Joseph Timan
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Politics writer for the Manchester Evening News. DMs open. Email: joseph.timan @reachplc .com
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Very excited to share that from Monday I'll be starting a new role as political writer for the Manchester Evening News. I'll be leading our political coverage, both local and national, and also covering more breaking news...
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Exclusive: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak booed as he leaves a café in Stockport with people shouting "resign" and "leave now"
@MENnewsdesk
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🚨 Breaking: Manchester councillor Ekua Bayunu has quit Labour to join the Greens, saying she felt 'constantly at odds' with the culture of the party. More to follow...
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Should add, the PM was in the Hazel Grove constituency which is currently held by the Conservatives
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NEW: Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were among the ministers who spoke of a 'punishment beating' for Greater Manchester during the pandemic... 🧵
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My colleague
@EthanDaviesMEN
asks Andy Burnham how he's feeling about the HS2 debacle
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The moment Vernon Kay found out he has raised more than £4m for Children in Need after finishing his ULTRA Ultramarathon at the Bolton Wanderer's stadium
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First sneak peak of the 50 new Bee Network buses that will be rolled out in Wigan, Bolton and parts of Salford, Bury and Manchester next month
#LDReporter
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A bombshell revelation at the Covid inquiry today as Andy Burnham read minutes from a government meeting during the stand-off over Tier 3 in October 2020 suggesting Greater Manchester deserves a 'punishment beating' because of his behaviour 🧵
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Homelessness has continued to fall in Manchester since this report earlier in June. Councillors have been told there are now no families being housed in B&Bs for more than six weeks. In February, there were 131. Quite a turnaround
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Manchester council leader Bev Craig:
"We're standing here 14 hours before the PM is rumoured to make a speech about HS2 urging him to think again."
@MENnewsdesk
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🟡 Lib Dems GAIN Ancoats and Beswick from Labour. Chris Northwood beats incumbent Majid Dar to become Manchester's first openly trans councillor
#LDReporter
#LocalElection2023
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I'm at Manchester Magistrates Court where we've just heard from Night and Day owner Jennifer Smithson who is appealing the noise abatement notice issued by Manchester council. She told the court it is "terrifying" that she could have her family business "taken away"
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🟢 Greens GAIN Woodhouse Park from Labour. Anastasia Wiest wins. The Green Party now have all three seats in the Wythenshawe ward
#LDReporter
#LocalElection2023
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Delighted to announce I'll be covering all things local government in Manchester and Greater Manchester for the
@MENnewsdesk
. I'll still be keeping an eye on Salford and Wigan for the time being, but I'm excited to start getting to know my new patch!
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Salford results: Lib Dem GAIN from Labour in Quays
🟢Lucy Staniforth (Green) - 135
🔴Phil Tresadern (Labour) - 503
🟡Alex Warren (Lib Dem) - 972
#LDReporter
#LocalElections2022
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This hot mic moment at Manchester Town Hall has made me grateful I watched the meeting from the comfort of my own home!
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Lots of details here about the first franchised buses in Greater Manchester next year plus Andy Burnham's ambitions to bring rail services under local control from 2025
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🚌🧵Lots of announcements from mayor Andy Burnham this morning about the Bee Network - Greater Manchester’s new London-style integrated public transport system - including the yellow branding
#LDReporter
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🚨BREAKING: Manchester's bin strikes have been called off as workers win a pay rise worth up to 22 pc
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Here it is. Greater Manchester's latest devolution deal, described as the 'deepest' yet with new powers over transport, housing and skills education. But the biggest bit: full financial freedom with long-term funding like government departments
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"The press" did not say either of these things. Journalists are doing their job by reporting what OTHERS are saying. In this case it seems what Manchester's restaurants and public health officials are saying don't quite match up... but there is no contradiction from "the press".
The press: Hey young people we need you to go on a night out or everything will collapse 🥺
Also the press: Wow just look at how reckless these young people are for going on night out 😏
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🧵Manchester council helped more people who had nowhere to live or were at risk of becoming homeless than anywhere else in England last year. Working with charities, schools and others, the city is changing the way it deals with homelessness...
