Sarah Lester

Thanks so much John. Sorry it took me so long to see this!

The crumbling seaside palaces at the centre of Britain’s asylum crisis [FREE TO READ] How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration

FT mag piece from me: Spent a long time looking into the Britannia hotel chain, beneficiaries of a vast amount of taxpayer money via the asylum system

on.ft.com/47HEE46

Don't criminalise the truth A GMP officer is facing an investigation over allegedly 'leaking' CCTV footage of Manchester Airport violence. Manchester Evening News Editor Sarah Lester thinks it's an ill-judged decision with poten...

I've written something about the Independent Office for Police Conduct's ill-judged decision to launch a criminal investigation into a police officer, alleging they leaked footage of the Manchester Airport violence to the Manchester Evening News. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Could we finally get the kind of rail service 'long-enjoyed by Londoners'? A new Manchester to Liverpool railway line could transform the north west's railways. That's the vision revealed today that could see passengers finally get the kind of service 'long-enjoyed by London...

Greater Manchester mayor @andyburnham.bsky.social and Liverpool mayor @lcrmayor.bsky.social are in Westminster today lobbying for support for the development.

Manchester and Liverpool agreeing? This must be serious A new line between our cities could slash journey times with express trains running every 10 minutes - it is well overdue.

Anyone who has caught a train in the North knows how our transport infrastructure compares to London's and why this is so important for the North West economy.

In an unusual move the @liverpoolecho.co.uk editor @mariabreslin.bsky.social and I have joined together to call for the government to fund a new fast railway line between Manchester and Liverpool.

The Manchester Evening News today….and 80 years ago.

'You live in a s*******': Three years of Trigger Me Timbers WhatsApp messages Foul-mouthed messages have exposed nasty name-calling by our elected representatives. But the leaked WhatsApp conversations also show politicians airing their frustrations with the job and sharing mom...

I've spent hours trawling through three years of messages in the Trigger Me Timbers WhatsApp group. The good, the bad and the ugly. And boy, does it get ugly. But it reveals much more about our politicians than you might think @manchestereveningnews.co.uk

More of the @manchestereveningnews.co.uk journalists have joined Bluesky. You can follow them here 👇

go.bsky.app/4XEh7QF

We will keep updating the list as more join

What really happened in town on Saturday afternoon Were police protecting Manchester city centre or was this a case of heavy-handed policing and the profiling of a whole community? John Scheerhout examines a complex row sparked by travellers attemptin...

There were troubling scenes in Manchester city centre on Saturday afternoon. Good piece from reporter John Scheerhout looking at what happened and why.

👋 Lovely to be here....I've made a starter pack of Manchester Evening News journalists which I'll keep topping up.....