This is an extraordinary, damning and terribly upsetting story — but a must-read, all the same.

This is certainly not an easy read but it is a stunning and important piece of reporting by my very talented colleague @andrewkersley.bsky.social and the @londonermag.bsky.social team.

The contrast between the care taken over the writing of this article, the evidence of its sustained pursuit of the truth, & the neglect & lies of social services & the council that it reveals, is in itself staggering, beyond the desperate sadness of the story it tells.

This is superb reporting, a really heartbreaking story.

Incredible bit of utterly heartbreaking journalism

In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market. She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her. It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?

In November 2023, police found the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market. She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her. In the hardest piece I've worked on for @londonermag.bsky.social, I worked out who she was and who was responsible.

I hadn’t realised Andy Burnham had done a Tik Tok about not building on fields. He is mayor of Makerfield and his own policy prescribes building on fields, because it isn’t possible to hit housing targets any other way

Next week, my colleagues at @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social are up for the @privateeyenews.bsky.social Paul Foot Award. And for a few weeks, Sheffielders can join The Tribune as members for FREE. Please share this link with your Sheffield friends. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sh...

a reminder you can pay what you want for the tribune!!!!!! we're running a limited time offer where you can pay a price of your choosing for your first 2 months of membership, as part of our campaign to bring in 1,000 new members so we can fulfil 5 pledges - below sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pledge

‘They’re not just looking at fun memes’ Children are being targeted with lies online. How can we help? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/theyre-not-j...

A wonderful evening meeting new and longtime readers and handing out print editions in Bolehills You can pick up a copy at Meersbrook Park from 12.30pm tomorrow, where Mollie and Victoria will be distributing for a few hours!

Sheffield looks like one city, until you look twice. Where you live - and who you are - can shape your experience of the city in ways that aren’t always obvious 🏠

Really enjoyed this episode, great insights from @joshih.bsky.social @janerockhouse.bsky.social and @davehillonlondon.bsky.social

I think this is well put by Matthew Parris and captures what I was trying to get across.

Spectator fans are fumin at my analysis

All of Westminster is reading @joshih.bsky.social's profile of Andy Burnham. Joshi joined @davehillonlondon.bsky.social, @janerockhouse.bsky.social and host @andrewcities.bsky.social on Centre for Cities' podcast to discuss cities and the media. 🎧 Listen: www.centreforcities.org/podcast/city...

The Mill stable of papers are doing great stuff on a shoestring. They're worth your support. @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social @liverpoolpost.bsky.social

The Sheffield Tribune investigated allegations that London-based solicitor Andrew Milne used leasehold loopholes to extract sums of £25,000 upwards from Yorkshire homeowners. Milne has subsequently been arrested as part of a criminal investigation.

If you judged things purely by the headlines, you'd think it was all going a bit south. Which, to be fair, is often the impression. But it certainly is not the full picture.

'Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it' 'Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister?' via @joshih.bsky.social @manchestermill.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

If you’ve got it, flaunt it. Well done @manchestermill.bsky.social and Kat manchestermill.co.uk/independent-...

If the weather is too nice for you to be reading 4,000 words about Andy Burnham (fair) @thetimes.com have helpfully produced a TLDR version in today’s paper. Sadly no mention of my cat.

This is a great, nuanced take on Burnham from someone who has been covering him up close for years (@joshih.bsky.social) manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

This is a great warts and all profile of Labour’s Andy Burnham. Top level journalism.

"To me, the tragedy of Burnham’s wish to return to Westminster is that it means leaving a job that seems custom designed to take advantage of his skills and to mitigate his weaknesses."

“He likes doing big things but he doesn’t like asking the kind of uncomfortable questions that turn great ideas into durable policy.” @joshih.bsky.social’s insightful profile of Andy Burnham @manchestermill.bsky.social: manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found it manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking... Please, sceptic or supporter of Burnham , read this .. it’s excellent! And yes, I do agree with the conclusion !

