When we started speaking to leaseholders we realised this was a huge story - great to see the BBC picking it up.

“Bowing down to threats isn’t in The Tribune’s DNA, and doing so would mean giving up on our journalistic mission. “We can only take that approach because we have the backing of our paying members, whose subscriptions fund all of our work and give us the confidence that we can take on all comers.”

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-lawyer-bought-hundreds-of-sheffield-freeholds-then-the-very-aggressive-letters-arrived/?ref=the-tribune-newsletter#comment-section Investigative journalism isn't dead yet. From Sheffield, UK

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.

“How many hours a month do you work on your ‘newsletter’? What is your real job?” When we asked Andrew Milne why he was sending 'very aggressive' letters to Sheffield leaseholders he threatened to take us to the High Court. But the distress of those we spoke to meant we had to publish. Story 👇

“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.” Don't miss today's really important story in The Tribune

the places I have lived. Sorry.

You've got two very different books there, Nicolas. Choose wisely

Excellent to see the pope calling out clickbait

How a colony of Tasmanian wallabies made the Peak District their home for 70 years 🦘🦘🦘 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/of-marsupial... Credits: Main video/voiceover by Maddi Fearn; wallaby video: James Ledger/Facebook; wallaby photos: Nicholson Museum Collection; The Roaches: Ian Cylkowski/Unsplash.

So excited to have @molliesimpson.bsky.social joining us at @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social ! Read all about our excellent new recruit: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/meet-our-new...

This is excellent

Life is lonely when you're the only person who still remembers "anymore" isn't a word

No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out

Editing this piece is one of the heavier jobs I've had to do at @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social, making me angry and upset in equal measure. But it's such an important story that most people know nothing about (I certainly didn't).

Exclusive: Sheffield College is under investigation following claims of exam fraud, with two staff members suspended pending a review.

Turns out London buses really *are* getting slower www.the-londoner.co.uk/bus-speed-to...

You’re not imagining it - London buses are much slower than 10 years ago. Data crunching by @londonermag.bsky.social

The Tribune's @djstimms.bsky.social on Times Radio yesterday, talking about our nuclear warhead exclusive. Listen from 13:49 onwards. www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

This is the biggest investigation we've taken on at The Tribune. Following a tip that staff had been overheard joking about "making WMD" we found the trail of documents that proved the university's AMRC is heavily involved in the nuclear warhead programme. Link here, full story coming at lunchtime

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you

Has anyone read anything good on how well the many MRP polls performed in last year's general election? I'm not asking about the overall party shares, but specifically how well the seat-by-seat analysis actually related to the final result in each seat. Let me know.

Only a small thing but I think it does say something about the trajectory of the Tory party that Boris Johnson used to boast about getting his hair "cut" in a Turkish barbershop (Bay Room, Angel) and now the populist politics he enabled sees Jenrick rail against them.

I wrote about the semi-abusive relationship between Sheffield and the snooker for @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social if anyone knows Barry Hearn... www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/end-the-snoo...

It's time to expand Pound's Park. Our Monday briefing is out, including: 🎱The fight to keep the snooker in Sheffield ☢️Why the return of Threads might be even *more* bleak than last time 🏡A cosy cottage in Stannington 🌱Your chance to make some plant pals 👇 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/its-time-to-...

‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’

Beautiful sunset tonight in Sheffield 🌅

To get Trump to wind his tariffs in, we should threaten to cancel his bells-and-whistles trip to see the King, plus take over his Scottish golf courses. You've got to use the leverage you have and this might actually work.

Excellent piece from @danhayesjourno.bsky.social about the growing role of AI in local journalism and why it matters. "Proper reporting requires going to places, meeting people, being curious and sensitive... it’s not just about aggregating information". www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/ai-is-taking...

This is brilliant news! Will be so good for transparency and understanding who holds power across the country. Huge credit to @guyshrubsole.bsky.social for his work to publicise this issue

Ah well, I'm sure they tried their best, and it's rare to get these things right the first time www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

This is perhaps the most outrageous example of a clickbait headline I have ever seen. NB Rick Stein isn't dead. Don't actually click on it, that's what they want. The story is that one of his team was found dead. So it's not only crass, cynical, and grasping, it's also horribly insensitive

A lovely piece about the brilliant Children’s Capital of Culture in Rotherham and the inspirational Deborah Bullivant who established @grimmandco.bsky.social I loved interviewing young people involved in the pilot a few years ago to help evaluate the programme for Becky Parry and Sarah Christie.

Incredible. It's like a modern-day version of Jesus' parable of the pearl in the field www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Gorgeous piece here from @danhayesjourno.bsky.social about the world's oldest football rivalry, inc top quotes from Victorian newspapers. "It would indeed be much better if a great deal of the tripping up, hacking and indiscriminate kicking were avoided" www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/this-is-prop...

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State of marketised universities? Parlous, as @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social reports We need to think about what comes next after this failed model, in #Sheffield and everywhere www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/p/a-no-confi...

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A List of Things People Blamed on Radio 🧵

This week a bombshell report from Sheffield Council landed. The council is now expecting to overspend on its budget by £34 million. When councils in other big cities like Birmingham and Nottingham are going bust, today we ask: is it only a matter of time? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/p/how-close-...