Joshi Herrmann
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millmedia.bsky.social editor/founder. Interested in
#localjournalism
and low-stakes media drama.
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The Dispatch
35 minutes ago
We got data expert Joey D'Urso to crunch the numbers ahead of the local elections. It's not looking good for Birmingham Labour. But what party is most likely to lead the city council after 7 May? Read on to find out:
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John Bull
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Fantastic bit of journalism. Well worth a read.
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Is Chris Kenna Manchesterās first AI billionaire in the making ā or a serial fantasist?
Heās been feted by the press as a tech pioneer. But we canāt find his data centres
https://manchestermill.co.uk/is-chris-kenna-manchesters-first-ai-billionaire-in-the-making-or-a-serial-fantasist/
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Martin SFP Bryant
about 10 hours ago
The Mill called me during their investigation to see if Iād heard of him. I hadnāt, but I laughed out loud on the phone when I heard his claim of plans for a Ā£2.5 billion IPO this year.
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Jonathan
about 10 hours ago
This story is absolutely wild
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The Mill
about 10 hours ago
Is Chris Kenna Manchester's first AI billionaire - or a serial fantasist? He claims his company is on course for a £2.5bn valuation, with data centres up and down the country. But in a collaborative investigation with
@tbij.bsky.social
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manchestermill.co.uk/is-chris-ken...
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Is Chris Kenna Manchesterās first AI billionaire in the making ā or a serial fantasist? What a piece! How did this guy get so much uncritical media coverage and persuade KPMG to let him launch his company in their office? AI hype has a LOT to answer for.
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Is Chris Kenna Manchesterās first AI billionaire in the making ā or a serial fantasist?
Heās been feted by the press as a tech pioneer. But we canāt find his data centres
https://manchestermill.co.uk/is-chris-kenna-manchesters-first-ai-billionaire-in-the-making-or-a-serial-fantasist/#ghost-comments-root
about 10 hours ago
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What are these teen ālink-upsā happening across the country? I was on the phone to my colleague Moya on Wednesday and one just started happening around her! Sheās written a very fun
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social
piece about what the teens said.
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/a-hectic-hou...
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A hectic hour inside the teen madness on New Street
AI flyers are luring hundreds of young people to the city centre. What happens when they get there?
https://www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/a-hectic-hour-inside-the-teen-madness-on-new-street/
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What an amazing place
@thejohnrylands.bsky.social
is. Thanks to Dr Zsófi Buda for showing me some of their ancient Hebrew and Muslim books today. Manchester is world class for old libraries - love Chethamās and Portico too.
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A very big update from my colleagues in Sheffield, who do magnificent work.
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Sheffield Tribune
9 days ago
Our investigation into Milne began in November, when we reported on letters he had sent to homeowners. Since then we have published half a dozen stories about the solicitor. The story has subsequently been followed up by national news outlets like Private Eye and has been raised in parliament.
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šØ BREAKING: Andrew Milne arrested. "On suspicion of fraud and blackmail" as
@sheffieldtribune.bsky.social
reports. Not much more we can say now that proceedings are active, but wow.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/breaking-and...
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BREAKING: Andrew Milne has been arrested
The solicitor has been arrested on suspicion of blackmail and fraud following his letters to Sheffield homeowners
https://www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/breaking-andrew-milne-has-been-arrested/
9 days ago
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Sheffield Tribune
9 days ago
BREAKING: Andrew Milne has been arrested. A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police told The Tribune: "Detectives investigating allegations linked to the purchase and sale of freeholds in Sheffield have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud and blackmail."
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Carsten Timmermann
14 days ago
Ah,
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at the Mill worked out which Manchester school was at the centre of last weekās book-banning story
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Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal
The Salford school tells us they ādonāt recogniseā the librarianās version of events
https://manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the-famous-school-at-the-centre-of-a-book-banning-scandal/
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JoeBurnsMCR
14 days ago
Trapped by a sleeping cat this morning so had a read of a deep dive about Oldham politics in the
@manchestermill.bsky.social
, featuring petrol bombings of cars, pig heads, collapsing buildings, and 'colourful' characters like Irish Imy (see below). You could turn it into quite a dramatic TV series!
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The Londoner
16 days ago
Everything from Camden Market to the Admiral Duncan pub and central London Harry Potter stores are owned by shell companies in tax havens. For years, they hid the identities of their real owners. Today,
@andrewkersley.bsky.social
pulls back the curtain.
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Revealed: the billionaires who really own London
Trump's golfing buddy and sanctioned Libyan wealth funds are among the secret overseas owners of 32,000 locations around the capital
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-reveal-the-billionaires-who-really-own-london/
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Peter Walker
15 days ago
Greater Manchester Police statement: "Weāve concluded our investigation into alleged āfamily votingā at last monthās Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting."
