Jaw-dropping update about our leasehold investigation detailing the lengths to which my colleague @djstimms.bsky.social has gone to track down Andrew Milne. Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.

Becky looked after her mum 24 hours a day by the end. After she had died, Becky put the house on the market for £300,000. So why did Andrew Milne - who had bought the freehold for £400 - try to take it for nothing?

More excellent reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social as they work to track down Andrew Milne. And it starts with a really heartbreaking tale. It does feels like they’ve really broken any power this guy had over anyone… www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/after-beckys...

Horrified, Becky read Milne’s words. “I accordingly am entitled to vacant possession of the property”, he asserted. “I am writing to give you 7 days notice that I will have a locksmith and agent attend to recover possession for me and change the locks”. Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇

Very sad to hear this. Rachel interviewed us in 2024 about The Tribune and Mill Media. She was particularly interested in The Tribune as she grew up in Sheffield. I quoted her stories quite often, including a memorable piece she wrote about the Castle Market. Condolences to everyone who knew her.

“You can imagine, as a 90-something living on her own, she read that with outright panic.” Great to see BBC Radio 4 following up our leasehold investigation on You and Yours today. (Link here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., first story)

Sheffielders have been visiting Wyming Brook for a century. But over the last few years, the beauty spot has been changing, and not everyone is happy about it. The debate raises thorny questions about what nature is for and in whose interests we should intervene. ✍️ @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Far right claims ‘Muslim-controlled’ Sheffield has ‘cancelled Christmas?’ 🏡 Latest on leasehold investigation 🦉 Interested Owls party 'has visited Hillsborough' 🚊 £12.8m Supertram investment 'completed' 🎭 Plus, home of the week, and things to do

Spectacular work by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social once again. Subscribing to this publication is definitely worth the money #sheffield peeps www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it...

Thanks for sharing @rorycj.bsky.social - and well done to the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social team. Read their note today and join as a member to get behind them.

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..

“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.”

At the UKIP demonstration at Tudor Square in Sheffield. Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.

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...

Top investigation this, and great local journalism

The inside story of the London lawyer demanding Sheffield residents pay up tens of thousands — or face him in court. Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

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 👇

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 such important journalism - Every mainstream paper should pick this up (with full credit) and shout from the rooftops about it. How dare he. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says “Exploitative behaviour is completely unacceptable". So what are you going to do about it?.

“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...

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 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...

Grim, ethno-nationalist graffiti at Balm Green Gardens near Barker’s Pool 😔 @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social

Delighted to do a little thing on Manchester and Sheffield...and thanks to @danhayesjourno.bsky.social and co for knocking into shape...

"Sheffield can’t emulate Manchester. And it shouldn't try. "It was always smaller, more isolated, more independent and idiosyncratic. These are things the city can sell on a global scale, should it choose to. "Sheffield can be Portland next to Manchester’s Seattle." ✍️ @cottonmouthmcr.bsky.social

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

“Wherever we looked for the leaders of this movement, we found men with criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler. “Farage told us the flaggers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months’ of local journalism later, that looks like a shaky claim.”

It’s Halloween on Friday, and we love a spooky story at The Tribune. So, when we found a BBC Archive film about a ghost in a city nightclub, it was too good to resist. From terrified bouncers to angry Italian chefs, mediums, exorcisms, and a reporter who sounds like Eric Idle, it’s got the lot.

This week, The Tribune had some really heartening news. On Thursday, they announced the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards in December in London. In the local news category, not one, but two of the journalists nominated are working for our tiny team right here in Sheffield!

“There is a reason repair shops have disappeared from the high street, it’s not an economically viable activity any more.” “But we’re not Amazon or Boohoo. We want the volunteers to have an enjoyable time.” The Tribune spends a day with Reyt Repair, Sheffield’s only full-time social repair shop.