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BREAKING: £741m plans for four skyscrapers at Trinity Islands, including a 60-storey tower which will be the second tallest in Manchester, have been approved. None of the 1,950 apartments will be affordable, but 62 pc of the development site will be public open space
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My highlight of Hanukkah so far is a Rabbi asking everyone at the Tesco car park in Prestwich last night to "gather around the click and collect station for the lighting of the menorah." A sentence I never expected to hear.
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Exclusive: Night buses to be rolled out in parts of Greater Manchester later this year
@MENnewsdesk
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🚨 Manchester results: Green GAIN from Labour in Woodhouse Park
#LDReporter
#LocalElections2022
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Last week I had the privilege of seeing Manchester Town Hall up close and personal. This is the biggest restoration project of its kind in the country. The painstaking work to restore it is incredibly complex...
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Bury Council has voted to call for a general election instead of supporting a People's Vote following a lengthy debate on Brexit. Read the full story at
@BuryTimes
tomorrow
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Here's the full story from the by-election in Ancoats and Beswick where the Lib Dems beat Labour
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Greater Manchester is vaccinating around 100,000 people a week. At this rate, the four highest priority groups should have received their first dose by the mid-February deadline, according to
@AndyBurnhamGM
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Bringing buses under public control is a major milestone for mayor Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester and English devolution in general. Here's my take on the political significance of it all
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🚨 Labour HOLD Ancoats & Beswick in Manchester beating the Lib Dems by 98 votes
#LDReporter
#LocalElections2022
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I’m finally free! I’ve finished self-isolating after testing positive for Covid last week. Fortunately, I feel fine. But this whole experience has exposed me to some flaws in the Test and Trace system and with the
@NHSCOVID19app
. So I think it’s worth sharing… THREAD
#LDReporter
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NEW: Andy Burnham says the government has asked Greater Manchester to model a Clean Air Zone WITH charges in the city centre. But he says it's agreed that there is no need for charges in Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Trafford, Tameside and Wigan
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My mum has gone a bit overboard this Passover, recreating the parting of the Red Sea on our seder table... 😂😂😂
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@MENnewsdesk
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham revealed some of the contents of the minutes from a cabinet committee meeting when he appeared at the Covid inquiry last month. The minutes from the Covid-O meeting in October 2020 have now been published
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Manchester council spent £3m on HS2 - and another £32k on the Tory party conference where it was cancelled
@MENnewsdesk
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🟡 Lib Dems WIN Didsbury West!
Former councillor Richard Kilpatrick gets a seat back on the council
#LocalElection2023
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First look inside one of the 50 brand new Bee Network buses which will be on the road in Wigan, Bolton and parts of Salford, Bury and Manchester from September 24
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Labour's Paul Dennett wins Salford mayor with 59% in first round votes
#LocalElections2021
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🚨 BREAKING: The government has told Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham that the revised Clean Air Zone scheme SHOULD include charges, but only in a small area i.e. the city centre
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Andy Burnham a press conference with Manchester council leader Bev Craig. He says: "We see no expense having been spared in other parts of the country, but when it gets to a great city like this one, there's nothing left. Is that what we're about to be told?"
