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Cormac Kehoe

@coramazov.bsky.social
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Investigative Correspondent at The Fence Investigative Reporter for London Centric & BBC Radio 4 - "The Naked Week." Fellow Centre for Investigative Journalism 23'.

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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
💷 Corruption, tax avoidance and UK high streets Our research with @coramazov.bsky.social at The Fence helped uncover a business network originating in Afghanistan linked with candy & souvenir stores in London buying up millions of pounds of UK property. More below ⤵️
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The Graveyard of Empires
How did the British high street become littered with American Candy stores? The answer lies in Afghanistan.
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So the reason there's so many American Candy shops in Britain right now has to do with the War on Terror and Harry Potter. the-fence.com/article/grav...
the-fence.com
The Graveyard of Empires
Cormac Kehoe went shopping for a souvenir.
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cormac's staggering piece of reportage is still available to read for free at the link below...
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Sam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
An excellent article. It shows, amongst other things, the backwash of the USA's realpolitik approach to their obsessive meddling in other countries, throwing huge amounts of greenbacks about with no accountability whatsoever. Also, how Britain's laissez faire attitude towards capital 1/2
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Iain Ogilvie @owmytanakanakas.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A great read on behaviour that is just waved through, time and again, by those who could put a stop to it.
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My investigation into the network that pioneered the "dodgy shop" model just landed. I trace the group’s mid-2000s takeover of the West End souvenir trade, their expansion across the UK, and follow the money used to fuel it all the way to the badlands of Afghanistan the-fence.com/article/grav...
the-fence.com
The Graveyard of Empires
Cormac Kehoe went shopping for a souvenir.
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Huge new investigation from @coramazov.bsky.social on the Afghan trio who pioneered the model of the 'dodgy shop' that litter Britain's high streets. the-fence.com/article/grav...
the-fence.com
The Graveyard of Empires
Cormac Kehoe went shopping for a souvenir.
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Issue 28 Is Here 🤭 With writing from @coramazov.bsky.social, James Ramsden, @heawood.bsky.social, @danielshailer.bsky.social, Lucy Peett, Clive Martin, Zara Meerza, @williamasclarke.bsky.social & many more www.the-fence.com/shop
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Investigation with @thedetailtv.bsky.social & the Guardian this morn. We reveal how British security services were involved in formulating the Legacy Act, despite the fact the act was supposed to investigate state killings. Read here thedetail.tv/articles/sec... - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Luke Butterly @lukejbutterly.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Lots of work went into getting the detail on this group, by human rights group @cajni.bsky.social and investigative reporter @coramazov.bsky.social Have a read this morning... Revealed: The secret group linked to security services that helped shape the Legacy Act
thedetail.tv
The secret group linked to security services that helped shape the Legacy Act
Attendees warned of 'vast' legal risks from Government's legacy proposals
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Some great news to announce this morn😁: The case against us has been thrown out! However, its absurdity highlights the urgent need for the govt to stop talking about it and just go ahead with reform. A waste of time and energy for all involved. pressgazette.co.uk/news/mill-me...
pressgazette.co.uk
'Scamming' landlord libel claim thrown out as Lammy promises legislation on SLAPPs
A County Court judgment for £10,000 made against a Mill Media reporter has been thrown out after a judge ruled it was an
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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...
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In 2015, the ORCL was set up by PM David Cameron (who later became a lobbyist) to monitor lobbying activities. We analysed all of its investigations for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social & found that 95% ended with findings of no wrongdoing. Read below - www.thenewworld.co.uk/charles-ross...
thenewworld.co.uk
The lobbying industry is still getting away with it
David Cameron promised to fix the lobbyists – but then he went off and became one. Despite all the promises, the rules are still porous and the watchdog is only part-time. Most of Britain’s lobbying g...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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...
newstatesman.com
The Slapp trap
As media lawyers battle to keep Britain’s libel industry lucrative, hopes for reform are fading
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🔴 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...
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How lawyers to the super-rich strangled Labour's Slapp bill
Exclusive: A discreet lobbying campaign by lawyers who have acted for oligarchs and the super-rich told government that reforming England's libel laws was too difficult.
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 15/05/2026
Don’t miss the ground breaking investigation by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @jennacorderoy.bsky.social exposing how lawyers for the ultra-rich derailed Labour’s plans to tackle SLAPPs. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyer...
democracyforsale.substack.com
How lawyers to the super-rich strangled Labour's Slapp bill
Exclusive: A discreet lobbying campaign by lawyers who have acted for oligarchs and the super-rich told government that reforming England's libel laws was too difficult.
