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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Can you help? Do you, or anyone you know, live in the south east of the city and have children that are traveling long distances to attend sixth-form college? I'm looking into a story about the children who are traveling across the city just to do A-Levels. If so, email dan@sheffieldtribune.co.uk.

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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The story is now being reported across the media. More updates soon via @molliesimpson.bsky.social.

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Great to see @manchestermill.bsky.social credited in Guardian, Times, BBC etc. Follow @molliesimpson.bsky.social for more updates on this extraordinary investigation.

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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

NEW: George Holmes has responded to the news that he was sacked as the University of Greater Manchester’s longtime vice chancellor with a statement that his solicitor has asked us to publish in full. Our story has been updated to reflect Holmes' comment manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-geo...

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A few weeks after @molliesimpson.bsky.social revealed his arrest

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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

BREAKING: George Holmes, longtime vice chancellor of the University of Greater Manchester, has been sacked. A spokesperson for the university confirmed the news in a statement to The Mill, saying that Holmes’ contract was terminated “earlier this week”. manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-geo...

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BREAKING: George Holmes has been sacked

The UK’s longest serving vice chancellor is ‘no longer an employee of the University’

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The Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We have launched a campaign to help us repay some of our legal bill after beating Laurence Westgaph in court 🚨 Find out how you can support The Post by getting a discounted subscription below 👇 www.livpost.co.uk/fighting-lau...

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Fighting Laurence Westgaph cost us £75,000. Help us to get it back

Back The Post's campaign today

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

my wonderful colleagues @liverpoolpost.bsky.social are looking to add 100 new paying members in the next five days to help them pay a £75,000 legal bill from defending a case brought by historian Laurence Westgaph help them hit their target www.livpost.co.uk

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

As it happens, tomorrow will be Mollie’s 5th year anniversary at @millmedia.bsky.social! She joined straight out of Manchester Uni (UofM, that is…) and has become such a star. If you value this kind of work and you want is to find more Mollies, please join up 🙏 manchestermill.co.uk#/portal/signup

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

When @molliesimpson.bsky.social started reporting on the renamed Bolton University two years ago, I had *no idea* it would turn into one of the biggest scandals in the history of UK higher education. Proper, proper reporting of the kind that a functioning society relies upon.

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🩺 Deborah O’Brien 🏥 @deborahobrien.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This independent news agency is really something else, wow. 🏆 The Police “opened an investigation a year ago” from allegations reported by The Mill publication. They are fantastic journalists and I suspect that we will be seeing them get a Pulitzer one day. Keep up the great work 🌎

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Why high quality local journalism matters .

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

BIG NEWS from @molliesimpson.bsky.social: Three people have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, fraud and bribery at University of Greater Manchester. Police say opened their investigation a year ago “after we received allegations from The Mill". manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-thr...

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BREAKING: Three people arrested on suspicion of money laundering, fraud and bribery at University of Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Police are investigating the alleged misuse of as much as £1.7 million

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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

BREAKING: Three people have been arrested on suspicion of money laundering, fraud and bribery at University of Greater Manchester, @molliesimpson.bsky.social reports. Greater Manchester Police are investigating the alleged misuse of as much as £1.7 million. manchestermill.co.uk/breaking-thr...

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BREAKING: Three people arrested on suspicion of money laundering, fraud and bribery at University of Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Police are investigating the alleged misuse of as much as £1.7 million

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🚨 We’re hiring a Senior Editor 🚨 We need an exceptional editorial leader - someone who can edit ambitious journalism, develop writers, and help shape the direction of one of the most exciting teams in British journalism.

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

so great to be so close to our goal of adding 1,000 new paying subscribers by 21 june, with only two days left to go of the campaign this is your LAST CHANCE to join us at a price of your choosing (it can be £0!) for your first two months! hit this link www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sh...

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

on weds, the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social team headed to telford to track down sheffield's most notorious landlords - gary and jade ata we came across someone who looked exactly like jade ata, but denied she was her and denied she knew anything of her whereabouts www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW8_...

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Tracking down Gary Ata

YouTube video by Sheffield Tribune

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

we've just passed 485 new members in our campaign to add 1,000 members by 21 june !! if we add another 15 today, we'll be exactly at the halfway point - please do sign up by clicking the link below, you can pay as little as £0 for your first two months www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sh...

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

You have JUST THREE WEEKS LEFT to subscribe as a Tribune member on our “pay what you want” offer 🗞️ If we hit our target of adding 1,000 members by 21 June, we’re going to fulfill a set of pledges that were chosen by you. Here’s pledge number one. www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pledge

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

lovely evening celebrating @millmedia.bsky.social being shortlisted for a @privateeyenews.bsky.social paul foot award :-) huge congrats to @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Khadija Sharife on your win!

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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!

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

if you'd like to look this cool and effortlessly chic, sign up three friends to the tribune (they can pay what they want for the first two months, including £0) and we'll send you a tote bag, hat and print edition 🗞️🗞️🗞️ www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sh...

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Angry Pollyanna @angryp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Get your hands on a Tribune print edition! We're distributing: Endcliffe Park: today, at 4-5.30pm (or until Dan keels over in the heat) Bolehills, Crookes: tomorrow, 4.30-6pm Meersbrook Park: Friday, 12.30-2pm

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

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.

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

loveliest evening celebrating @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social’s fifth birthday and the launch of our campaign 💕 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/help-make-sh...

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Our campaign to add 1,000 new members is live! And already they are flooding in... Pay what you like for two months and help us get there: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pledge/

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We've got papers. And we're not afraid to give them out to Sheffielders everywhere. Look out for us to get your copy! Then pledge your support 👇 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pledge/

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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...

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

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.

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

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...

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Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood’s postal ballot was investigated in a 2004 vote-rigging scandal in Birmingham

The future home secretary submitted two postal ballot documents with very different signatures

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

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!

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

How it started: How it's going:

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

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...

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Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal

The Salford school tells us they ‘don’t recognise’ the librarian’s version of events

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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...

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David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

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

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400 million years old and very, very weird

Why lichens are the rock stars of the natural world

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

We see your love for The Tribune all the time - in emails, messages and replies to our stories. We’d love to hear from you on camera. We’re looking for a few long-standing readers to take part in a short filmed interview about why you read The Tribune. Interested? Contact us - info@millmediaco.uk

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

🚨 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:

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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…

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Mollie Simpson @molliesimpson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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.

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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!

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The Exchange @theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

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

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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🏆 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.”

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