Dear readers — we’ve got two big updates for you today. First up is Andrew Milne, the solicitor who bought all those freeholds last year, then begun a campaign of “very aggressive” letters to pressure homeowners into buying them for much more than their true worth. Police have previously said they were “reviewing”, “scoping” and waiting to hear back from lawyers. Now they’ve confirmed it: this is a criminal investigation. More on that story below. We’ve also got an exclusive story about a sex offender who was previously director of a youth charity.
As well as that, there’s the latest on Hallam’s cost-cutting drive, more reaction to the big snooker news, a huge amount of cash being pumped into the Don Valley, and an entirely predictable answer to the question: whose block of flats started shedding chunks when it got a bit windy on Tuesday?
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