Dan Hayes
@danhayesjourno.bsky.social
Reporter @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social — part of @millmedia.bsky.social | Got a story? Email: [email protected] 📧
‘The trouble with the straight and the narrow is it's so thin, I keep sliding off to the side’
‘The trouble with the straight and the narrow is it's so thin, I keep sliding off to the side’
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This week's Tribune briefing is now out. Featuring:
🗞️ The debate over Sheffield’s Green Belt has drawn to a close. Or has it?
⚽ Blades victorious in derby
🗳️ Council's unique committee system safe
👶 Local charity's new project to support struggling mothers
🏡 Plus, home of the week and things to do
🗞️ The debate over Sheffield’s Green Belt has drawn to a close. Or has it?
⚽ Blades victorious in derby
🗳️ Council's unique committee system safe
👶 Local charity's new project to support struggling mothers
🏡 Plus, home of the week and things to do
The debate over Sheffield’s Green Belt has drawn to a close. Or has it?
Plus, your chance to buy one of the city's heritage icons
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This week's Tribune briefing is now out. Featuring:
🗞️ The debate over Sheffield’s Green Belt has drawn to a close. Or has it?
⚽ Blades victorious in derby
🗳️ Council's unique committee system safe
👶 Local charity's new project to support struggling mothers
🏡 Plus, home of the week and things to do
🗞️ The debate over Sheffield’s Green Belt has drawn to a close. Or has it?
⚽ Blades victorious in derby
🗳️ Council's unique committee system safe
👶 Local charity's new project to support struggling mothers
🏡 Plus, home of the week and things to do
Really looking forward to this.
“Groovy, Laidback and Nasty”, the definitive history of music in Sheffield by friend of The Tribune, @danieldylanwray.bsky.social.
Out May 2026 but you can pre-order it now from the brilliant independent Sheffield bookshop @labiblioteka.bsky.social.
“Groovy, Laidback and Nasty”, the definitive history of music in Sheffield by friend of The Tribune, @danieldylanwray.bsky.social.
Out May 2026 but you can pre-order it now from the brilliant independent Sheffield bookshop @labiblioteka.bsky.social.
Didn’t get chance to properly post yesterday, as a bit full on, but I have written a book. On the history of music in Sheffield. Out in May via the excellent @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social. Pre-order available now and full PR spiel here. Thanks for the love so far
www.thebookseller.com/rights/white...
www.thebookseller.com/rights/white...
White Rabbit signs 'definitive, immersive' history of Sheffield's music scene in four-way auction
White Rabbit has acquired music and culture writer Daniel Dylan Wray’s Groovy, Laidback and Nasty, a history of Sheffield music told through the city’s independent artists, scenes and spirit.
www.thebookseller.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Really looking forward to this.
“Groovy, Laidback and Nasty”, the definitive history of music in Sheffield by friend of The Tribune, @danieldylanwray.bsky.social.
Out May 2026 but you can pre-order it now from the brilliant independent Sheffield bookshop @labiblioteka.bsky.social.
“Groovy, Laidback and Nasty”, the definitive history of music in Sheffield by friend of The Tribune, @danieldylanwray.bsky.social.
Out May 2026 but you can pre-order it now from the brilliant independent Sheffield bookshop @labiblioteka.bsky.social.
Devonshire Green, Saturday 22 November, 11.30am 🪧 ✊
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Devonshire Green, Saturday 22 November, 11.30am 🪧 ✊
Absolutely brilliant idea from my colleagues at The Mill 👏
If they add 1,000 new members over the next few weeks, they’ll fulfil six pledges to the city.
Best of all? The offer is pay what you want for the first two months!
There’s also a lovely new print edition which I need to get my hands on 🗞️
If they add 1,000 new members over the next few weeks, they’ll fulfil six pledges to the city.
Best of all? The offer is pay what you want for the first two months!
There’s also a lovely new print edition which I need to get my hands on 🗞️
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November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Absolutely brilliant idea from my colleagues at The Mill 👏
If they add 1,000 new members over the next few weeks, they’ll fulfil six pledges to the city.
Best of all? The offer is pay what you want for the first two months!
There’s also a lovely new print edition which I need to get my hands on 🗞️
If they add 1,000 new members over the next few weeks, they’ll fulfil six pledges to the city.
Best of all? The offer is pay what you want for the first two months!
There’s also a lovely new print edition which I need to get my hands on 🗞️
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This thread collating the Sheffield Tribune’s brilliant investigation into the spivvy lawyer threatening Yorkshire leaseholders into handing over cash is worth reading before the story goes national.
Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
“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.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This thread collating the Sheffield Tribune’s brilliant investigation into the spivvy lawyer threatening Yorkshire leaseholders into handing over cash is worth reading before the story goes national.
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More excellent reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social as they work to track down Andrew Milne. And it starts with a really heartbreaking tale. It does feels like they’ve really broken any power this guy had over anyone… www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/after-beckys...
After Becky’s mum died, it was time to sell her childhood home. Then Andrew Milne got in touch
Plus: As the search for answers continues, The Tribune takes to the road
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
More excellent reporting from the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social as they work to track down Andrew Milne. And it starts with a really heartbreaking tale. It does feels like they’ve really broken any power this guy had over anyone… www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/after-beckys...
Jaw-dropping update about our leasehold investigation detailing the lengths to which my colleague @djstimms.bsky.social has gone to track down Andrew Milne.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
Horrified, Becky read Milne’s words. “I accordingly am entitled to vacant possession of the property”, he asserted. “I am writing to give you 7 days notice that I will have a locksmith and agent attend to recover possession for me and change the locks”.
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
After Becky’s mum died, it was time to sell her childhood home. Then Andrew Milne got in touch
Plus: As the search for answers continues, The Tribune takes to the road
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Jaw-dropping update about our leasehold investigation detailing the lengths to which my colleague @djstimms.bsky.social has gone to track down Andrew Milne.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
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Horrified, Becky read Milne’s words. “I accordingly am entitled to vacant possession of the property”, he asserted. “I am writing to give you 7 days notice that I will have a locksmith and agent attend to recover possession for me and change the locks”.
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
After Becky’s mum died, it was time to sell her childhood home. Then Andrew Milne got in touch
Plus: As the search for answers continues, The Tribune takes to the road
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Horrified, Becky read Milne’s words. “I accordingly am entitled to vacant possession of the property”, he asserted. “I am writing to give you 7 days notice that I will have a locksmith and agent attend to recover possession for me and change the locks”.
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
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So sorry to hear the sad news about Rachel, who was the most brilliantly versatile, warm, perceptive writer (& lovely colleague). And way too young for this. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So sorry to hear the sad news about Rachel, who was the most brilliantly versatile, warm, perceptive writer (& lovely colleague). And way too young for this. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Very sad to hear this. Rachel interviewed us in 2024 about The Tribune and Mill Media.
She was particularly interested in The Tribune as she grew up in Sheffield.
I quoted her stories quite often, including a memorable piece she wrote about the Castle Market.
Condolences to everyone who knew her.
She was particularly interested in The Tribune as she grew up in Sheffield.
I quoted her stories quite often, including a memorable piece she wrote about the Castle Market.
Condolences to everyone who knew her.
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Very sad to hear this. Rachel interviewed us in 2024 about The Tribune and Mill Media.
She was particularly interested in The Tribune as she grew up in Sheffield.
I quoted her stories quite often, including a memorable piece she wrote about the Castle Market.
Condolences to everyone who knew her.
She was particularly interested in The Tribune as she grew up in Sheffield.
I quoted her stories quite often, including a memorable piece she wrote about the Castle Market.
Condolences to everyone who knew her.
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“You can imagine, as a 90-something living on her own, she read that with outright panic.”
Great to see BBC Radio 4 following up our leasehold investigation on You and Yours today. (Link here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., first story)
Great to see BBC Radio 4 following up our leasehold investigation on You and Yours today. (Link here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., first story)
You and Yours - Leasehold Homes, Black Friday Sales and the UK Plastics Pact - BBC Sounds
What happens when leasehold homeowners are asked to buy their freehold?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“You can imagine, as a 90-something living on her own, she read that with outright panic.”
Great to see BBC Radio 4 following up our leasehold investigation on You and Yours today. (Link here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., first story)
Great to see BBC Radio 4 following up our leasehold investigation on You and Yours today. (Link here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/..., first story)
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Sheffielders have been visiting Wyming Brook for a century.
But over the last few years, the beauty spot has been changing, and not everyone is happy about it.
The debate raises thorny questions about what nature is for and in whose interests we should intervene.
✍️ @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social
But over the last few years, the beauty spot has been changing, and not everyone is happy about it.
The debate raises thorny questions about what nature is for and in whose interests we should intervene.
✍️ @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social
Why change Wyming Brook?
After 900 larch trees were felled in 2023, the Lord of the Rings-like landscape changed. Snails, moss and wrens like it. But what about the humans?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sheffielders have been visiting Wyming Brook for a century.
But over the last few years, the beauty spot has been changing, and not everyone is happy about it.
The debate raises thorny questions about what nature is for and in whose interests we should intervene.
✍️ @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social
But over the last few years, the beauty spot has been changing, and not everyone is happy about it.
The debate raises thorny questions about what nature is for and in whose interests we should intervene.
✍️ @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social
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This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring:
🗞️ Far right claims ‘Muslim-controlled’ Sheffield has ‘cancelled Christmas?’
🏡 Latest on leasehold investigation
🦉 Interested Owls party 'has visited Hillsborough'
🚊 £12.8m Supertram investment 'completed'
🎭 Plus, home of the week, and things to do
🗞️ Far right claims ‘Muslim-controlled’ Sheffield has ‘cancelled Christmas?’
🏡 Latest on leasehold investigation
🦉 Interested Owls party 'has visited Hillsborough'
🚊 £12.8m Supertram investment 'completed'
🎭 Plus, home of the week, and things to do
Why are the far right claiming ‘Muslim-controlled’ Sheffield has ‘cancelled Christmas?’