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A remarkable lament of Labour's failure to reform UK libel laws by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @jennacorderoy.bsky.social in the NS this morn. It details the genesis of the law from Postwar era to Londongrad, up until my own & @londonermag.bsky.social case today newstatesman.com/investigatio...
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Delighted to be the .5 part of this team up for two Orwell Prizes with @londoncentric.media
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 13/05/2026
a proud day at London "2.5 journalists in a trenchcoat" Centric towers! www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...
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Council of Europe Media Freedom @coemediafreedom.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
UK: Local Media Outlet and its Journalist Threatened with Civil and Criminal Legal Action and Imprisonment Find out more 👉 go.coe.int/bY5rw Alert submitted by @indexoncensorship.org @europeanjournalists.org @ifjglobal.bsky.social #EuropeForFreeMedia @londonermag.bsky.social @coramazov.bsky.social
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Our @prospectmagazine.co.uk piece shows how, over the last decade, 120+ ex snr military officers, civil servants & politicians made apps to work at defence firms, some of them holding MoD contracts. We ask if this revolving door comes at taxpayers expense? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
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The defence industry’s revolving door
Exclusive analysis reveals the high rate of former MoD and military officials moving to major defence firms vying for UK government contracts. Are cur...
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thedetailtv.bsky.social @thedetailtv.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Detail is proud to announce the No Stone Unturned Journalism Fellowship. It is dedicated to pursuing issues arising out of the landmark 2017 documentary and the subsequent arrest of Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. Investigative reporter @coramazov.bsky.social will be the first fellow.
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Launch of No Stone Unturned Journalism Fellowship
"Investigative journalism is essential in restoring public confidence at a time of widespread distrust"
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Immensely proud to be granted the No Stone Unturned fellowship & to carry on the work of Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney who were arrested in 2018 after exposing the extent of collusion btw the British state & loyalist paras in the Loughinisland massacre thedetailni.substack.com/p/launch-of-...
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Launch of No Stone Unturned Journalism Fellowship
"Investigative journalism is essential in restoring public confidence at a time of widespread distrust"
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Claudio Di Giovanni is suing me, @coramazov.bsky.social and @millmedia.bsky.social because we are refusing to take down a great piece of investigative journalism published by @londonermag.bsky.social. He also pursued Cormac personally and sent bizarre threats. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
the-londoner.co.uk
The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court
Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
An update from @joshih.bsky.social on our libel case www.the-londoner.co.uk/that-busines...
the-londoner.co.uk
That businessman who’s suing us for £250,000 didn’t turn up to court
Two Italian doctor’s notes and ‘unsatisfactory’ conduct from Claudio Di Giovanni
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
🚨Grateful to be a recipient of the 2026 Tenacious Journalism Award from @publicinterestnews.org.uk . Putting the money toward an incredibly exciting investigative project with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale🚨 Stay tuned & all that www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/blog/announc...
publicinterestnews.org.uk
Announcing the 2026 Tenacious Journalist Award winners
PINF and Changing Ideas are delighted to announce this year’s cohort of tenacious journalists!
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher yesterday claimed that journalist Vincent Kearney was not treated as a criminal suspect. However, police documents from 2013 explicitly label him as one — Piece with @lukejbutterly.bsky.social in @thedetailtv.bsky.social this morn open.substack.com/pub/thedetai...
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PSNI challenged on claim that journalists were not treated as criminal suspects
Jon Boutcher also said politicians and the media had continued to ‘misinterpret’ revelations about the extent of police surveillance of journalists
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 03/03/2026
Asif Aziz evictions story is going mainstream. Telegraph and Independent have covered in recent days. Now the FT has done a brilliant piece - including finding another property affected, where a Ukrainian refugee and their disabled son are being evicted by Aziz. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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London landlord begins evictions ahead of new renters’ rights law
Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital owns several apartment blocks in capital as well as Trocadero centre in Piccadilly
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Have a short piece in off @thefence.bsky.social newsletter today about the appearance of an Irish lawyer (who represented Britney Spears and Gerry Adams) in the Epstein Files
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Off The Fence: More Epstein, Vicar?
And we have ten discounted subscriptions available...
