Great to have @millmedia.bsky.social 's @ethanpenneh.bsky.social come down to @mediacomgold.bsky.social. Photo on the left: Live blog on the visit, run by #journalism students as a training exercise
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Fascinating read about how Shein is skirting around its problematic fast-fashion reputation by launching Musera, a Manchester-based clothing brand. @manchestermill.bsky.social
Unmasking Musera: the dark secret of a Northern Quarter clothes brand
How a sweatshop empire is Manchester-washing its reputation
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We were sent some very strange audio this week. Just what is going on here? Answers in tomorrow's edition...
Labour's candidate in Holborn & St Pancras "has served the community for over a decade as a volunteer and trustee for local charities". But @the-londoner.bsky.social struggled to find these charities and Labour wouldn't send a list. Here's a fellow trustee from the one they found.
Another big name confirmed for our Future of GM Summit later this month: Duncan Ivison, vice chancellor at UofM. Bev Craig is also confirmed. And what a time to be talking about the future of this city... www.tickettailor.com/events/millm...
It's happened: UKREiiF, the property jamboree that filled Leeds with investors once a year, has said that 2028's conference will head to Liverpool. Can another business spree, the Entrepreneur Festival, fill the gap? theexchange.news/goodbye-ukre...
Goodbye, UKREiiF. Hello, The Entrepreneur Festival?
Plus: The mother of all doer uppers for home of the week and bandstand gets a modernist redesign
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Can Burnham Sheikh off Abu Dhabi story? The world looks to Manchester, but not in a good way manchestermill.co.uk/can-burnham-...
Can Burnham Sheikh off Abu Dhabi story?
Plus: We hit our campaign target!
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This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring: 🗞️ Could Palantir be banned from working in the NHS? ⚽ Hallam FC soap opera rumbles on 🏗️ Event Central delayed yet again 🎛️ Sheffield electronic music doc released 💐 Tributes to McDonald's worker Craig Baker 🏡 Plus, home of the week and things to do
Could Palantir be banned from working in the NHS?
Plus, the Hallam FC soap opera rumbles on
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Pride director Lawrence Barton has been blamed by many for the Birmingham’s Gay Quarter's dramatic decline. Is it fair? 🪩 That's this weekends read: www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/all-about-th...
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Birmingham’s new quality newspaper, delivered straight to your email inbox
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Excellent reporting by Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social @liverpoolpost.bsky.social A decade of harassment. After years of antisocial behaviour, the neighbours are at breaking point. So is the vulnerable man involved. [illustration of aspects of story] www.livpost.co.uk/a-decade-of-...
A decade of harassment
After years of antisocial behaviour, the neighbours are at breaking point. So is the vulnerable man involved
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New piece: I've written about Manchester's relationship with Abu Dhabi and how this scandal has forced Burnham to re-adopt old doctrine: Bernsteinism. With @jackdulhanty.bsky.social and @alecherron.bsky.social - featuring some scoopy details. manchestermill.co.uk/man-city-bur...
A very Mancunian scandal: How Man City forced Andy Burnham to face his past
We tell the inside story of a city's relationship with Abu Dhabi, including notes that show a council official saying: 'You don’t criticise the council’s relationship with the football club’
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Exclusive: A senior council official told a meeting: ‘You don’t criticise the council’s relationship with the football club’. The inside story of Manchester and Abu Dhabi - by @joshih.bsky.social, @alecherron.bsky.social & @jackdulhanty.bsky.social. manchestermill.co.uk/man-city-bur...
A very Mancunian scandal: How Man City forced Andy Burnham to face his past
We tell the inside story of a city's relationship with Abu Dhabi, including notes that show a council official saying: 'You don’t criticise the council’s relationship with the football club’
manchestermill.co.uk
“There are loads of small groups in Burngreave who are all wanting to have their own little fiefdom." In the row over Vestry Hall, both sides insist they want this gorgeous council building to be enjoyed by the many, not just the few.
‘Vestry-ed interests’: Who is trying to gatekeep this historic hall?
‘Loads of small groups in Burngreave all want to have their own little fiefdom’
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TPP is Leeds' biggest tech company, providing digital health records for thousands of GP practices and the prison estate. So why did we find its flagship product, SystmOne, repeatedly cropping up in inquests? theexchange.news/tpp-systmone...
TPP is Leeds’ biggest tech company. But coroners are concerned about its flagship product
A prison GP has described SystmOne as an ‘absolute nightmare’ and coroners reports reveal recurring issues
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One of the most important stories I've worked on - give it a read.
The Exchange@theexchangeleeds.bsky.social · 2w agoTPP is Leeds' biggest tech company, providing digital health records for thousands of GP practices and the prison estate. So why did we find its flagship product, SystmOne, repeatedly cropping up in inquests? theexchange.news/tpp-systmone...
"It used to be secure accommodation. Now, you have no idea who these people are." Since it was converted from offices to student housing, Sovereign House has been controlled by a dizzying array of private landlords and management companies. Is it now one of the worst places to live in Sheffield?
House of horrors: Is Sovereign House the worst private flat block in Sheffield?
‘It used to be proper, secure accommodation. Now, you have no idea who these people are’
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The latest episode of our podcast, The Run of The Mill, is out now! Jack and Ophira talk: 💸How much Mancunians make 🥸The Mill imposter saga 🚪Trying to get jobs at No.10 North ⚽️Meeting Gary Neville irl Go listen!
Oldham politics is mad. Last night the maddest thing yet happened, a bunch of councillors agreed with one another. Only downside is that it meant the leader of Reform had to quit and much of their supporter base turned on them. manchestermill.co.uk/oldham-refor...
The Oldham saga continues — and Reform falls apart
Raja Miah has abandoned them, their leader has quit and now they’re making deals with Labour
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I just want to say this is an all-time great headline
The Londoner@the-londoner.bsky.social · last mo.Goldie Saloon was one of London's hottest queer bars. Then it mysteriously shut and its social media was taken over by an Essex dog groomer. Finding out why took months, and revealed an insane saga of mummified cats, secret deals and a man called “the demon twink”.
How much power do you have over your children's school? In Mossley Hill, one Catholic primary's parents are battling an archbishop. We sent Ethan Penny to find out more: www.livpost.co.uk/in-mossley-h...
In Mossley Hill, one primary school’s parents are fighting against the Archbishop
Inside the plan to academise Merseyside’s Catholic schools
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Did Susan Aitken make Glasgow better? It's a mixed picture. But we've got some cold hard numbers to tell her story. Let's start with waste. Under Aitken’s leadership, Glasgow’s street cleanliness score fell drastically. This might have something to do with budget cuts.
… aside from ^ this as my primary news source, I also read; @millmedia.bsky.social sites (millmediaco.uk/our-sites/) - specifically the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social for local news that's actually relevant and interesting compared to the advert laden noise Reach Plc site put out.
"Clerkenwell should be exhibit A of corpsified London: a ward of law firms and architecture practices and Grade II-listed conversions, the kind of place that empties out at 6pm and stays that way. An area that has ‘closed on Saturday and Sunday’ signs." www.the-londoner.co.uk/clerkenwell-...
London’s coolest neighbourhood is… Clerkenwell?
How a quiet quarter full of offices become the favoured hangout for in-the-know Londoners — and Charli XCX
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As the weather gets colder, we sent Holly Williams out to sample six of Sheffield's finest curry houses - with some advice from local connoisseurs (or should that be currysseurs?)
Sheffield’s best curries — a not-so definitive list
Six curry houses like naan other
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This is one of the rooms in a £30 a night illegal capsule hotel made of Plywood in Hackney. But what does it have to do with the closures of one of east London's most hyped lesbian bars? And a legal threat made to a subreddit?
We had a fantastic @londonermag.bsky.social event in Westminster last night, brilliantly led by @bethrigby.bsky.social and featuring noted Burnham watchers like @helenpidd.bsky.social and @jackdulhanty.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who packed out the room.
Some news from me: I've joined @millmedia.bsky.social as editor of @londonermag.bsky.social I'll be editing, commissioning and writing great stories from across the capital. If there's something you think we should be digging into, get in touch editor@the-londoner.co.uk
Last year, the government said that driverless taxis would hit London streets by this spring. @andrewkersley.bsky.social spent two weeks getting the inside story of why they haven't. It's a saga of infighting at TfL, tech hiccups and a power struggle in City Hall.
Why driverless taxis aren’t coming to London this year
Infighting at TfL, tech hiccups and a power struggle in City Hall: The causes are a lot more complex than you’d think
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