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Read our write up of last night's sold out event:

https://t.co/URaoUosINj

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Bev Craig has had a frustrating month watching the national coverage of Manchester's links to Abu Dhabi.

“You play the hand that you’re given.” she told the Mill's inaugural Future of Greater Manchester Summit.

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

So pleased to be shortlisted in the Politics category at the British Journalism Awards for our reporting on Burnham and Manchester.

And incredibly proud that my @millmediauk colleagues have SIX nominations, mixing it with some very big news companies.

[Alec Herron @AlecHerron]

The first @ManchesterMill Future of Greater Manchester Summit starts with @joshi and @bevcraig on how the city region can continue to grow, in front of a packed People's History Museum

[Alec Herron @AlecHerron]

Entire run of @OldhamColiseum's Macbeth has been cancelled. It was the Coliseum's first big production since the disastrous A Christmas Fair last Winter.

In the Summer I covered the recent troubles of the Coliseum. Perhaps little has changed.

https://t.co/8xp7L5f9Um

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

Reform loses two councillors in a week amid different investigations

Plus: a big pie-related controversy, of our own making

https://t.co/PYKmVIteoc

[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

Excited for tomorrow’s inaugural @ManchesterMill Future of Greater Manchester summit, featuring the mayor, the uni vice chancellor and lots of big names from across the city.

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

The long nights are drawing in and the rain is getting colder. We've got the fix...the pie and pint combo!!

So, where does it best in Manchester city centre?

https://t.co/kLycMglEf4

[Alec Herron @AlecHerron]

Stockport council is performing worse than any other council in the north west for the percentage of homes delivered against its government-set targets. In other words, it’s not building anywhere near as many homes as are needed to tackle its growing housing needs.

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A local plan is out to public consultation - it proposes building 8000 homes on such pieces of land in Stockport.

Was Stexit a terrible idea?

https://t.co/jS2XzS5Tqs

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In 2020 Stockport's Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors voted to go it alone when it comes to planning for housing, leaving the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.

It was labelled 'Stexit'.

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Now 250 homes are set to be built on Hall Moss fields behind Andy Kitching's home in Bramhall - the exact type of green belt land those politicians voted to save.

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But the lack of outright condemnation from Tameside Reform for Cllr Dunning's comments has shocked some, while others have accused Tameside Labour of pointing figures with unclean hands, pointing to the party's own chequered history...

https://t.co/u3oDGhcCZd

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An ITV investigation exposed racism in Reform — did it also expose hypocrisy in Labour?

The documentary showed Reform figures across the UK espousing racist and sexist views, including Tameside councillor Raymond Dunning. He's resigned and is now an Independent...

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We're down to our very last free subscriptions for 16-25 year olds, provided in partnership with the @PostcodeLottery

Sign up before it's too late

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[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

One of the things I’ve always found weird is how reticent the architects of the very successful Manchester project are to engage in public debate.

Today one of the big brains of (real) Manchesterism takes aim at its critics. Including The Mill..

https://t.co/3wFcrLnEIJ

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In defence of Manchester’s Abu Dhabi deals

@emmerich_mike, an ally of Sir Howard Bernstein, argues that critics of Manchester’s economic model are rewriting history.

https://t.co/fDe3t0NrEZ

[The Mill @ManchesterMill]

Now, it sits empty, and nobody can figure out how to bring it back to life.

https://t.co/qw7f2OYgVS

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Some people love the CIS Tower and consider it an icon of modernist architecture. Others didn't always agree. (1/3)

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When the building was put to a vote for English Heritage listed status in 1995 Manchester Evening News reporter Janet Reeder called it an "eyesore".

It gained listed status later that year anyway. (2/3)