James Binks has resigned as CEO of Rochdale Council
‘They sat on the report… I don’t trust them to deal with these issues going forward’
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The lost books of Central Library: scandal or conspiracy theory?
A quarter of a million volumes were disposed of in circumstances that remain deeply contested. Some former workers accuse the council of a cover up
‘Crooked lawyers’: MP speaks out in parliament following Mill investigation
‘Homeowners in Bolton shouldn’t have to live in fear of being ripped off’
Sleeping on the snowy streets of Manchester
Two homeless men have died in Manchester so far this winter. Can further deaths be prevented?
A Mancunian noir classic capturing a lost city
In 1960, Hell is a City set the bar for neo-noir. Now it's a window into a past long demolished
The Christmas the bombs came down
'Incendiaries have burnt my house roof and finished off my turkey at the shop, but that’s not got me down'
Herring soup and piss ups: this is Christmas in Georgian Manchester
We look at how Mancunians in the 18th century made merry
Engels described a city segregated between rich and poor. But the truth is more complicated.
The lives of Manchester’s Victorians weren’t divided by space, but time
Howard’s name is plastered all over Manchester. But no one knows who he is
We spoke to the man behind the city’s best-known tag
