Jack Dulhanty

1 week ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

Dear readers — today’s story covers the inquest into the death of Charlotte Sophia Parry, a 27-year-old who tragically took her own life while on an acute psychiatric ward in Wythenshawe in 2022. The inquest looked at whether neglect by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust contributed to Charlotte’s death. The piece features references to suicide and self harm and discretion is advised. If you are having thoughts of suicide or are concerned that someone you know may be, find help here.

1 month ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

On 5 April 2024, Lewis Hughes, then a detective superintendent at Greater Manchester Police’s serious crime division, clocked into work. Hughes, 40, has been in the force since he was 18 years old. That day, he was covering as senior detective, and it was a particularly busy day. There had been three potential murders in the last 24 hours: one in a prison, another a stabbing of a teenager in South Manchester.

1 month ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

There was little consultation or warning. One Friday in late January, a manager from Greater Manchester’s mental health services walked into No.93 Wellbeing Centre, in Harpurhey, and found Lauren Gregory. Gregory first visited the centre — a community hub tailored to people with mental health issues — in the midst of the first lockdown after the birth of her daughter.

1 month ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

It wasn't a bad idea. In a bid to show how the fast food burger — something you can get at the press of a button, anywhere, at any time — was in fact a finite resource, chef Sam Buckley would make burgers out of Maraschino. Maraschino was a lustrous red poll cow whose carcass would be butchered into some 1,200 burgers. Once they were sold, the pop up would shut. It would make people think about the cows being slaughtered every day to make millions of fast food burgers sold worldwide.

1 month ago | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

The inspector arrived without prior warning. She picked her way down the curving path bordered by prickled hedges to Earls Farm, in Harwood, three miles out of Bolton town centre. There, she found the borough’s largest cattery, a long, low shelter lined with wire fences that has capacity for some 60 cats. Its owners, Karen and David Yates, came out as she approached. Her visit, the inspector said, “had nothing to do with what’s going on with the council”.