The Mill
Wish us a happy birthday
‘Let’s go f***ing rat hunting’
Anti-vaccine activists turn on our reporter Harry, and we examine Andy Burnham’s big bus promise
‘There will be serious incidents - like deaths and homicides’
Insiders say Greater Manchester’s mental health services are failing vulnerable patients, plus the rest of your weekly briefing
The IRA missed the soul
As thousands fled the city centre away from the bomb, a team of journalists ran in
Brutal layoffs and a cancelled show — inside the Royal Exchange’s summer of discontent
We’ve spent weeks speaking to people about what’s going on at Manchester’s premier theatre
Will Manchester get a city-centre Clean Air Zone?
Plus: A beautiful mill-conversion up for sale, and a Levenshulme takeaway owner who abused the furlough scheme
Memories and regrets in the ghost pubs of Oldham Road
‘I am wet through in the dog-end gutter of a whiplashed Manchester’
‘The white heat of technology’
The ‘Hello Computer’ author on sexism in tech and getting the MEN online
The council has closed off one of Manchester’s main public spaces - we asked them why
A large chunk of Piccadilly Gardens has been closed for around 97% of this year
The police weren’t looking for a serial killer — but suddenly I was
Did multiple loving marriages in the North West really end in murder-suicide?
What’s going on at the Royal Exchange?
A cancelled show and low morale - plus the rest of your Thursday edition