@MENnewsdesk
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Newly elected Green Party councillor Astrid Johnson reacts after winning Woodhouse Park in Manchester
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Big moment for Greater Manchester next week as local leaders make their case in Parliament for an underground station at Piccadilly
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NEW: The North West Nightingale which reopens this week will be used for non-Covid patients and any hospitals wanting to use its beds must supply their own staff
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Newly elected Lib Dem councillors Alex Warren and Chris Twells are "delighted" to win the Quays and Ordsall. They targeted these seats, but say they are shocked by the scale of the victory
#LDReporter
#LocalElections2022
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🚨 Ancoats & Beswick by-election results are in: Lib Dem GAIN 🚨
Alexander Bramham, Con - 66
Alan Good, Lib Dem - 1,113
Chris Perriam, Green - 119
Gareth Worthington, Labour - 793
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I spoke to
@JonConnorLyons
about becoming the youngest ever chair of Manchester's planning committee, what he wants to see built in the city and where the town hall has got it wrong in the past
#LDReporter
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Just finished this John Cooper Clarke audiobook. Loved every minute. Would recommend to anyone from, living in or with an interest in Greater Manchester
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I caught up with Labour's Paul Dennett who has just secured another three years as Salford mayor, winning 59% of first preference votes
#LocalElections2021
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I'll be covering the Convention of the North in Manchester today where Northern mayor's, council leaders and business representatives are calling for the government to learn from Germany and 'hard-wire' levelling up into UK law
#LDReporter
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Good morning from Manchester where a certain someone has landed outside Central Library
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Big day for Manchester - and the North - in Parliament today as local leaders make the case for underground trains at Piccadilly. This is the MEN's view
#LDReporter
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Bury Labour have absolutely hit the jackpot today. A Conservative MP defecting to the party in a marginal seat, a once anti-Labour councillor joining the ruling group and an IMPECCABLY timed full council meeting tonight to rub it in their opponent's faces
#LDReporter
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Lots of people in the replies spotting the real story here - the PM's car is parked on a double yellow line 😂😂
Exclusive: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak booed as he leaves a café in Stockport with people shouting "resign" and "leave now"
@MENnewsdesk
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As the BBC celebrates 10 years at MediaCityUK, here's the story of how Salford Quays became the 'creative cluster' it is today
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Never a dull moment in Manchester. Labour councillor Pat Karney wears a mask to make the point that people must have ID to vote this May
#LDReporter
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NEW: The first homes to be built by Manchester council's new development arm This City. Plans for 118 apartments and 10 townhouses in Rodney Street, Ancoats have been approved. 38 will be 'Manchester Living Rent', making it affordable for people on housing benefit
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Here's winning candidate Alan Good celebrating with the Lib Dems. He is now the second Lib Dem on the council and one of only three opposition councillors in Manchester
#LDReporter
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I'm in Manchester city centre where Andy Burnham is about to reveal which operators will run the first franchised bus services in Great Manchester next year when some routes will be brought under public control
#LDReporter
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I'm delighted to announce that I'll be starting as the Local Democracy Reporter for
@TheBoltonNews
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@BuryTimes
on November 28. Looking forward to learning all about the local issues people in both boroughs care about. Please feel free to contact me using the details in my bio!
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@MENnewsdesk
The minutes reveal the Prime Minister's chief strategic adviser Edward Lister told the committee Greater Manchester's leaders were arguing that local measures would not work and were calling for a national lockdown. But members continued to call for local measures
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I'm at Manchester Central Library tonight for the Ancoats & Beswick by-election count
#LDReporter
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The sun has come out in Bolton as poppies fall onto Victoria Square and members of the public pay their respects in the walk past the war memorial
#ArmisticeDay100
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The more I look at this image from yesterday's council meeting, the more it looks like a renaissance painting
#LDReporter
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As red poppy petals are released from the top of the town halls to Victoria Square, members of the public walk past the war memorial, the first time they have done so as part of the official ceremony
#Bolton
#ArmisticeDay100
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When I tested positive, the app only told my housemate to self isolate. All my friends who were later told to self isolate through the contact tracing form (all on Android) were not notified by the app at all. It also told us the wrong isolation period.
Incredible story in The Times, which I'm told is definitely true. For most of its existence, the contact tracing app for England and Wales has been using the wrong risk threshold, so it's hardly been sending out any alerts telling people to self-isolate
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🚨 BREAKING: Manchester's children services have been rated 'Good' by Ofsted, eight years after the council was found to be failing vulnerable children and young people in the city
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Manchester's Albert Square in full voice tonight for the one year anniversary of the Arena attack
#ManchesterTogether
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"Our city has been let down again. This isn't just about Manchester. This is about the North."
@MENnewsdesk
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Dennett says Labour tarnished trust of Red Wall voters over Brexit.
He asks Keir Starmer to look to Salford and also to leadership of Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester
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A bit late but... look at me with local government legend Jackie Weaver at the LDRS awards a few weeks ago!!!
I was a runner up for story of the year - but obviously, I was much more excited about meeting this queen!
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Standing in the rain by the border between Salford and Manchester, waiting for a bus home after covering the local election counts for both cities. What a way to end the shift!
#LDReporter
#LocalElections2022
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@MENnewsdesk
Then PM Boris Johnson argued that Manchester should be placed in Tier 3 by the weekend with 'the full panoply of measures' because the 'uncertainty could not continue'. The deal needed to be 'concluded forthwith' and agreed to call Mr Burnham to 'explain the need for action'
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"I'm in shock. I can't understand why the council thinks Night and Day have done something wrong. I thought they'd be proud of us. I'm at a loss as to why I'm sat here in a court room."
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Just got my booster at North Manchester College in Cheetham Hill. No queues at all. Went straight in. They're open until 6pm with walk-ins for over 18s. Get here before 5.30pm
#GetBoosted
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ICYMI: Here's why some councillors are calling for an Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in Manchester city centre i.e. charging the most polluting cars and other vehicles for driving in the city centre
#LDReporter
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I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reporting on local government in Bolton and Bury over the last two years for
@TheBoltonNews
and
@BuryTimes
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Thanks
@Keir_Starmer
for answering my question about Labour supporting the
@MENnewsdesk
campaign for Awaab's Law (and thanks for the promotion - please inform my editor)
#LDReporter
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NEW: Dogs are set to be allowed on trams permanently in Greater Manchester after a successful trial which started last summer. The final decision will be made by councillors on Friday
#Metrolink
#LDReporter
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@MENnewsdesk
In a series of remarks that were not attributed to any individuals on the committee, the mayor was said to have been 'behaving appallingly', claiming he would not agree to any package of financial support and that 'there was nothing the government could do to secure his support'
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Rushing to cover the Didsbury West declaration earlier, I forgot to share this. Labour's Jade Doswell, who was reelected in Fallowfield, is celebrating her 4th anniversary with partner Liam. They met at the count when she was first elected in 2019
#LDReporter
#LocalElections2023
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Remember when Oldham had the highest coronavirus infection rate in the country back in the summer? Well, now the infection rate is seven times as high as it was back then
#LDReporter
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Newly elected Labour councillor Irene Robinson responds to her win in Ancoats & Beswick
#LDReporter
#LocalElections2022
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Trains from London to Manchester will be SLOWER and have fewer seats than they do now under latest HS2 plans, MPs have been told
@MENnewsdesk
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Thrilled to be joining the
@TheBoltonNews
team as a trainee reporter!
Absolutely delighted to officially welcome
@josephtiman
to the
@TheBoltonNews
team. Mark my words, a cracking young reporter and future star of the industry.
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I was just telling a colleague yesterday how I've managed to switch off from work this Christmas... Then, last night, I had a dream about all the Manchester councillors in a quiz show with a live audience who asked them about their political views 🤦♂️
#LDReporter
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@MENnewsdesk
It was also argued that 'there would be problems' if Liverpool got a worse deal than GM having negotiated with the government 'in good faith' and that Lancashire should have a 'lighter' set of measured imposed since local leaders there had shown 'willingness to cooperate
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But I won’t be going far… next month I’ll be joining the Manchester Evening News team covering
@SalfordCouncil
and
@WiganCouncil
as a Local Democracy Reporter for
@MENnewsdesk
. I can’t wait to learn more about the people and politics in my new patches!
#LDReporter
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'Real breakthrough' in Manchester Piccadilly underground station plans as government issues update on Northern Powerhouse Rail
@MENnewsdesk
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