www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..

This story is exactly why local journalism is still so important. Well done to the team at the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social.

City of London lawyer Andrew Milne bought up hundreds of freeholds on homes across Sheffield before advising leaseholders that, if they didn’t pay him exorbitant sums (upwards of £25,000), he’d see them in court. Well done @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @joshiherrmann.bsky.social for exposing this.

Top investigation this, and great local journalism

What can Sheffield leaseholders do in response to the “very aggressive” letters? And the legal industry reacts to our story. Our latest piece, by @djstimms.bsky.social and @molliesimpson.bsky.social www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pressure-gro...

Proper journalism lives on! Amazing reporting here...

We’ve made this investigation free to read because so many people in Sheffield are affected by this story. Our journalists have been knocking on doors for weeks and we’ve had to employ lawyers because of the legal threats made against us. We can only do this kind of journalism with your support.

A story to make your blood boil. But as an aside, I'm a big fan of Mill Media sometimes printing the full aggressive responses they get to their questions (see also: Twamley, Lee)

This is a great piece of journalism - dogged, determined and doing a great service to the local community

This is vital local journalism.

A London lawyer is demanding dozens of Sheffield homeowners pay £25k to buy the freehold off him - or face court action for covenant breaches Given he acquired these freeholds for under £400 each, this equates to a potential profit margin of over 6,000% www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.” Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield. Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000. Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

Extraordinary story from @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social: A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived. One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.” www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

This piece is a collaboration with our @millmedia.bsky.social stablemates. Please follow them and subscribe so we can do more of this journalism. @glasgowbell.bsky.social @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social @liverpoolpost.bsky.social

Oh THIS is great reporting from @millmedia.bsky.social (worth a follow) 'Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found.' More local journalism collaboration across the country please! manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Local media doing the job that legacy media is failing to do: Investigating and publishing real news for an intelligent readership. Adult readers and writers in a condition of mutual respect, imagine that. Love ya @millmedia.bsky.social

Brilliant reporting from @manchestermill.bsky.social and the whole @millmedia.bsky.social network. Back them if there’s one in your town (or even if there isn’t) manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

A good example of where we have to find good journalism these days manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Great on-the-ground reporting by multiple teams at @millmedia.bsky.social

Today’s weekend read on @liverpoolpost.bsky.social pulls together all @millmedia.bsky.social’s reporting on one of the UK’s most prominent new movements: flag-raising 🇬🇧 The men who raised the flags: livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Nigel Farage says this summer’s Raise the Colours movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. Our reporters in five cities had a look and that’s not what we found.

Today’s weekend read pulls together all of Mill Media’s reporting on one of the UK’s most prominent new movements: flag raising 🧵 livpost.co.uk/the-men-who-...

I don’t typically read our stories while I’m away but I loved seeing this in my inbox. Well done to @molliesimpson.bsky.social for her nom at the British Journalism Awards, recognising one of the best pieces of journalism in the country this year. manchestermill.co.uk/a-huge-momen...

As revealed by @manchestermill.bsky.social last week, Manchester Pride is going bust. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🚨 Very pleased to say that Moya Lothian-McLean has become the first Managing Editor at @millmedia.bsky.social. Along with @cameronbarr.bsky.social, who joined recently as Investigations Editor, we're building a formidable team of senior editors. And editors are the 🔑!

Pieces like this are why I subscribe to @manchestermill.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

Some of the most thoughtful social commentary atm is coming via @manchestermill.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

More great writing via @manchestermill.bsky.social. Nuanced and personal piece on Jewish and Muslim lives in Cheetham Hill, by @ophiraophira.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story. For our weekend read, @ophiraophira.bsky.social went looking for her family past - and found two positive stories about communities living together. manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story. Fantastic piece by @ophiraophira.bsky.social, who has covered the attack for @manchestermill.bsky.social like no other journalist. Read this alongside the other news coverage. manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.

Linea Homes says it brings London pubs "back to life". But we've discovered the firm has tried or succeeded to shut dozens of pubs to turn them into luxury flats. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers. www.the-londoner.co.uk/trafalgar-wi...

The whole Mill team went to Crumpsall yesterday to meet the community affected by yesterday's attack. We spoke with them, and prayed with them - many of whom were so deep in prayer for Yom Kippur, they didn't even know that two people had been murdered just down the road.

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’. Our story about today’s attack. manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’. This is a superb and moving piece of reporting by my @manchestermill.bsky.social colleagues. manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...

Great reporting here, of something I'd been looking at, after receiving a bunch of emails from aggrieved people. Clearly I didn't get on to it quickly enough. The Londoner very much have the story.

"When they told us six months later it wasn’t happening anymore, it really was like, ‘what the hell?’" www.glasgowbell.co.uk/soho-house-g...

As you’d expect the best place to read about the situation in Manchester is here. manchestermill.co.uk/with-rayner-...

On ‘how to paint’ and keeping artists in Mcr & the north. Really love this idea, initiative and article from @manchestermill.bsky.social #apollopaintingschool manchestermill.co.uk/the-ardwick-...

EXCL: Reform's first councillor in London is a convicted "slum landlord" who rents out a 33-person HMO. While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski. www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...

Many in the Sheffield Labour Party are worried about losing voters to Reform, but it’s possible that they may lose just as many to parties of the left. These include the Green Party, who already have 14 councillors in the city. Now, with the launch of Your Party, a new player has entered the game.

'Gas them all' 'Time to look after our own not everyone else' We can now unmask one of the men behind north Glasgow's saltires and his violent anti-migrant posts. www.glasgowbell.co.uk/tartan-team-...

Reform’s first London councillor is a rogue landlord with a 33-person HMO! Great story by @andrewkersley.bsky.social. Shooter has been fined for illegally renting out crammed bedsits in Camden. And one of his former tenants is.. @zackpolanski.bsky.social. www.the-londoner.co.uk/reforms-firs...

🚨 We’re hiring staff writers in Manchester and Birmingham. Come and work with a team reshaping British journalism. Please share the link and spread the word. millmediaco.uk/jobs/

Every city deserves journalism like this manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

From two people in an empty office in Manchester to hiring a former Washington Post editor in four and a half years? What @millmedia.bsky.social is doing for local journalism in the UK is astonishing and I feel very privileged to be part of it.

On top of Cameron’s arrival, we are hiring reporters for @manchestermill.bsky.social and @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social - we’ve linked to the job ads here. Please do share with talented friends. millmediaco.uk/2025/09/04/c...

Delighted to join @millmedia.bsky.social as its first Investigations Editor. My thanks to @joshiherrmann.bsky.social for the opportunity to work with him and his growing team, who are reinventing local journalism in six cities in England and Scotland.

From Washington Post to Manchester's @millmedia.bsky.social for new investigations editor Cameron Barr Barr wants to help "restore and revive the kind of investigative accountability, tough minded, rigorous reporting that that we all need" pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...