Daily Mail accusers induced to sue on basis of disowned claims, court told

Lawyers for paper say investigator’s disputed claims were used to recruit prominent figures to case

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Missing private investigator evidence in Daily Mail’s case ‘stark’, high court told

Claimants say lost documents hide scale of alleged unlawful information gathering at publisher of the Daily Mail

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Will the Telegraph’s new owner curb its wilder excesses – or make them worse?

Mathias Döpfner beat the Mail to seize a British institution. But whether he will be a sobering or malign influence is not yet clear, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

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Ex-Mail on Sunday journalist denies ordering ‘blag’ of Sadie Frost’s medical information

Katie Nicholl’s name appears on many of the stories that Frost, Prince Harry and others have complained about

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German twist in the Telegraph tale shatters Lord Rothermere’s dreams

The European media giant Axel Springer has scuppered the Daily Mail owner. But why did it not bid sooner? And what will Brexit-backing readers think?

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Axel Springer to buy Telegraph for £575m, elbowing aside Daily Mail owner

German owner of Bild and Die Welt is understood to have agreed all-cash deal for one of UK’s oldest newspapers

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Telegraph censured for story of fictional family’s struggle to pay school fees

Watchdog upholds complaint it breached code with article about impact of VAT on banker who did not exist

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Daily Mail royal editor denies using private investigator to ‘blag’ Harry information

Rebecca English shown emails at high court trial suggesting investigator ‘went out on a limb’ to help her

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Labour Together ‘making clean break’ after former director resigns as minister

Thinktank’s board distances itself from Josh Simons’ decision in 2023 to hire lobbying firm to investigate journalists

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Labour minister Josh Simons resigns after falsely linking journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network

Makerfield MP had been under pressure concerning thinktank’s commissioning of PR firm to investigate reporters

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