Is this the scariest cat in Greater Manchester?
And the other important stories you need to know about this week
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Idealism, secrets and paranoia in Burnage Garden Village
The community was built on utopian principles and has a long waiting list. But it doesn't welcome prying eyes.
Manchester homes are being advertised on billboards and front pages in Hong Kong
A fascinating new story develops the Manchester-Hong Kong link
Council drama over GMSF as crisis talks fail in Stockport
The significance of last night's meeting, and five more things you need to know about the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework
New data shows Covid deaths falling in Greater Manchester
It's the first drop we've seen since mid-September
Bury Market has a rich past. Does it have a future?
We spent two days with its traders as they face down the pandemic - and the forces of modernity
Five things you should know about the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework
Distilling a 491-page document
'We may have seen the peak of the second wave' in Greater Manchester
Case rates are falling for the first time since August, as hospital admissions drop too
How I felt watching someone break into my local church
A new genre of online documentarian comes to Leigh
As non-urgent procedures are suspended, one hospital trust is experiencing worrying mortality
Urgent and emergency care, including cancer treatment and operations will continue as normal
What drove Maurice Wilson to Everest?
A Manchester writer becomes obsessed with one of mountaineering's most puzzling tales
Last night's student protest wasn't really about fences
The University of Manchester was hit by a lightning-fast social media mobilisation of anger that has been growing
A radical effort to share out the benefits of private tutoring takes off in Manchester
'That's what middle-class kids in Chorlton get, but kids in Crumpsall or Collyhurst deserve the exact same opportunity'
Beware of alarming leaked reports about the state of our hospitals
Plus, the latest death rates in Greater Manchester and the rest of our Monday briefing