From crumbling aerated concrete homes to the truth behind The Salt Path... The shortlist for the 2026 Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism has been announced! The winner, who will receive a prize of £8,000, will be announced on June 1. ➡️ Shortlist: private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...

University of Greater Manchester (Bolton). It's a year on from the suspensions of the senior leadership at UoGM. My statement on the situation. Staff, students and the whole of Bolton deserve answers.

we made the final shortlist for the @privateeyenews.bsky.social Paul Foot Award 2026!!!! @djstimms.bsky.social @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @liverpoolpost.bsky.social @manchestermill.bsky.social @joshih.bsky.social @danhayesjourno.bsky.social

Shabana Mahmood’s special advisor threatened us with an injunction and two different lawsuits last night in an attempt to block this story linking her to a notorious vote rigging case. I think it’s strongly in the public interest. So here it is. www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/exclusive-sh...

So proud to see five of my wonderful colleagues listed for the Paul Foot award. 👏👏 It’s the second year now that a @millmedia.bsky.social investigation has been up for the top UK journalism prize. Huge thanks to all our paying members who back this model/team/vision - it’s working!

How it started: How it's going:

Revealed by @manchestermill.bsky.social: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal. Brilliant sleuthing by @ophiraophira.bsky.social on a very important story. manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the...

two! more! days! to apply to be mill media's newest staff writer in birmingham, working with the amazing @kateknowles.bsky.social deadline is this sunday! millmediaco.uk/2026/03/02/w...

Latest piece for full subscribers to @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social - primeval creatures are monitoring our air quality: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/400-million-...

Hallam bet big on London. Now it’s cutting jobs in Sheffield @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-ha...

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🚨 NEW: Andrew Milne has been barred from practicing as a solicitor by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and will need oversight by an SRA-approved solicitor in order to work. A spokesperson for the SRA had this to say:

looking back at pics from 2021, when we were a tiny newsroom hard to believe we’re now in six cities — and we’re about to launch @leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social! if you wanna be part of it, we’d love your input — you can send us story tips and name ideas here leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-lee…

in July, the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social team revealed that Sheffield College was under investigation for exam fraud. now, the college is refusing to acknowledge our FOI requests, keeping us in the dark about information we have the right to ask for.

At long last, we’re launching in Leeds! Ever since I started The Mill, people have asked us to create a publication across the Pennines. If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends. leeds.ghost.io

We hope David Lipka, who has been fighting for Sheffield Council to install a single bollard for 15 years, is touched by the positive comments on our story about him. It's clear his city is behind him!

We’re launching a new independent newspaper for Leeds - funded by readers. If you want better local journalism in Leeds, this is how it starts. 👉 Pledge your support: leeds.ghost.io

exciting news: @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social is now on whatsapp! send us tips and your thoughts on what we should be investigating directly — all messages will be treated in confidence wa.me/447770892597

🏆 Huge congrats to @molliesimpson.bsky.social , named the Rising Star by Women in Journalism. “A major @manchestermill.bsky.social investigation into the University of GM which resulted in a police investigation into alleged financial irregularities regarding suspected fraud and bribery.”

William Morris, chair of @uni-greatermcr.bsky.social’s board – the most influential person at the university - has resigned It comes after we reported a curious arrangement in which his wife Baroness Morris runs a company that has charged the university millions manchestermill.co.uk/first-the-vi...

I have been so disappointed by the lack of urgency and transparency displayed by the universities watchdog. Allegations of impropriety at the University of Greater Manchester surfaced months ago after @manchestermill.bsky.social reporting, so why has a formal investigation only just been launched?

thanks to @alphaville.ft.com for selecting our investigation into Andrew Milne as one of the best non-FT pieces of journalism of the year www.ft.com/content/72d0...

🏆 We won a British Journalism Award! The judges said @molliesimpson.bsky.social's investigation into the University of Greater Manchester is a "first-class piece of investigative reporting by a journalist who would not be thrown off the trail".

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Congratulations to the Local Journalism award winners @molliesimpson.bsky.social @joshih.bsky.social @manchestermill.bsky.social for an investigation into the University of Greater Manchester #BJA2025

Two Mill investigations have been followed up by the national press this week. Thanks to @theguardian.com for crediting our reporting on both without needing to be prompted. It’s because of our paying members that we can do impactful journalism like this, which holds local authorities to account.

Our campaign ends ON SUNDAY! We’re on 664 new members, on our way to our 1000 target 🎯. Please join up now and spread the word 🙏 manchestermill.co.uk/lp-1/

A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis. Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews. More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM

These are our six campaign pledges - the things we will do next year if we manage to add 1,000 new members. They were chosen by our readers because they’re things we believe will make Manchester better. Share them and join the campaign 🙏 manchestermill.co.uk

UPDATE: Andrew Milne leasehold investigation. Doorbell camera footage has been shared with The Tribune which shows Andrew Milne and an associate taking photos of homes on Rushley Drive in Dore. In the footage, Milne identifies the home he wants to photograph, before being challenged by the owner.

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..

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.

Regional press and local journalism proving they still play a vital role in exposing issues and holding people to account. Kudos to @molliesimpson.bsky.social, Daniel Timms and @danhayesjourno.bsky.social

Local investigative reporting that makes a difference. Well done @molliesimpson.bsky.social, Daniel Timms and @danhayesjourno.bsky.social

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?.

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...

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...

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...

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

British Journalism Awards shortlist for 2025 just revealed - pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett... huge congrats to all the finalists! #BJA2025

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!!

‘I can hear wailing from the funeral and the yelps of the women as they scare the gods with their genitals’. @sophieatkinson.bsky.social is back on @manchestermill.bsky.social with a brilliant piece about the Marina Abramovic show. manchestermill.co.uk/in-a-sea-of-...

Wish I could say it comes as a massive surprise that there's an overlap between the flag people and suspected fraudsters, but this is great work by the @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social. 'It's 100% legitimate' www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/red-flags-th...

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.

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...

Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren. But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey. Our weekend exposé: www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...

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