Big news - the Lowry Art Gallery just won the auction for LS Lowry’s ‘Going to the Match’ with a £6.6 million bid at Christie’s. It will therefore stay on public view.
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- Some good news - the ‘GM Ringway’ – a new long-distance walking trail for Greater Manchester - is going ahead with lottery help. Designed around existing footpaths, parks and open-access land, all 20 stages of the 186-mile route are designed to be accessed by public transport.
- After half a century, Castlefield Viaduct is officially back open! The first members of the public are exploring the @nationaltrust's urban garden in the sky 🌺🌼🚂
- IT'S OFFICIAL - WE'RE A NEWSPAPER 🗞️🗞️🗞️ 15,000 copies. Stories by 20 different writers. One special print edition, marking The Mill's first full year in existence.
- Hardy's Well, a beautiful but long derelict pub, was demolished a fortnight ago after a massive blaze ripped through the building in the middle of the night. The next day, its owner posed outside grinning.
- When one of Manchester’s biggest food critics lashed out at an independent, restauranteurs hit back. By @jackdulhanty open.substack.com/pub/themill/p/…
- Last May, we revealed that Sacha Lord's company, Primary Event Solutions, was granted £400k off the back of a misleading funding application in 2021. Last night, Lord resigned as Andy Burnham's night time economy advisor, and today the Arts Council asked for the money back.
- Mayor @AndyBurnhamGM speaks after Mass at the Holy Mary Mother of God Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manchester. Offers his support to the community and condemns 'an evil act of aggression'. 🇺🇦
- Exclusive: Did Sacha Lord cheat his way to £400,000 of public money during the pandemic? The Mill has obtained a funding application that makes a series of highly misleading claims about the nature of his business. The story by @jackdulhanty and @joshi is in your inboxes now.
- "I'm a proud mayor tonight," says @AndyBurnhamGM, opening the newly opened @McrMuseum. "This museum plays a role on the international stage," he says, referring to how the museum helps to re-evaluate British colonial history.
- Why is Manchester’s newspaper publishing stories like “Holly Willoughby breaks social media silence with make-up free selfie"? The MEN has written 39 stories about Phillip Schofield in a week - @joshi says it signals a concerning trend in local news.
- New figures from @AndyBurnhamGM show a reduction in people sleeping rough in Greater Manchester. Burnham says we have a "very challenging" winter ahead but says the hard work of charities and GM's new initiatives tackling homelessness have started to pay off.
- A sign of the times? @NielsPosthumus, the new UK Correspondent for the Dutch broadsheet @trouw, has decided to base himself in Manchester, not London like his predecessor. "I think you get different types of stories and perspectives here," he says. Welcome, Niels 🇳🇱
- The case for a new newspaper in Manchester
