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mollie simpson
@molssimp
journalist @sheffieldtrib 💌 British Journalism Award winner 2025, @WIJ_UK Rising Star and Paul Foot shortlist 2026
Sheffield, England
sheffieldtribune.co.uk
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    Oct 30, 2015
    IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO GIVE BOYS FREE CONDOMS YOU CAN AFFORD TO GIVE GIRLS FREE TAMPONS, MENSTRUATION IS A LOT HARDER TO REFRAIN FROM THAN SEX
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    Apr 3, 2024
    🚨 Artists are removing their artwork from @HOME_mcr in protest of the venue’s decision to cancel an event celebrating Palestinian stories. One artist accuses the venue of having “contributed to the silencing of Palestinian voices at a time when they most need to be heard”
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    Nov 28, 2020
    I’m in @ManchesterMill for their weekend story today, with photos by @danithecole. I’ve spent the last few weeks following five student rent strikers at Manchester uni - this is their story of how they won the biggest payout to students in known history
    The inside story of how students took on the University of Manchester - and won
    From manchestermill.co.uk
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    Apr 3, 2024
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    Maria Jackson, one of the artists featured in the exhibition and a former @HOME_mcr staff member, explains why she’s protesting Lots of applause — including from HOME’s current staff…
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    Jan 23, 2023
    Me and @joshi were on the Today Programme this morning, talking to @rowanbridge about The Mill, the future of local journalism and our impact in Greater Manchester. If you want to listen, we’re around 7.22 mins in:
    BBC Radio 4 - Today, 23/01/2023
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Jul 12, 2021
    Very excited to share that today was my first day as a full-time trainee reporter with @ManchesterMill ✨ I feel so lucky to be part of such a wonderful team that values quality and trust and can’t wait for the next chapter
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    Feb 15, 2021
    I’m a longlisted applicant for the @FT graduate scheme 🥳
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    Apr 4, 2024
    Breaking: @HOME_mcr have reinstated the Voices of Resilience event, writing that they "regret that this has had such wide-reaching impacts" Read the full statement here homemcr.org/article/a-stat…
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    Jan 8, 2021
    ‘The pressure of a degree is increasingly paired with high costs and minimal contact time; this year, social isolation was thrown into the mix. The unsurprising result was a mass mental health crisis among young people.’ Me for @tribunemagazine
    The Student Mental Health Crisis
    From tribunemag.co.uk
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    May 10, 2017
    overheard some guy on the plane ask if they did cappuccinos and the air host just said 'no this is ryanair' and I still haven't recovered
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    May 13, 2025
    BREAKING: The University of Greater Manchester has suspended vice chancellor George Holmes, the provost Zubair Hanslot and another senior member of staff following ‘serious allegations’
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    mollie simpson
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    Jul 28, 2021
    happy to announce that today I graduated from the University of Manchester with a first-class degree in English literature and French 😌✌️
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    Jul 28, 2024
    we’re in @ObsNewReview today 💕 thanks so much to @MsRachelCooke for such a lovely feature theguardian.com/media/article/…
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