Plus, the latest update on our major leasehold investigation
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring:
🗞️ Far right claims ‘Muslim-controlled’ Sheffield has ‘cancelled Christmas?’
🏡 Latest on leasehold investigation
🦉 Interested Owls party 'has visited Hillsborough'
🚊 £12.8m Supertram investment 'completed'
🎭 Plus, home of the week, and things to do
🗞️ Far right claims ‘Muslim-controlled’ Sheffield has ‘cancelled Christmas?’
🏡 Latest on leasehold investigation
🦉 Interested Owls party 'has visited Hillsborough'
🚊 £12.8m Supertram investment 'completed'
🎭 Plus, home of the week, and things to do
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Spectacular work by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social once again.
Subscribing to this publication is definitely worth the money #sheffield peeps
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it...
Subscribing to this publication is definitely worth the money #sheffield peeps
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it...
Sometimes it’s worth the risk
“We will definitely bring proceedings for Defamation and Malicious Falsehood if you publish such complete and malicious lies.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Spectacular work by @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social once again.
Subscribing to this publication is definitely worth the money #sheffield peeps
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it...
Subscribing to this publication is definitely worth the money #sheffield peeps
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it...
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Thanks for sharing @rorycj.bsky.social - and well done to the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social team. Read their note today and join as a member to get behind them.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..
Sometimes it’s worth the risk
“We will definitely bring proceedings for Defamation and Malicious Falsehood if you publish such complete and malicious lies.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thanks for sharing @rorycj.bsky.social - and well done to the @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social team. Read their note today and join as a member to get behind them.
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www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..
Sometimes it’s worth the risk
“We will definitely bring proceedings for Defamation and Malicious Falsehood if you publish such complete and malicious lies.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sometimes-it... I wrote last week about two villains and one hero in the battle between truth and lies. Well here’s another hero - the Sheffield Tribune, one of the Mill stable of independent news sites, had the courage to publish an important story despite legal threats..
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“Bowing down to threats isn’t in The Tribune’s DNA, and doing so would mean giving up on our journalistic mission.
“We can only take that approach because we have the backing of our paying members, whose subscriptions fund all of our work and give us the confidence that we can take on all comers.”
“We can only take that approach because we have the backing of our paying members, whose subscriptions fund all of our work and give us the confidence that we can take on all comers.”
Sometimes it’s worth the risk
“We will definitely bring proceedings for Defamation and Malicious Falsehood if you publish such complete and malicious lies.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
“Bowing down to threats isn’t in The Tribune’s DNA, and doing so would mean giving up on our journalistic mission.
“We can only take that approach because we have the backing of our paying members, whose subscriptions fund all of our work and give us the confidence that we can take on all comers.”
“We can only take that approach because we have the backing of our paying members, whose subscriptions fund all of our work and give us the confidence that we can take on all comers.”
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What can Sheffield leaseholders do in response to the “very aggressive” letters? And the legal industry reacts to our story. Our latest piece, by @djstimms.bsky.social and @molliesimpson.bsky.social www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pressure-gro...
Pressure grows on Andrew Milne
Plus: what can leaseholders do in response to the "very aggressive" letters?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What can Sheffield leaseholders do in response to the “very aggressive” letters? And the legal industry reacts to our story. Our latest piece, by @djstimms.bsky.social and @molliesimpson.bsky.social www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/pressure-gro...
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The inside story of the London lawyer demanding Sheffield residents pay up tens of thousands — or face him in court.
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The inside story of the London lawyer demanding Sheffield residents pay up tens of thousands — or face him in court.
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Full story here www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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.
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.
“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.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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.
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.
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A story to make your blood boil. But as an aside, I'm a big fan of Mill Media sometimes printing the full aggressive responses they get to their questions (see also: Twamley, Lee)
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A story to make your blood boil. But as an aside, I'm a big fan of Mill Media sometimes printing the full aggressive responses they get to their questions (see also: Twamley, Lee)
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Local investigative reporting that makes a difference. Well done @molliesimpson.bsky.social, Daniel Timms and @danhayesjourno.bsky.social
Extraordinary story from @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social: A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived.
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Local investigative reporting that makes a difference. Well done @molliesimpson.bsky.social, Daniel Timms and @danhayesjourno.bsky.social
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This is such important journalism - Every mainstream paper should pick this up (with full credit) and shout from the rooftops about it. How dare he. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says “Exploitative behaviour is completely unacceptable". So what are you going to do about it?.
“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.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is such important journalism - Every mainstream paper should pick this up (with full credit) and shout from the rooftops about it. How dare he. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says “Exploitative behaviour is completely unacceptable". So what are you going to do about it?.
Reposted by Dan Hayes
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This summer, Andrew Milne - a City of London solicitor - bought up hundreds of freeholds in west Sheffield.
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Then the letters started to arrive. They included threats of high court action and offers to sell the freeholds - for £25,000.
Read today's story: www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...