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The Run of The Mill episodes

June 02, 2022 A leading Manchester company collapses into administration
In our latest episode, Darryl and Joshi discuss the demise of giant fashion retailer Missguided. We also talk about the part-closure of Piccadilly Gardens, ask how much the "carnage" at Manchester Airport *really* matters, and ask whether we are witnessing a change of approach from Manchester's planning committee after a student block failed to get planning go-ahead.
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25 min
May 29, 2022 Have the police missed a Manchester serial killer?
In the late 90s two elderly couples died in the town of Wilmslow at the hands of a suspected murder-suicide. In April 2020 David Collins received a phone call leading him to the discovery that their deaths might actually have been the work of a serial killer. In this episode, David shares the hunt for the silver killer.

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22 min
May 26, 2022 A major IT failure hits Greater Manchester and the rest of the headlines
In this episode, Darryl Morris and Joshi Herrmann talk about a critical incident at Oldham A&E, the impact Crossrail could have on transport across the UK and hear a story from Strangeways prison. They also share their top picks for the week ahead and brief you on the local news you need to know.
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22 min
May 19, 2022 How a dark conspiracy theory poisoned a divided town
In a special episode, we delve into the strange, conspiratorial politics of Oldham. We tell the story of the rise of Raja Miah, a local activist who has gone from healing a town's racial divides to exploiting them in a vicious campaign against the local council. Joshi Herrmann tells the story from the beginning, when he received a tip from a reader about allegations of Asian block votes and grooming gangs in Oldham, and tells Darryl Morris how one man has contributed to the removal of two council leaders in the space of two years. That's all in this one off-edition of The Manchester Weekly from The Mill.
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33 min
May 12, 2022 Greater Manchester tries to save an endangered bird
In this episode, Darryl Morris and Joshi Herrmann talk about Martyn’s law, a tragic death at The Warehouse Project and potential Mancunian candidates to be the next Labour party leader. Jack Dulhanty joins them to talk about a local conservationist's plan to save an endangered local bird and they share all the local news you need to know.
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27 min
May 08, 2022 Local Elections 2022 - The Results
Special analysis of the Local Election 2022 results for Greater Manchester from Darryl Morris and The Mill's editor Joshi Herrmann.

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25 min
May 05, 2022 Searching for Salford's secret garden
What happened when Sophie Atkinson went in search for Salford's Secret Garden? In this week's episode, she takes us behind the scenes of her story and Darryl and Joshi brief you on the upcoming local elections, changes to Greater Manchester's transport system and the local news and events you need to know about.
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20 min
April 28, 2022 The fall and fall of Oldham Athletic
In this week's episode, Darryl, Dani and Jack discuss plans to extend the prison HMP Hindley and the suspension of a conservative candidate in the run-up to the election. Darryl speaks to Jack Walton about the challenges facing Oldham Athletic and we brief you on the local events you need to know about.
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24 min
April 21, 2022 The story of Rochdale's grooming gangs takes another turn
In this week's episode, Darryl and Joshi share the latest developments in the Rochdale grooming gang scandal and interview Maria Romanenko, a Ukrainian woman who recently settled in Manchester, about her journey to the UK. Dani Cole shares a story about joining a family in Didsbury for Iftar and we brief you on the local stories you need to know about.
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31 min
April 14, 2022 'In the suburbs of hell': a new history of the North
In this week's episode, the former FT journalist Brian Groom joins us to discuss his new book about northern history. Plus Jack Walton comes on to discuss co-living in Manchester, and we brief you on a few stories you need to know about.
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27 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…