Simon Martin is Manchester’s best chef. Is he its worst boss?
Mana promised to win the city’s first Michelin star for several decades by creating a kinder kitchen culture. Staff remember it differently.
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‘You’re unlikely to get into a political row’
Inside the operation to help Manchester’s asylum seekers. Plus, the rest of our bumper Thursday newsletter
Is Manchester’s ‘Acid House Smash Hits’ coming back to life?
‘I don’t think selling Joy Division oven gloves or whatever is a massive problem’
Troubling findings at The Christie
A recent NHS report highlights bullying, plus the rest of your weekly briefing
Exclusive: A Labour council candidate has been suspended
We reveal the latest twist in Manchester’s turbulent local politics. ‘It’s linked to a power struggle within the group’ says one source
Annette McKay is still looking for the sister she never met
A Bury woman thinks her long-lost sister was buried at a notorious Irish mother and baby home. But she doesn’t know.
The Manchester underground
Plus: A woman waits for answers about one of Ireland’s notorious mother and baby homes
A Christmas Day murder and one family’s international fight for justice
When a Red Cross worker from Rochdale was killed in Sri Lanka, his family went to their local MP for help. This is the inside story of what happened next
‘We don’t take scrutiny seriously enough in GM’
Healthcare is now run from Manchester - but is it being held to account?
Why do GM’s non-white children wait longer to be adopted?
We spoke to a regional adoption agency looking for families
‘Wherever you are Tiffany, I hope you’ve found peace’
Plus a look at the latest Covid numbers in GM and the rest of the weekly briefing
Racist abuse, far-right vloggers and the monstering of refugee hotels
‘Please keep your door and windows locked and keep safe’
The sad life and contested death of Tiffany Stevens
Our new podcast episode, plus some of our latest member’s pieces
‘Can you tell me that they didn’t suffer? Please.’
An inquest investigates a Bolton mother’s murder-suicide