Daniel Timms
@djstimms
Big story here from @molssimp👇
Exclusive: Sheffield College is under investigation following claims of exam fraud, with two staff members suspended pending a review. Link in next tweet
On HTFP today: Local news website @sheffieldtrib reveals city's secret nuclear weapons programme holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/loca…
Proper old school investigative journalism in a long-form format from @djstimms. Some proper graft went into this. And guess what? My alma mater @sheffielduni is dabbling at the edges of the UK's development of a new nuclear missile for the UK.
Three months ago, we were told that workers at the Uni of Sheffield’s AMRC had been overheard joking about making nuclear weapons. There couldn’t be anything to it – could there? 1/n
This is a fantastic story from @djstimms, revealing the existence of a secret nuclear weapons programme in Sheffield. If he can work this out from sources and the minutes of a parish council meeting in Berkshire, then the Russians/Chinese can too.
Three months ago, we were told that workers at the Uni of Sheffield’s AMRC had been overheard joking about making nuclear weapons. There couldn’t be anything to it – could there? 1/n
This has been the biggest investigation I've ever been involved in - months of work to get to the bottom of a rumour: that workers at the university's AMRC were involved in nuclear weapons. See the thread and link at the bottom for the full story.
Three months ago, we were told that workers at the Uni of Sheffield’s AMRC had been overheard joking about making nuclear weapons. There couldn’t be anything to it – could there? 1/n
This is the big story I've been working on over the last three months - finding the secret Sheffield lab where work is ongoing to develop the UK's new nuclear warhead. Link to the news story in the thread below, full investigation coming at 12pm.
The Tribune can reveal this morning that the Uni of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) is involved in the development of the UK’s new nuclear warhead. (Link in next tweet)
Courage.
An important editor's note from @abi_whist about threats we've received from the historian Laurence Westgaph. He demanded @liverpoolpost takes down its stories about him but instead they have removed the paywalls so everyone can read them. livpost.co.uk/cutthroats-and…
What do I think, @NetworkRailMAN ?! I think the fact that this has been out of use for months (ditto the fountain on the main concourse) is incredibly poor, and in these temperatures, dangerous. Manchester Piccadilly is the busiest train station in the north. Sort it out!
Has anyone read anything good on how well the many MRP polls performed in last year's general election? I'm not asking about the overall party shares, but specifically how well the seat-by-seat analysis actually related to the final result in each seat. Let me know.
Does anyone who works at either Indeed or TotalJobs and want to help out with an important investigation? If so, get in touch. DMs open
I've been thinking for a while that Sheffield needs to have the great wood burner debate. Brilliant contribution here from local GP (and top music journalist) @drdavidcoleman
Are wood burners in west Sheffield polluting the air in east Sheffield? That's today's investigation on The Tribune (link in next tweet)
Local journalism can make a huge impact - we need to get behind it. Well done @molssimp for her hard work on this
Me and @joshi's reporting on financial misconduct at @BoltonUni was mentioned in parliament yesterday @Phil_Brickell said the university "must be transparent and accountable" and requested that @LucyMPowell "provide government time for a debate on this gravely concerning matter"
These are pictures of the conditions at two new blocks of flats in Barking. The firms that built them were given tens of millions in contracts by the council to do so, after giving expensive gifts and even jobs to councillors. The council called it a "non-story". Do you agree?
I think we really have reached the point where you simply can't have the best understanding of GM without the @ManchesterMill. It's ridiculously good quality journalism with the research to back it up and I don't think I can put off a subscription any longer.
10 days ago, a senior manager at the University of Greater Manchester texted a colleague asking for £56,000 to be paid into his son's bank account. Why? We can reveal it was part of a secret deal to divert hundreds of thousands of pounds of student fees to his company.
Darnall allotments on fire *again*? Seriously, what is going on up there? thestar.co.uk/news/emergency…
This is one of the wildest stories we’ve ever published: two senior university executives agreeing a deal to divert student fee money from a partner in Casablanca to a company that one of them owns. The uni hasn’t denied the claims, which we’ve passed to the police.
This is an astonishing story. The VC at the university has some very, very urgent questions to answer
10 days ago, a senior manager at the University of Greater Manchester texted a colleague asking for £56,000 to be paid into his son's bank account. Why? We can reveal it was part of a secret deal to divert hundreds of thousands of pounds of student fees to his company.