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[Joshi Herrmann @joshi]

So pleased to be shortlisted in the Politics category at the British Journalism Awards for our reporting on Burnham and Manchester.

And incredibly proud that my @millmediauk colleagues have SIX nominations, mixing it with some very big news companies.

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

For weeks, a strange gang has smashed the windows of a clothes store near the British Museum... and stole nothing.

Is it part of a wider plot targeting dozens of shops across the capital? One @AndrewKersley finds out might all be the work of a glazier.

https://t.co/8dJvsSxsL7

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

For weeks, a strange and inept gang has smashed the windows of a clothes store near the British Museum... and stole nothing.

My @_TheLondoner story is a saga of Chinese mafia conspiracies, soot-covered robbers and late night visits from dodgy glaziers.

https://t.co/PI3Hvfdi22

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

Very excited to say I've been shortlisted (twice!) for this year's British Journalism Awards!

Alongside some very talented @millmediauk colleagues in @joshi @jackdulhanty @djstimms @molssimp Dan Hayes + Lucy McLaughlin.

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

The Londoner has been shortlisted for this year's British Journalism Awards in two categories!

On the list alongside our stellar @millmediauk colleagues at @ManchesterMill and @sheffieldtrib.

[Alys Key @alys_key]

And you can be first to find out about this kind of thing by subscribing to our free London newsletter, where @AndrewKersley broke the story yesterday lunchtime😇 🔗👇

[Alys Key @alys_key]

Now, those tweets claiming it was unauthorised have been deleted. What on earth is going on?

Full story in @_TheLondoner's Monday briefing along with a new Soho dispute, Burnham's rough sleeping pledge & more https://t.co/UZ5Z22rNtf (2/2)

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

EXCL: The Soho Society is trying to stop the redevelopment of a deserted office because it would make Soho too busy.

They claim that adding new bars, restaurants and cheap office space would alter its "character as a quieter civic and green space".

https://t.co/It0xL6DEtH

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

EXCL: The Soho Society is trying to stop plans to redevelop a deserted office building because it could risk making Soho busier.

Plus, why are TfL calling the police over one of their own tube signs?

https://t.co/CI34Cl9YM6

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

One detail I can't get over from this @_TheLondoner story is that this is the actual blurb of a real book by a big-time BookTok author, who quite recently was given a huge Netflix deal.

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

A new generation of viral young street preachers is causing havoc all over London.

Jesse Ngoma’s arrest outside a gay bar in Soho led to him being banned from the area, after weeks of clipping up confrontations with police and LGBTQ people. It might be only the beginning.

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

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[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

A new generation of viral young street preachers is causing havoc all over London.

Jesse Ngoma’s arrest outside a gay bar in Soho led to him being banned from the area, after weeks of clipping up confrontations with police and LGBTQ people. It might be only the beginning.

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

For weeks, I've wondered who has filled the tube with thousands of ads about pig gassing and disgusting farmed salmon.

For @_TheLondoner I found out the multimillion pound campaign is being bankrolled by a strange, AI-obsessed movement in Silicon Valley.

https://t.co/75wJ75jZ9j

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

I'm sure you've seen the thousands of ads about gassing pigs or lice-infected salmon that now plaster the tube. They're costing £400,000 every few weeks.

So who's paying for it? And how does it relate to a strange Silicon Valley movement fixated on AI?

https://t.co/5p0wKLXeqt

[Andrew Kersley @AndrewKersley]

EXCL: HMV is being forced out of its Oxford Street flagship store after its landlord doubled the rent.

For @_TheLondoner I found out it's owned by the family of a billionaire Chinese "king of mahjong" who will turn it into a viral immersive gift shop.

https://t.co/xFQcgIIJf3

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

Last week, HMV said it was being forced out of its Oxford Street store after its rent was doubled.

@AndrewKersley found out the landlords behind it are a billionaire Chinese mahjong dynasty, who plan to replace HMV with a viral immersive gift shop.

https://t.co/EHf7JJxQic

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

Free to read: https://t.co/yDeALDcuB5

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

ICYMI: Our weekend read covers a spat in the romance reader community that has unravelled into accusations of homophobia, threats of legal action and a controversy over a love story featuring a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

This one is free to read: https://t.co/yDeALDcuB5

[The Londoner @_TheLondoner]

RARE27, planned for next summer at London's Olympia, was meant to be the "Met Gala of the book community". Then over a few days, it fell apart.

We pieced together what happened.
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