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The Run of The Mill episodes

July 07, 2022 Resignations and political drama in Westminster - and in Greater Manchester too
In this episode, Darryl and Joshi talk about the wave of resignations across Westminster and Greater Manchester. They discuss the passionate response to a group of black teenagers being found 'guilty by association" after sending text messages and share more of the Manchester stories you need to know
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21 min
July 03, 2022 He walked into Britain's worst prison riot - and came out with a story about indignity and injustice
Mike Unger, the legendary former editor of the Manchester Evening News, tells Joshi about being asked to mediate with prisoners during the Strangeways Riot. And recalls his time editing a newspaper read by a million Mancunians. What does he think of the state of local journalism today? "They're blindly doing clickbait," he tells us.
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31 min
June 30, 2022 Insiders fear 'deaths and homicides' as mental health services leave hundreds waiting for care
In this episode, Darryl Morris speaks to Jack Dulhanty about a shocking report into failures in Manchester’s mental health services caused by staff shortages and underfunding. They dig into the upcoming bids for the levelling up fund and share the latest update on a protest Raja Miah’s supporter's staged at an Oldham council meeting,

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27 min
June 26, 2022 We meet the new leader of Manchester, Bev Craig
This week we went to the office of Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council, to ask her about her new plans for housing in the city - and how her approach differs from that of Sir Richard Leese. We also challenge her on homelessness in the city, and ask her which wing of the Labour Party she comes from.
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31 min
June 23, 2022 Why did Raja Miah not pass his dossier to the Oldham sexual abuse review?
Joshi interviews Gary Ridgway, one of the authors of the long-awaited review into child sexual exploitation in Oldham, and reflects on the report. We bring you the latest on the row over HS2, the impact of the rail strikes, and some new details from Andy Burnham about the future of devolution in Greater Manchester. Plus: A clip from our 2nd birthday event at the Anthony Burgess Centre.
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39 min
June 19, 2022 Is Manchester city centre dying, or just changing?
Vaughan Allen the leading expert on the city centre who monitors the data for who is using our streets and who is opening in our local shop fronts. He tells us about the surprising resilience of Manchester’s hospitality sector and the dramatic shift away from retail in the city.
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19 min
June 16, 2022 A perilous journey from Sudan to Manchester
In this episode we tell Ahmed’s story, an asylum seeker fleeing his native Sudan whose journey offers an important insight into the national asylum debate. We also discuss the anniversary of the IRA bomb, staffing shortages in mental health services and the future of the Hulme Hippodrome.
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34 min
June 12, 2022 Decolonisation, repatriation and transforming Manchester Museum
Manchester Museum houses 4.5 million objects, but how many of them does it have the right to keep? In this episode of the Mill, we speak to Esme Ward, the Director of the Manchester Museum. We discuss how the museum is approaching decolonisation and repatriation in their collection and Esme talks about the museum’s ongoing transformation project.

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24 min
June 09, 2022 What does the Red Wall think of Boris Johnson - and can we trust the polls?
After a week of drama in Westminster, the leading pollster Chris Curtis joins us to talk about what voters are saying about the Prime Minister. We also ask Chris whether we can trust the polls, after he made a series of interesting claims about polling during the 2017 election on Twitter, including a poll that was positive about Jeremy Corbyn but which never saw the light of day. Plus, we discuss a big weekend of events in Manchester and the latest on the Clean Air Zone.
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28 min
June 05, 2022 Is the Royal Exchange in Crisis?
The Mill has spent the week reporting on the situation at the Royal Exchange Theatre, which has cancelled its summer show and has been hit very hard by the pandemic. Joshi was given an interview with the theatre's top leaders on Tuesday, and talks to Darryl about what the problems are at the Exchange, and who is to blame. The story includes moving quotes from former staff members who were laid off by the Royal Exchange in 2020, and who say the company's treatment of them doesn't fit with its public ethos.
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18 min

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Hello! This is The Run of The Mill podcast — a somewhat-weekly podcast from the team behind The Mill, Manchester's best newspaper since 2020. Join Ophira, Jack and the rest of the team as they take…