FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system on.ft.com/47HEE46

I've written something about the Independent Office for Police Conduct's ill-judged decision to launch a criminal investigation into a police officer, alleging they leaked footage of the Manchester Airport violence to the Manchester Evening News. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

In an unusual move the @liverpoolecho.co.uk editor @mariabreslin.bsky.social and I have joined together to call for the government to fund a new fast railway line between Manchester and Liverpool.

The Manchester Evening News today….and 80 years ago.

I've spent hours trawling through three years of messages in the Trigger Me Timbers WhatsApp group. The good, the bad and the ugly. And boy, does it get ugly. But it reveals much more about our politicians than you might think @manchestereveningnews.co.uk

More of the @manchestereveningnews.co.uk journalists have joined Bluesky. You can follow them here 👇 go.bsky.app/4XEh7QF We will keep updating the list as more join

There were troubling scenes in Manchester city centre on Saturday afternoon. Good piece from reporter John Scheerhout looking at what happened and why.

👋 Lovely to be here....I've made a starter pack of Manchester Evening News journalists which I'll keep topping up.....