Meet James Holmes: Sheffield property developer and one of South Yorkshire's most prominent flag raisers. Having already hung a 30ft wide flag, he was told by the council to stop or face a fine. Now he’s planning to hoist one ten times the size. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/james-holmes...

The Tribune has been nominated for the British Journalism Awards!! Two pieces by @djstimms.bsky.social about Sheffield's involvement in the UK's nuclear weapons programme have been nominated in the local journalism category. The awards ceremony will take place in London in December. Wish us luck!!

As a founder member of Cabaret Voltaire, you might think nothing could match Chris Watson’s first act. However, he went on to become one of the best sound recordists in the world, travelling the globe with David Attenborough and working on hit shows like Chernobyl. ✍️ @danieldylanwray.bsky.social

'Mill Media is often the poster child of optimism for local journalism... It might be smaller than local newspapers at their height, but it’s certainly more sustainable.' Nice mention from @journoresources.org.uk. www.journoresources.org.uk/local-news-j...

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Sheffield College refuses to answer exam fraud questions 🏡 The ‘yo-yo homes’ costing Sheffield council millions 🪧 Rotherham rioter disciplined in prison before death 🏗️ Work restarts on student building 🍿 Plus, home of the week and things to do

"The Big Issue's investigation has put the spotlight back on Right to Buy" 🪀The fantastic @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social from @millmedia.bsky.social running with my Yo-yo Homes story 🪀 Love to see it

Sheffield is James O’Hara’s city, we’re just living in it. Hospitality, events, culture, regeneration — it’s hard to keep tabs on just how many pies he has fingers in. But behind the brash, confident exterior, how does Sheffield’s most prominent entrepreneur see himself? ✍️ @djstimms.bsky.social

Do you ever wonder exactly what your beloved pooch gets up to when they are out with their dog walker? As rumours swirl of cut corners, walkers with over ten hounds at a time, and the debate about who is hanging poo bags on bushes threatening to get nasty, we went up to Redmires to try to find out.

“It’s an extremely low gate that acts as a very effective dickhead repellent!” Over the last six years, the queer-led nightclub Gut Level has been moved from pillar to post. Now, with a new venue and members’ scheme, they hope they have secured their long-term future. ✍️ @hollywilliams.bsky.social

This week’s Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ ‘Thank you for highlighting hospital computer fiasco’ 🚊 New tram lines proposed 🍻 Sheffield beer scene is 42% independently owned or operated 🍬 Barnsley man hospitalised after eating 3kg of cola bottles 🖼️ Plus, home of the week and things to do

Did you know that we have two world-leading environmental investigative journalists living in Sheffield? Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor, a married couple, made their names reporting on wildlife crime in Africa and now front hit podcasts such as Buried and Boy Wasted. ✍️ @danieldylanwray.bsky.social

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals launched their new electronic patient record system in July. The new system was meant to seamlessly pick up where the old one left off, but it didn't work out like that. "It was total chaos," one senior clinician told us. What went wrong and are patients still at risk?

Opening soon… 🍻

Do you have any experience of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals’ new patient data system, either as a patient or a staff member? If so, and you would like to contribute to a piece in The Tribune, anonymously if you prefer, please email [email protected].

“You need to listen to the people, have a vision and stick with it.” @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social on Broomhall — how the inner-city Sheffield neighbourhood transformed itself from a rat run-filed red light district into a calm and liveable community 🚶‍♀️🛴🚴‍♂️🦽

This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Gun crime down despite spate of shootings ⚽ Pitch invasion at Sheffield Wednesday 🇰🇷 New Korean supermarket opens on The Moor 📽️ Tales from a Hard City returns to Sheffield ❌ Council in fresh flag blunder 🏡 Plus, home of the week and things to do

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.

If you read one thing today, please make it this by @ophiraophira.bsky.social at @manchestermill.bsky.social. A moving, honest story about the Crumpsall terrorist attack and the long history of Jews and Muslims in North Manchester.