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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
Tell us more? We have a sense but it's hard to know from over here *exactly* what's going on
24.10.2025 22:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
the places I have lived. Sorry.
24.10.2025 10:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You've got two very different books there, Nicolas. Choose wisely
21.10.2025 08:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0How 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
26.08.2025 19:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Life is lonely when you're the only person who still remembers "anymore" isn't a word
20.08.2025 15:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0No you read this and then spent the next 5 mins mucking around with a shit bit of Javascript to test the idea out
11.08.2025 11:13 — 👍 1112 🔁 342 💬 28 📌 17Editing 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).
09.08.2025 06:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Exclusive: Sheffield College is under investigation following claims of exam fraud, with two staff members suspended pending a review.
25.07.2025 15:05 — 👍 4 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Turns out London buses really *are* getting slower
www.the-londoner.co.uk/bus-speed-to...
A chart showing slowing down buses by borough. Almost three quarters of London’s bus routes are now slower than they were a decade ago, according to our analysis of Transport for London data. Out of 748 active routes across Greater London, 555 (74%) have seen a drop in average speed since 2015. The 110 (which runs between Hounslow and Hammersmith) has slowed by almost 2.65 miles per hour over ten years.
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
17.07.2025 06:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
13.07.2025 13:58 — 👍 3175 🔁 794 💬 20 📌 9Has 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.
08.07.2025 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Only 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.
13.06.2025 17:13 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Yep. We were running a business on substack and moved off largely for this reason. They were increasingly wanting to mediate between us and readers
03.06.2025 20:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
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www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/its-time-to-...
Bob Mortimer on WILTY
‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’
03.04.2025 13:51 — 👍 3106 🔁 711 💬 36 📌 24
Beautiful sunset tonight in Sheffield 🌅
03.04.2025 18:48 — 👍 53 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0To 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