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Been a lot happening over last 24 hours, obviously, but worth flagging again this story again We really need more accountability in British politics. Should have been mechanisms to properly investigate Simons weeks ago
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 27/02/2026
Breaking: *Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON *Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord *Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation *Questions over legality of paperwork www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
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Can Sadiq Khan stop Asif Aziz's mass evictions?
We went to the billionaire's home to get answers, as a leading homelessness charity cut ties with the landlord and tenants begged the mayor to save their homes.
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 27/02/2026
pipeline from @thefence.bsky.social to guardian going strong
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The latest @londoncentric.media piece in the “largest mass eviction in London’s modern history” saga. The day started with @jim.londoncentric.media and I heading out for Omar Aziz’s mansion (once home to Schopenhauer) at 6 this morn. Read below open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
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Can Sadiq Khan stop Asif Aziz's mass evictions?
We went to the billionaire's home to get answers, as a leading homelessness charity cut ties with the landlord and tenants begged the mayor to save their homes.
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Had my first piece in @theguardian.com yday about the campaign of illegal interference waged by PSNI & Mi5 against former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney. Reading this paper everyday, cover to cover since I was about ten - so I'm delighted to have written for them www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Police and MI5 waged campaign of illegal interference against BBC journalist, tribunal told
Former Northern Ireland correspondent Vincent Kearney subjected to ‘unprecedented’ surveillance, says lawyer
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
My scoop this morning in @thedetailtv.bsky.social about PSNI surveillance including a detailed 'profile' of journalist Vincent Kearney's private and public life www.thedetail.tv/articles/psn...
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PSNI surveillance included detailed 'profile' of journalist's private and public life
Submissions to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal allege that the extent of MI5 and PSNI surveillance of Vincent Kearney was “unprecedented”
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huseyinkishi.bsky.social @huseyinkishi.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Excellent reporting by @jim.londoncentric.media, @pollysmythe.bsky.social, @coramazov.bsky.social with a robust and swift response by @tomcopley.bsky.social www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
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Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation
Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved – for now.
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
One of my favourite pieces from the last edition of The Fence. It’s about the silence surrounding the mysterious death of a young British man in the West of Ireland.
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Our piece this morning about a billionaire halting one of the largest mass evictions in London’s recent history after London Centric’s weekend report — open.substack.com/pub/londonce...
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Billionaire halts mass eviction after London Centric investigation
Exclusive: Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital hoped to replace hundreds of tenants with more lucrative temporary accommodation. That plan has been shelved – for now.
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 20/02/2026
Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social
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Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ
Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Piece in the newsletter this week about the business affairs of Shahid Butt— a man once jailed for attempting to blow up the British consulate in Yemen, now running to be a councillor in Birmingham open.substack.com/pub/thefence...
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Off The Fence: Acid Nightmares
And we've got a BIG scoop about Birmingham's Shahid Butt
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 06/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour thinktank close to Morgan McSweeney ‘paid firm to investigate journalists’
Labour Together allegedly hired company to look at Sunday Times and Guardian reporters after article about donations
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
An absolutely disgraceful attack on the free press. Solidarity with @direthoughts.com & @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social and others affected
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
'We tried to cock a snook at faceless ones in power, but we knew well that if the cock was just that bit too snooky, we would suffer the consequences.' John Banville remembers his time on the subs desk at the Irish Press. www.the-fence.com/banville-pub...
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Lead Heads
It would be libellous to print anything else.
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong! Please read and share. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
the-londoner.co.uk
The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court
Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing
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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I'm being sued for libel by a man who ran a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of London's priciest properties. The Londoner have been brilliant in standing behind me & refusing to give into this naked attempt at silencing the truth. Read below - www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
the-londoner.co.uk
The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court
Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 30/01/2026
solidarity with top hack @coramazov.bsky.social
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The Londoner @the-londoner.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We're being sued.... www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
the-londoner.co.uk
The Londoner is being sued by a holiday let grifter. We’re going to fight him in court
Mysterious emails, incessant demands and a fake lawyer — an editor’s note about a serious threat we’re facing
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Thanks to @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for covering the case in @pressgazette.co.uk. "The nagging spectre of financial ruin haunted the back of my mind for a few months" @coramazov.bsky.social tells her. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
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Mill Media journalist faces £10,000 county court bill after exposé
Mill Media is being sued for libel by an Italian businessman over reporting about his alleged activity in London's rental market.
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Massive story here, do have a dig in
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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Big first story here
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