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Ethan Davies
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Local Democracy Reporter of the year 2024 🏆

Journalist covering Manchester council and the Greater Manchester mayor. Own views.
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It's been quite the week for Andy
Selfies, meal deals, and steering clear of Keir - Andy Burnham's conference
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September 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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EXCL: Andy Burnham stays away from Keir Starmer's Labour conference speech to avoid 'creating a distraction' www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Andy Burnham avoids Keir's speech to 'not to create a distraction'
The mayor has fuelled rumours of a leadership challenge in recent weeks, but said Keir was the 'right man' to be PM yesterday
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September 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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News from probably Labour conference’s best-attended fringe event: Andy Burnham has neither confirmed nor denied if he had conversation with an existing north west MP to take over their seat (the first step in a rumoured leadership bid)
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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No home, no money, no school

I’ve compiled a special report into the horrible choice homeless parents in Greater Manchester are facing.

Now, @manchestereveningnews.co.uk calling on Andy Burnham to change things
August 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Manchester city centre population 'could be 250,000 by 2035', says property developer. Almost 100,000 today, up from less than 500 in 1990. - @ethandavies.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manchester city centre population 'could be 250,000 by 2035'
Latest estimates put the city centre population as close to 100,000, up from less than 500 in 1990.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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There's a petition about Hotspur Press, calling for it to go back to how it was 'in its original form'. No word yet from Manner (developers) or Manchester council on it, yet www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Petition launched to rebuild Hotspur Press 'in its original form' after fire
There were plans for Hotspur Press to become a student tower block - but it's unclear if they will become reality now
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June 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Hotspur Press latest: “Truly heartbreaking": Hotspur Press developers break silence after 'horrific fire' destroys mill www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Hotspur Press developers break silence after 'horrific fire' destroys mill
The fire engulfed the structure, which now needs to be partially demolished
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June 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Oasis are just one of the things that were important in mid-90s Manchester are making a comeback this year: a 1996 “stopping order” might, too

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The 1996 order that could stop eight towers being built
Campaigners claim MMU can't progress its plans
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June 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The court battle over £1billion and how Manchester missed out on affordable housing @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The battle over £1billion and how Manchester missed out on affordable housing
It could have major implications for Andy Burnham's office and Manchester's biggest developer
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June 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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You wait for one bus announcement and loads come along at once

*Stockport tram is ON
*Three new tram stops and “new” interchanges coming
*1000 new Bee Network buses
June 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Councillors will debate it next week
Future of Manchester's tallest tower set to 'shape city's skyline' is in doubt
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May 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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I had a go on some shiny new bikes last week. They're available now
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We tried the 'secret weapons' being released onto Greater Manchester's streets
Ethan Davies gave the new way to get around town a try - and one thing surprised him
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May 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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I've had a fun morning.
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Salford's roadworks: My car got hit, undertaken, and it took 36mins to 350 yards
Ethan Davies joined the rush hour traffic on the controversial scheme - here's how he got on
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May 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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I've examined the plan to maybe move Strangeways prison in a big redevelopment for the area - and what it means for Manchester
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Strangeways, there you go?
There's a real possibility Strangeways prison could move in a big new plan to redevelop the area. Ethan Davies reports on the options and the outlook for Manchester's darkest and most controversial la...
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April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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For one TfGM/Bee Network employee to tell Cassie her kids are too young to be called children is one thing. For her to be told twice when the Bee Network's website says otherwise is quite something
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Metrolink told mum family ticket wasn't valid because 'her baby 'isn't a child'
Bosses have now cleared up the situation
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April 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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TikTok star Zoe Bread’s battle with Manchester council, explained
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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It'll be so hip you'll want to hang around to be seen next to it, say the developers
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Manchester’s new building that’s so cool ‘people will just hang around’ outside
But you might have seen it before
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April 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Fallowfield, and Manchester, is changing. More on the flight of the students here
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The exodus happening in the heart of Manchester
The number of students living in Fallowfield dropped by a fifth from 2018 to 2022
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April 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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EXCL: Andy Burnham's big plans to rename Job Centres 'Live Well centres' look set to become reality, with £mills being spent on implementing them on GM's high streets ⬇️ www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Andy Burnham's plans to rename Job Centres given go ahead
The mayor's big plan has taken a big step forward
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April 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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In which I try to answer one of life's big questions: What is that weird bit of Deansgate next to Great Northern?
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What's the mystery bit of extra road on Deansgate?
It's a project that's taken months - but it's not quite finished...
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April 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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A note on this: Andy Burnham's just said on BBC Radio Manc the 'honest review' he promised for January still hasn't taken place as they're waiting for roadworks to finish. One to watch
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NEW: The Deansgate roadworks will end soon.

Here’s me, on Deansgate, trying to explain it all
April 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Wythenshawe's in line for a makeover - now we know more
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How Wythenshawe Civic Centre could look by next year
A plan 40 years in the making
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April 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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NEW: The Deansgate roadworks will end soon.

Here’s me, on Deansgate, trying to explain it all
April 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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More on Live Well/Job Centres - there's a new way through for the mayor's plan
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Andy Burnham wants to rename Job Centres
The mayor was speaking on the day of quiet change for Greater Manchester
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April 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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A big worry for cabbies is there simply aren’t enough taxis available to replace ageing models which don’t comply with new emissions targets set for Jan 2026.

TfGM and Manchester council are working on it - we will know more in mid-April
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Cabbies fear 'hundreds' of taxis will be 'forced off' Manchester's roads
"It physically cannot be done"
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March 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM