An overnight success: Thousands board Greater Manchester’s new night buses

Plus: Undercover: Exposing the Far Right on Channel 4 tonight

Dear readers — we hope you had a wonderful weekend, free from whatever virus has been afflicting Mill HQ lately. On Saturday we published a pretty shocking report by Shannon Keating about the undercover exploits of Harry Shukman, ex-Mill-editor turned far-right-infiltrator. Tonight at 10pm, Channel 4 will be diving further into his investigation with Undercover: Exposing the Far Right, a new documentary following Shukman’s work with anti-extremist organisation ‘HOPE not hate’. We can’t imagine it’s the most relaxing Monday night viewing, but it’s an important watch.

Today’s big story checks in with the Bee Network’s night bus pilot. Targeted at hospitality and healthcare workers, the new service has been flooded with passengers, with over 50,000 journeys taken since it launched last month. This helps make the case for expanding these services across the city region. More on that below.

But first, we have another bit of positive news. Now publishing for four years and with over 50,000 fr…