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Tamar Millen
16 days ago
If ever there was proof we need good local journalism. Thank heavens
@danhayesjourno.bsky.social
left The Star, Sheffield is better for it.
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Sheffield Tribune
16 days ago
How it started: How it's going:
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The Mill
15 days ago
šØ Exclusive: We reveal the Greater Manchester school accused of banning books is part of a major Church of England academy group. They dispute the account of their former librarian. Incredible read from
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Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal
The Salford school tells us they ādonāt recogniseā the librarianās version of events
https://manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the-famous-school-at-the-centre-of-a-book-banning-scandal/
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Rick B
16 days ago
Book banning School is Lowry Academy, a religious academy school
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Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal
The Salford school tells us they ādonāt recogniseā the librarianās version of events
https://manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the-famous-school-at-the-centre-of-a-book-banning-scandal/?ref=the-mill-newsletter
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Paolo Sandro
16 days ago
'The alleged book-banning took place at the Lowry Academy, a state secondary in Salford [...]. The school has since changed its name and is now part of the countryās largest multi-academy trust ā a vast organisation which has a Christian ethos and counts the Archbishop of Canterbury as a patron.'
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Jennie
16 days ago
It is such a relief to have a paper like
@manchestermill.bsky.social
as our local paper! This story really did worry me (it still does), and having the Mill on it means those of us in the community will have a better understanding of what is going on.
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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.
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Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal
The Salford school tells us they ādonāt recogniseā the librarianās version of events
https://manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the-famous-school-at-the-centre-of-a-book-banning-scandal/
16 days ago
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International Journalism Festival
17 days ago
š As audiences increasingly consume short-form content, this panel asks what space remains for longform journalism today. Editors from FT Magazine and Denmark's Politiken explain why they continue to invest in narrative reporting and why longform remains essential to tell deeply human stories.
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The Mill
17 days ago
A āgeneration is being trappedā in shared ownership properties they canāt sell, according to The Telegraph this morning. Itās a story we know all too well here at The Mill. Today, our writer and editor Jack Walton recounts his own shared ownership story...
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Help! Iām trapped in MediaCityUK
Shared ownership is being pushed as a way to get Manchester buyers on the housing ladder. But the dream can turn into a nightmare
https://manchestermill.co.uk/help-im-trapped-in-mediacityuk/
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I shouldn't be sharing this story in which one of my staffers reveals his salary and asks
@manchestermill.bsky.social
readers to lobby me for a pay rise.. But it's a great piece on a big issue: getting stuck in shared ownership. Read it but do not email me.
manchestermill.co.uk/help-im-trap...
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Help! Iām trapped in MediaCityUK
Shared ownership is being pushed as a way to get Manchester buyers on the housing ladder. But the dream can turn into a nightmare
https://manchestermill.co.uk/help-im-trapped-in-mediacityuk
17 days ago
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Owler Nook
18 days ago
BREAKING: the MEN
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The Dispatch
19 days ago
Our Monday briefing is out nowā¼ļø š§µToday's top story is Birmingham Live taking the meningitis outbreak as an opportunity to fearmonger. Yesterday, the Reach PLC publication published the headline: āBirmingham student unable to walk, talk or see after catching meningitisā.
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Henry Mance
19 days ago
from Fraser Nelson:
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Jim Hawkins
19 days ago
Whoās peddling a āpersistent mythā about local news? Press giant Reach Plc asks you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears Interested in
#local
#news
#media
#journalism
? Read this! Powerful stuff from
@joshih.bsky.social
of
@millmedia.bsky.social
manchestermill.co.uk/whos-peddlin...
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Whoās peddling a āpersistent mythā about local news?
Press giant Reach Plc asks you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears
https://manchestermill.co.uk/whos-peddling-a-persistent-myth-about-local-news/?ref=the-mill-newsletter
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John Hodson
20 days ago
They are - literally - Reaching...
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The Dispatch
22 days ago
There's only two days left to apply to join our team at The Dispatch! To find out more & apply, click the link below!š
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Weāre hiring: Staff writer on The Dispatch
Come and work with a team thatās changing journalism Role details Location: Birmingham/West Midlands (we need someone who lives full-time in the region, or is willing to relocate) Salary: Depā¦
https://millmediaco.uk/2026/03/02/were-hiring-staff-writer-on-the-dispatch/
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The MENās editor wants to āset the record straightā and address the āpersistent myth that local journalism is in declineā. Reach Plc has cut around *2,000 jobs* since I started
@manchestermill.bsky.social
and yet they persist with this brazen lie. Enough of it.
manchestermill.co.uk/whos-peddlin...
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Whoās peddling a āpersistent mythā about local news?
