After five years at the MEN, and seven years in journalism, I'm about to embark on an exciting new chapter in my career... from Monday, I'll be joining the media team at Transport for Greater Manchester 🚌
Joseph Timan
@josephtiman.bsky.social
Media at Transport for Greater Manchester 🐝
Government sends advisors to Greater Manchester to learn about economic growth @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Government sends advisors to Greater Manchester to learn about economic growth
Greater Manchester's economy has grown faster than anywhere else in the UK over the last 10 years
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'In the next 10 years, this will be like Ancoats' - inside the biggest regeneration project in Manchester's history @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'In the next 10 years, this will be like Ancoats'
A long-neglected corner of the city is being completely transformed in one of the biggest regeneration projects in the country
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Borough by borough - exactly what the £1bn growth fund will bring to your area of Greater Manchester @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Borough by borough - exactly what the £1bn growth fund will bring to your area
More than 30 projects across Greater Manchester have been identified
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NEW: Andy Burnham's massive £1bn Greater Manchester growth plan revealed @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Andy Burnham's massive £1bn Greater Manchester growth plan revealed
More than 30 projects covering every borough in unique ‘Manchester’ approach to change lives.
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Exclusive: The long-awaited plans for Piccadilly Gardens can finally be revealed with work set to start after Christmas @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The long-awaited plans for Piccadilly Gardens can finally be revealed
EXCLUSIVE: The Manchester Evening News can now reveal how the city centre spot will be transformed over the next 12 months
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REVEALED: The Salford council scandal and the deleted emails sparking claims of a cover-up @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Salford council scandal and the deleted emails sparking claims of a cover-up
MEN INVESTIGATION: Multiple sources at Salford council confirmed that a relationship between the deputy mayor and, reportedly, a female council employee was widely known about in political circles. Af...
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'As the battle of Manchester raged, I was in Rishi Sunak's bedroom' @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'As the battle of Manchester raged, I was in Rishi Sunak's bedroom'
He had no socks on
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Cancelling HS2 in Manchester was 'very odd', Conservative MP admits two years on @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Cancelling HS2 in Manchester was 'very odd', Conservative MP admits two years on
The shadow rail minister defended the decision despite conceding the location chosen for the announcement was quite peculiar
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Andy Burnham admits affordable housing targets for developers 'don't work' @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Andy Burnham admits affordable housing targets for developers 'don't work'
The Greater Manchester mayor says the government should be building more council homes instead of relying on developers
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In a portacabin a stone's throw away, survivors of the synagogue attack continued to pray - it was an act of defiance @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
In a portacabin, survivors of the synagogue attack prayed defiantly
It was a moment to come together and rebuild
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'The rain could only mask the tears, but nothing could hide the anger' - my account of the vigil for the Manchester synagogue attack @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'The rain could only mask tears, but nothing could hide the anger'
The heartfelt sorrow turned into visceral anger as a sea of umbrellas sheltered a grieving community. It was too late for empty words
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'This was a holy day - now we are in mourning, fearful about our future' @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'This was a holy day - now we are in mourning, fearful about our future'
Politics writer Joseph Timan explains what Yom Kippur means to Jewish people and how such a holy day has turned into a nightmare
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Keir Starmer is 'listening to Andy Burnham' and adopting his policies, mayor's office says @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Keir Starmer is 'listening to Andy Burnham and adopting his policies'
The comments come amid tense relations between the Prime Minister and Greater Manchester mayor
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Will Greater Manchester be left out in the cold by Keir Starmer's government after Andy Burnham's high-profile antics at Labour conference? I chat with @liamthorp.bsky.social and @josephtiman.bsky.social on the Northern Agenda podcast this week - recorded in the Liverpool Echo's fancy studio! 1/2
The seats 'in play' and the many hurdles Andy Burnham faces if he wants to be leader @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The seats 'in play' and the many hurdles ahead for Andy Burnham
The Labour mayor has long been rumoured to be plotting a return to Parliament - but the route is far from clear
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We're off on our European adventure. More than 2,500 miles by train across the continent and back. The most expensive leg? Manchester to London, of course
'This is a contest between two strong women, not a proxy war between two men' - Lucy Powell speaks to me in one of her first interviews since entering the race to become Labour's deputy leader @lucympowell.bsky.social @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'This is a contest between two strong women, not a proxy war between two men'
In one of her first interviews since entering the race to become Labour's deputy leader, Manchester MP Lucy Powell speaks to politics reporter Joseph Timan about a whirlwind week in which she lost her...
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Reform candidate who vows to reduce number of HMOs in town... manages three HMOs @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Reform candidate who vows to reduce number of HMOs in town... manages three HMOs
He insists that none of the shared houses have been occupied by illegal migrants or used as a halfway house for former prisoners
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Manchester's love affair with a place nearly 6,000 miles away that dates back 160 years @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A 160-year-old connection that's shaping Manchester's future
It's a relationship that dates back 160 years
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In the backstreets of Oldham last week, an old face promised 'real change' @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'Get over it guys, we're a multi-language, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society'
One month after launching his new political party, Jeremy Corbyn was in Greater Manchester, speaking to a sold out crowd. Jo Timan went to see what it was all about.
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We asked 64 people in every Greater Manchester borough what they think about Nigel Farage's immigration policy @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
We asked 64 people in every Greater Manchester borough what they think about Nigel Farage's immigration policy
It's the issue which has dominated Greater Manchester politics this summer, and Reform offered its 'solution' this week. To see if the city's voters support it, five M.E.N. reporters spoke to 64 peopl...
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People in Greater Manchester do worse in GCSEs than elsewhere - this is why @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
People in Greater Manchester do worse in GCSEs than elsewhere - this is why
A fifth of pupils in Greater Manchester achieved top grades
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My ⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of The Maccabees at Victoria Warehouse last night @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
'We didn't think we'd ever sing any of these songs again'
Review: The Maccabees performed in Manchester
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There are nine hotels in Greater Manchester still housing asylum seekers. We asked every council here whether they will be seeking an injunction following the High Court ruling affecting a hotel in Epping earlier this month. Here's what they said @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Greater Manchester's asylum hotels and what councils are doing about them
Several councils across the country have said they are considering taking legal action following a High Court ruling on an Essex hotel
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I spoke to the people protesting outside an asylum seeker hotel in Greater Manchester last week - this is what they told me @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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Billions of £ of investment in vital infrastructure is promised by the Labour govt in the coming years - but the biggest projects in the North aren't in transport, energy or schools. That was what I discovered when I had a look at the online Infrastructure Pipeline. Regional breakdown here... 1/12
Could Andy Burnham really return to Parliament and become Prime Minister? @manchestereveningnews.co.uk www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Could Andy Burnham really return to Parliament and become Prime Minister?
Despite his popularity, the route to No 10 is far from straightforward
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One year on from the Southport riots, some fear it could happen all over again @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Some fear it could happen all over again
A new report has revealed the 'devastating' impact the violence last summer is still having on some of our communities today
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