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Since announcing free subs for 16-25 year olds on Tuesday, almost three quarters of them have already gone!

If you're lucky enough to be so young, why not grab an entire year's subscription free, courtesy of Postcode Lottery?

Click below to sign up. And don't hang around. They're going quick!
Free Tribune subscriptions for 16-25 year olds!
We've got a very exciting announcement...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
October 1, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring:

🗞️ Fallout continues at Hallam FC
🪧 Pro and anti immigration demos descend on Sheffield city centre
🏡 War of words erupts between freehold firm Tixerbon and Sheffield MP
🚶 Millhouses river path row decided
🎷 Plus, home of the week, and things to do
Fallout continues at Hallam FC
Plus, war of words erupts between Tixerbon and Sheffield MP
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
September 28, 2026 at 11:12 AM
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Some of my favourite photos from today protests in Sheffield 📸
September 26, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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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?

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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
theexchange.news
September 26, 2026 at 7:13 AM
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Hallam situation! 😳
Hallam FC is one of the jewels in Sheffield’s sporting crown, but after months of serious financial trouble and the mass desertion of most of its players, the club is now essentially at war with itself.

Who will prevail and what will this all mean for an important part of our sporting heritage?
Is Hallam FC — the world’s second oldest club — about to tear itself apart?
‘They’re a bunch of mentally-ill Sheffield Wednesday fans with too much time on their hands’
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
September 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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Hallam FC is one of the jewels in Sheffield’s sporting crown, but after months of serious financial trouble and the mass desertion of most of its players, the club is now essentially at war with itself.

Who will prevail and what will this all mean for an important part of our sporting heritage?
Is Hallam FC — the world’s second oldest club — about to tear itself apart?
‘They’re a bunch of mentally-ill Sheffield Wednesday fans with too much time on their hands’
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
September 24, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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“This is an opinion column. It usually runs to 1,000 words. Eight hundred of them have been spent naming ordinary things Israel has illegally denied the people of Gaza. I could fill another column and still not exhaust the list.”
~Colin Sheridan
September 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Really lovely piece by @jackdulhanty.bsky.social about his family and the Kellogg’s factory

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Goodbye to Trafford Park's Kellogg's factory
For sixty years, someone with the name ‘Dulhanty’ has worked at the Kellogg’s factory. Last week, that ended
manchestermill.co.uk
September 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Alderley Edge School for Girls, closed in June as governors claimed the school was financially unviable.

This is the story of how a group of well-to-do parents who thought they were saving a failing school ended up enemies with the people who ran it.

manchestermill.co.uk/the-private-...
The private school money couldn’t save: why did Alderley Edge School for Girls close?
‘If it’s just a million pound, I can write a cheque to keep it going’
manchestermill.co.uk
September 13, 2026 at 7:05 AM
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Amid all the brilliant investigations done by The Mill, beautiful, evocative, moving pieces like this are so much of what makes it special.
September 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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What happens to a multi-million-pound commercial district when its anchor tenant pulls out?

In Leeds Dock the big gamble on Sky didn't pay off. Can its fortunes be turned around? theexchange.news/leeds-dock-future-royal-armouries/
https://theexchange.news/leeds-dock-future-royal-armouries/
theexchange.news
September 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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What would you do if a ‘FOR SALE’ sign appeared outside your house without your agreement?

That’s what has happened to several Sheffielders after a shadowy company called Tixerbon bought their freeholds.

Now, an MP has written to the housing minister to decry their “incredibly misleading” tactics.
‘Incredibly misleading’: are Tixerbon trying to trick people into buying their freeholds?
‘DO NOT REMOVE, COVER, DAMAGE OR OTHERWISE INTERFERE WITH THE BOARD UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD’
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
September 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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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.
September 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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"I’ve been a nurse at Sheffield Children’s Hospital for more than 15 years... the job market for new graduates has never been quite so vicious as this."
There’s one ailment Hallam’s nursing degrees can’t prepare you for: a total lack of jobs
The first article from our new writers' programme, by senior children's nurse James Connolly
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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The neon aesthetic is more popular than ever - it's been Live-Laugh-Loving its way into homes, YouTuber backdrops, and vape shops.

The only problem is: that stuff is almost never neon. It’s what’s come to kill neon.

theexchange.news/kings-of-neon/
September 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Well well well: Leaked emails show Mothin Ali got his extra local allowance “to help make ends meet” - no mention of his local role.

And the Green Party is threatening to sue us for reporting this story. Well done @braddeasjourno.bsky.social

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Leaked documents cast doubt on explanation for Mothin Ali’s councillor cash
'Mothin feels the national party isn’t adequately supporting the leadership team including him, so he’d appreciate this to help make ends meet'
theexchange.news
September 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Our first council chamber roundup is here!

What’s going on with all those new councillors who didn’t expect to win and might not quite know what they have signed themselves up for? And: does the eternal local plan saga have yet another twist in store?

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/green-belt-s...
Rookie councillors, Green Belt wars and more money for the AMRC
It’s The Tribune’s first council chamber roundup
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 19, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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The closest many Sheffield residents will typically get to a free party is hearing its booming bassline from their beds. After speaking to a number of teenage attendees, organisers and DJs, we’re able to offer you a sneak peak into this secretive world
Inside the secret world of Sheffield’s free party teens
‘You can't keep doing it forever because you will lose teeth and die’
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 13, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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Sidmouth Folk Festival is unanimously the festival of choice for Sheffield's musicians. Anyone looking to hear folk music in Sheffield in the first week of August is absolutely out of luck.

“We are all in this nice little town in Devon by the sea"

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Every year, a sleepy town becomes Sheffield-by-the-sea — why?
‘It does feel silly, so many of us driving for hours and hours to see people we could see at home’
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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It’s the first week of August when I visit “Sheffield by the sea” — or, to use the name you’d find on a map, the town of Sidmouth in Devon, writes @molliesimpson.bsky.social

Though Sidmouth is a four and a half hour drive away, a deluge of Steel citizens washes up in this sleepy town each year
August 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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This week's Tribune briefing is now out! Featuring:

🗞️ Forge Dam enters the last chance saloon
🌹 Former council leader makes major announcement
🏗️ Uncertainty over city centre residential tower after developer goes bust
🔥 'Full Monty' club destroyed by blaze
🏡 Plus, home of the week, and things to do
Forge Dam enters the last chance saloon
Plus, former council leader makes major announcement
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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When a grandfather jailed for his part in the 2024 Rotherham riot died in prison, he briefly became a far-right cause célèbre - yet attention quickly moved on. We spent two weeks attending his inquest to try to understand: why did Peter end his life?
Why did Rotherham rioter Peter Lynch end his life in prison?
'It’s getting harder as I’m on my own, defending myself with words that can be changed'
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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Why did Rotherham rioter Peter Lynch end his life in prison? Fantastic reporting by my @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social colleague Vicky Munro. Some of the tiny details in this piece really capture how someone gets stuck in a conspiratorial, far-right mindset.

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/why-did-roth...
Why did Rotherham rioter Peter Lynch end his life in prison?
'It’s getting harder as I’m on my own, defending myself with words that can be changed'
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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Personally think I should be first in this league table but I accept it’s a toss-up
August 8, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Maybe you have to be the trifeca of a) a reader of the Mill, b) working in the same sector (not the same place, just to be clear!) and c) live in Manchester to find this as gripping as I do.
August 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM