Exterior view of Westminster Magistrates Court in 2017. Picture: Kit Leong/Shutterstock Questions have been raised over why the media had to fight to name an alleged war criminal charged with murder …
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February 2026 editions of Social Spider newspapers Waltham Forest Echo, Enfield Dispatch, Barnet Post and Newham Voices. Picture: Press Gazette The publisher of four London local newspapers is …
Tangle’s executive editor and founder Isaac Saul. Picture: Tangle A US-based politics newsletter makes most of its $4m+ in revenue from subscriptions despite offering most of its content for free. …
The Spectator composite image. Picture: OQS Media The Spectator has invested £1m in a new technology platform which it says helped it to an all-time high subscribers total. In 2025, the publisher’s …
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GB News hires chief revenue officer to ‘close gap’ between audience growth and advertiser take-up
GB News chief revenue officer Ross Sergeant. Picture: GB News GB News has hired a chief revenue officer to “close the gap” between its audience growth and take-up of its ad slots by agencies. Ross …
Katie Nicholl reporting for Entertainment Tonight in the US Mail writer Katie Nicholl has described the phone-hacking claims levelled against her by Prince Harry and others as “nonsense” and damaging …
New video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The …
AI apps. Picture: Shutterstock/Tada Images A new collective licensing scheme for the “fair and lawful” use of content in AI products has launched in the UK. The project is being led by non-profit …
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Post Leveson chill in police-press relations thaws after 15 years with new rulebook
A member of the police gives an interview to a local radio journalist near where a Royal Navy jet came down around on 25 March 25 2021 in woods near Helston, England. Picture: Hugh Hastings/Getty …
B2B media brand Data Center Dynamics has seen its turnover increase by 175% to more than £11m a year since 2020 helped by the AI boom. DCD was founded in 2001 as an industry directory and events …
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Stories came from lonely celebs and ‘hangers on’ says former Mail on Sunday editor
The Mail on Sunday, 30 April 2023 Celebrities are often lonely and confide in journalists, according to former Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright who said Prince Harry’s accusations of illegal …
Future’s Simon Collis and Beehiiv’s J.T. Levin at Beehiiv event at Google HQ on Thursday 12 February 2026. Picture: LRock Media Letting creators upload stories, more personal buying advice and free …
In the tiny town of Krasnopillia in rural Ukraine, the stillness of the night is shattered by the whine of a Russian drone . Seconds later, a community hospital bursts into flames. Sparks and debris …
Stills and logos for two Sun Originals shows: No Parental Guidance and Tactics Exposed The Sun has grown its video operation “even more aggressively” than planned in the past year. It has grown its …
Spectator front page The Spectator was the only current affairs magazine audited by ABC to grow both print and digital sales in 2025 – rising to the highest total sale in its 198-year history. …
Baroness Doreen Lawrence arriving at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in November 2025. Picture: James Manning/PA Wire A former senior Met police officer has cast major doubt over evidence …
Email sent to Getty Images contributors in January 2025 about news of planned merger with Shutterstock. Picture: Shutterstock/Hadrian The $3.7bn merger of rival image providers Getty and Shutterstock …
Prince Andrew arrest liveblog on BBC News website Freelance photographer Terry Harris was on the scene when six unmarked Thames Valley Police cars arrived at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s home on the …
Chris Boffey. Picture: Shirley Boffey Chris Boffey, head of news at four national newspapers and star reporter on both tabloids and broadsheets, has been described as a “great human being” and an …
‘All you can read’ magazine services Apple News+, Readly, Kindle Unlimited and Cafeyn “All you can read” bundle services continue to dominate digital readership for UK magazines, new ABC figures …
Harper’s Bazaar magazine cover from February 2026. Picture: Hearst Harper’s Bazaar was the only women’s interest magazine to see an increase in both print and digital circulation figures in 2025, …
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News diary 23 February – 1 March: Four years of Ukraine war, Trump State of Union address, Brit Awards
A woman carries her cat as she walks past buildings that were destroyed by Russian shelling in Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, on 5 April 2022. Picture: Reuters/Zohra Bensemra The week marks …
Magazines on the newsstand. Picture: Press Gazette Ten UK magazines grew their actively-purchased print sales in 2025, according to the latest data from ABC on the biggest-selling magazines in the …
A shipwreck in India, an ammunition seizure in Senegal, and a raid on an oil tanker in Malaysia – all three incidents involve ageing vessels, operating with false papers and one recurring figure: …
To stay up to date on our latest investigations, join Bellingcat’s WhatsApp channel here . You can read an Arabic version of this investigation on Radio Dabanga’s site here . Child soldiers linked to …