Tony Wilson gets the biography he wanted
After fourteen years, the ‘greatest writer of his generation’ delivers his magnum opus
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Greater Manchester pledged to cut cancer deaths. Then the promise disappeared
Digging into missed health targets; a publishing CEO wants to set the record straight; and the perilous story of an Afghan asylum seeker
Greater Manchester pledged to cut cancer deaths. Then the promise disappeared
We investigate missed targets and a stuttering start to health devolution
Burying the Hachette with Manchester’s new super publisher
‘We are all very, very tense. The atmosphere is roughly equivalent to running into your ex’s new partner at a party’
‘It’s one of those things which is beyond imagination’
We met an Afghan asylum seeker who built a new life in Manchester
She was studying during the lockdown. Then she fell into a virtual world
One young woman’s story of getting addicted to VR
The quiet, deliberate life of a Manchester cemetery
Three generations of one family have lived on a famous old burial ground
Who is Manchester’s new council leader? Bev Craig in her own words
She likes Owen Jones, supported Jeremy Corbyn getting on the ballot and says she has been inspired by growing up in a council house
Returning to one of Manchester’s greatest art treasures
‘Celebrating the resurrection of Christ in Glory, a sacred image I don’t believe in, and a mighty work of art I will applaud to the end of my allotted time’
New polling shows 32 Tory seats in the Red Wall ‘at risk’
The Conservative Party conference comes to Manchester, plus the rest of your weekly briefing
An explosion for dignity
At the request of inmates who had taken over Strangeways, Michael Unger, editor of the Manchester Evening News, entered Britain’s worst prison riot
Car bombs, sedition and a full English: A morning at the veterans’ breakfast club
‘It would have been difficult to forget each other’s face’
‘My mental health suffered significantly’
Greater Manchester sees the end of the furlough scheme this week, plus the rest of your weekly briefing
A heated battle over the Green Belt reaches its climax in Greater Manchester
1,754 hectares of protected land are set to be released for development - and there are as many rows brewing