Qasim Akhtar playing Zeedan Nazir on Coronation Street. Picture: Youtube/Coronation Street The Sun has agreed to pay “substantial” libel damages to actor Qasim Akhtar after falsely linking him to …
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News diary 29 June – 5 July: Andy Burnham to set out economic vision, Wimbledon, Tour de France
Wimbledon in July 2025. Picture: Ceri Breeze / Shutterstock.com This week Andy Burnham is expected to deliver the first of a series of interventions next week as part of his pitch to replace Keir …
Between February 2022 and September 2025, Bellingcat staff and volunteers collected, geolocated, and shared more than 2,500 incidents of civilian harm following Russia’s full-scale invasion of …
Law enforcement associations, anti-corruption advocates and a major banking group are warning that a new bill aimed at regulating the United States’ cryptocurrency industry could leave big gaps in …
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Cyprus anti-corruption watchdog refers former president to prosecutors for alleged ‘abuse of power’
Cyprus’ anti-corruption authority has found “potential acts of corruption” and “abuse of power” by former President Nicos Anastasiades during his 10 years in office, referring possible criminal …
Piers Morgan. Picture: Uncensored Piers Morgan ‘s media company Uncensored has raised investment of $27m (£20.4m) to fund its ongoing transition from a single Youtube channel to a multi-genre …
SPUR logo Publisher AI standards coalition SPUR has shared details of a proposed “common language” for tracking content usage by AI companies. SPUR aims to come up with a standard technical …
On February 15, 2026, the bulk carrier, Grumant (IMO: 9385879) was pictured at the occupied Ukrainian Port of Feodosia on the Crimean peninsula. Satellite imagery suggests it had already been there …
Michael MacLeod. Picture: Andrew Paterson Edinburgh Minute founder Michael MacLeod has shared his newsletter tips for publishers. The Edinburgh Minute was launched in 2023 on Substack and later moved …
The Times is close to “cresting the hill” in terms of digital revenue overtaking print, according to executive vice president and publisher Christopher Longcroft. He said this means they are entering …
El Pais on phone app store and newspaper. Pictures: Shutterstock/Bangla Press and Shutterstock/Hadrian The publisher of Spanish newspaper El Pais has set its sights on expansion in the Americas after …
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Lowering doses of cancer drugs could slash global health spending by $30B, new research shows
New studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference suggest that reducing the dosage of anti-cancer medicines — including Keytruda, the world’s bestselling drug — …
Statue of legendary Robin Hood at Nottingham Castle. Picture: Shutterstock/Steve O’Prey Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has confirmed plans to close its postgraduate Broadcast Journalism and …
Common Crawl website. Picture: Shutterstock/IB Photography Digital news publishers in the US have raised “significant legal concerns” over the scraping of their content by Common Crawl Foundation. …
The homepage of the BBC News website, on 6th May 2015. Picture: Chris Dorney/Shutterstock The BBC is the most-visited news website in the world in any language, according to Press Gazette’s new …
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Tony Livesey facing questions over time as Daily Sport editor amid allegations against former boss David Sullivan
Tony Livesey with David Sullivan. Picture: BBC Panorama. BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Tony Livesey was absent from his usual late-night slot as an investigation from Panorama and The Times cast light …
Zeteo UK’s launch team. Picture: Zeteo Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan is launching his left-of-centre newsbrand Zeteo in the UK after surpassing 50,000 paid subscribers in the US. The Substack -based …
Youtube publisher revenue dashboard. Picture: Press Gazette. Youtube’s boss in Europe has revealed it is working on allowing publishers to combine their own paywalls with subscriptions on the video …
Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner speaking at WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress on 1 June 2026. Picture: WAN-IFRA More than 80% of revenue coming from outside the UK at The Guardian did not …
Google Ad Manager. Picture: Shutterstock/IB Photography More than 20 European news publishers are taking legal action against Google seeking damages of £550m for adtech monopoly abuses. The case …
Trooping the Colour. Picture: Shutterstock/ufuk sivri London Tech Week takes place between 8-12 June, bringing together leading figures from across the technology industry, including the CEOs of …
Simon Calder pictured in Armenia. Credit: Charlotte Hindle The Telegraph’s new travel correspondent is known in my house as “Simon Available” because you can count on him popping up on radio and TV …
Barnie Choudhury Former BBC journalist and British Journalism Award nominee Barnie Choudhury will not have to pay incurred costs of £14,270.70 to an appointment body for judges over a Freedom of …
Chris Anthony. Picture: Independent Media The Independent has hired a new president to oversee its business in North America through its “next phase of growth”. Chris Anthony has just spent four …
“In the age of misinformation, the line between fact and fiction is blurrier than ever.” “For those of us working in video news, verification isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a necessity. It is how we …