Press giant Reach Plc asks you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears
https://manchestermill.co.uk/whos-peddling-a-persistent-myth-about-local-news/
20 days ago
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leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social
24 days ago
WE ARE HIRING šØ Weāre looking for two great writers to help us get our new newsroom off the ground.
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Glen O'Hara
about 1 month ago
This is good and worth a read. Here you can see why I've given up most commentary on British universities. Without a complete reboot from the beginning I can't see a sustainable way forward for most of it. Sad, tough but true.
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Sarah Donaldson
28 days ago
Extraordinary development in this cynical case against local journalism outlet
@londonermag.bsky.social
The claimant didnāt turn up and sent a crap sick note. Total waste of public resources and court time and has cost the publisher Ā£20k already
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30 days ago
This IS good, itās a better read on the issues facing universities than the vast majority of stuff one sees in the national press. I donāt know how this Manc outfit does it, but itās really impressive.
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Juliet Swann
about 1 month ago
This is excellent reporting which deftly demonstrates the weaknesses and loopholes in Companies House, before you even get to opaque trusts in overseas territories!
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Fantastic reporting from Moya and
@robbiejourno.bsky.social
on the Glasgow fire.
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about 1 month ago
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5 days left, 50 to go.. We're so close to launching a new
@millmedia.bsky.social
publication in Leeds. Please share to get us over the line and spread the word among talented journalists who might want to join the team.
leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-l...
@leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Dan Neidle
about 1 month ago
A tax barrister sued me personally for £8m for libel after we linked him to a tax avoidance scheme. Today the High Court struck out the claim, granted summary judgment, and ruled it was a SLAPP. The judgment is highly critical.
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Jolyon Maugham KC
about 1 month ago
We've won the UK's first ever SLAPP suit - acting for
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- and made some really important law protecting the right to call out barristers whose misconduct facilitates aggressive tax avoidance.
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WIN: High Court throws out £8m lawsuit over tax avoidance investigation | Good Law Project
We have successfully defended award-winning journalist Dan Neidle from an āoppressiveā claim which tried to silence him ā but the law still needs reform
https://goodlaw.social/4e90
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"Burnham has consistently called for greater government accountability... Having to be forced by journalists to release a report into how the GMCA lends hundreds of millions of pounds of public money to developers would appear at odds with that".
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'Heavily skewed': How Burnhamās fund turned Renaker into a giant
After pressure from The Mill, the GMCA publishes a revelatory report
https://manchestermill.co.uk/heavily-skewed-how-burnhams-fund-turned-renaker-into-a-giant/?ref=the-mill-newsletter#ghost-comments-root
about 1 month ago
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leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
ā° Weāre into the final stretch of our campaign to launch a new newspaper for West Yorkshire - and weāre now at 433 pledges. In this weekās newsletter,
@djstimms.bsky.social
explains where things stand and why this final push matters.
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leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social
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Less than a week left ā° A month ago we said: if 500 people backed the idea, weād launch a new local newspaper for West Yorkshire based in Leeds. Overnight, weāve just surpassed 400 pledges š« That means weāre within touching distance - but nothing is guaranteed yet.
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Update on our libel case šØ - the businessman suing us didnāt turn up to the high court for the first hearing. Judge was unimpressed with his medical evidence. Fighting these threats to journalism in the UK is frustrating and expensive but we will win.
www.the-londoner.co.uk/that-busines...
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That businessman whoās suing us for Ā£250,000 didnāt turn up to court
Two Italian doctorās notes and āunsatisfactoryā conduct from Claudio Di Giovanni
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/that-businessman-whos-suing-us-for-250-000-didnt-turn-up-to-court/
about 1 month ago
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rob
about 1 month ago
408 pledges out of 500 needed six days to go to support local journalism
leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-l...
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Remember LOP
about 1 month ago
One week to go to see if a new independent news outlet for Leeds and West Yorkshire will actually happen - if you'd like to see it and haven't yet pledged support for
@leedsnewlocalpaper.bsky.social
, please consider doing so.
#LocalJournalismMatters
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Leeds' new local paper
West Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it.
https://leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-leeds-new-paper/?ref=leeds-newsletter
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Catherine Hill
about 1 month ago
Leeds folk, just wanted to put this on your radar. The Birmingham/West Midlands version (The Dispatch) is doing good and interesting work hereabouts.
leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-l...
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Leeds' new local paper
West Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it.
https://leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-leeds-new-paper/?ref=birminghamdispatch.co.uk
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Dave Potts
about 1 month ago
Anyone in
#leeds
I'd recommend taking a look at the new local newspaper from the folks behind
#themill
in Manchester:
https://leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-leeds-new-paper/?ref=manchestermill.co.uk
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Leeds' new local paper
West Yorkshire deserves great local journalism. Help us launch it.
https://leeds.ghost.io/welcome-to-leeds-new-paper/?ref=manchestermill.co.uk
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