I’ve been writing about Andy Burnham in Manchester for a while. We’ve had a few run-ins but I think he has qualities that people don’t appreciate and weaknesses that spell trouble. I wrote this for @manchestermill.bsky.social I hope it’s insightful and fair. manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

She says real Manchesterism has never been tried

"The tragedy of Burnham’s wish to return to Westminster is that it means leaving a job that seems custom designed to take advantage of his skills and to mitigate his weaknesses." Brilliant, must-read piece by @joshih.bsky.social

Very, very good and adds to the sense that Burnham does have a grasp of a genuinely innovative approach to rebuilding trust in politics, but hasn't bothered that much with the detail and taking difficult decisions isn't in his nature. Bottom line: being Mayor suits his talents, being PM won't

Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found. Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister? Our weekend read - by @joshih.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

Fascinating @londonermag.bsky.social piece about a massive planning dispute in London. Was a council right to block 867 new homes? Does building 'luxury' flats help the wider market? And if you got your flat from your parents, can you still campaign on this? www.the-londoner.co.uk/a-council-ce...

This is a wild story, well worth a read. And once again a piece of top class investigative journalism from the Mill which has already led to arrests

Two weeks ago, @manchestermill.bsky.social investigated electoral fraud before the locals. Now there have been five arrests. As the Telegraph writes: “An investigation by The Mill reported claims that the fake independents were put forward by people associated with the Tameside Labour group.”

“I think the message of this case is don’t abuse the British justice system to get stories taken down when they are based on valid journalism”. Really well played @joshih.bsky.social 👏- yet another egregious abuse of process to try to silence public interest journalism

We welcome news that a judge has thrown out Claudio Di Giovanni’s lawsuit against @londonermag.bsky.social. The libel claim was a clear abuse of the courts and should never have been allowed to proceed: www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-won-our-d...

'Thank God that’s over': A libel claim brought against local news publisher Mill Media has been thrown out as an 'abuse of process' as David Lammy promised action against such groundless lawsuits intended to silence public interest reporting pressgazette.co.uk/news/mill-me...

Delighted to read this. Scurrilous slapp libel case against @millmedia.bsky.social, in which the subject of their investigation also sued reporter @coramazov.bsky.social and editor @joshih.bsky.social personally, thrown out by judge. But the case has cost Mill M £40k-unlikely to be recuperated🤯

A good email to get from our lawyers: "Great news!! The attached judgment was handed down this morning and we have won!!!” Nightmare over for @londonermag.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social. And a huge win for the free press. So delighted with this. ✊ www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-won-our-d...

This is a *wild* story…

While he’s not yet technically in the running, one thing for certain is that everyone in Ashton-in-Makerfield has seen Andy Burnham out jogging....

For three years the Tranmere Rovers' owners and its fan Trust having been doing battle over a fancy marquee... Read all about it in today's Post 👇 www.livpost.co.uk/welcome-to-t...

Will Burnham win Makerfield? Who will Labour put up to replace him? And could we really get a Reform - or Green - mayor? The latest @manchestermill.bsky.social is great, featuring @robfordmancs.bsky.social talking about his new book. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

It's hard to get across how catastrophic London's collapse in housebuilding has been. But for all the political bluster, there's very little analysis on the real reasons why things have gone so badly wrong.

Our investigation - a Democracy for Sale co-production with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social by me and @jennacorderoy.bsky.social - is already prompting cross-party calls for libel reform. www.newstatesman.com/investigatio...

🔴 Keir Starmer promised to crackdown on "Slapps" - abusive libel cases to silence journalists and critics Then Labour quietly dropped it We can reveal why: a three-year lobbying blitz by libel lawyers who've acted for Russian oligarchs, Epstein + more democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyer...

Central Manchester was always a bit dodgy, looks like the action has moved upwards... manchestermill.co.uk/what-on-eart...

I’d hypothesise this happened here too: hospitals, magistrates courts, police stations etc concentrated in bigger centres, so solid jobs go, local services then fold, shops close - a downward spiral 1/2