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SIMONS SAYS
Josh Simons, once director of thinktank Labour Together, cheerfully hammered a nail into Keir Starmer's coffin, but what of his own misjudgements?

BEDTIME STORIES
Geniuses at 24-hour clickbait juggernaut Retch decided in January 2025 to save money on pre-publication legal checks – a risky move, as the Eye warned.

DAILY DOPFNER
As German firm Axel Springer prepares to take over the Telegraph, CEO Mathias Döpfner insists editorial independence is safe, but is it safe from him?

HORSES FOR SOURCES
The Daily Mail has an exciting freelance talent to report on the plight of Egypt's horses: one Eleanor Harmsworth, daughter of owner Lord Rothermere.

WRITING WRONGS
How many things is it possible to get wrong in a single story? The Express recently managed the hat trick of date, location and subject.

ROBO FLAWS
Who even needs readers? News UK, publisher of the Times and Sun, says its new tech will enable advertisers to test ads on, er, "synthetic audiences".

HACKWATCH: PRADA YOURSELVES?
The release of The Devil Wears Prada 2 gave hacks the chance to talk about a subject that never goes out of style: themselves.

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Things can't get any worse says electorate, despite all evidence ... Polanski defies CV controversy – by Our Political Correspondent Otto Suggestion ... Rolling Stones new album: those tracks in full ... Nursery Times: New rental laws favour tenants, complains wolf ... Poll latest: hantavirus more popular than Starmer ... Ukraine ceasefire inspired by Iran – by Our Defence Staff Tom Cruise-Missile ... Russian victory parade: those terrifying stats in full ... ‘My hell at the Whitehouse Correspondents' Dinner: I wasn't there' – by Phil Space ... The Presidential Address (from the Mar-a-Lago international helipad) ... Diary: Dame Anna Wintour's Most Important Things in Life, as told to Craig Brown

Priest holes
Where have all the bishops gone?

Tracking errors
Fixes for Ajax armoured vehicles were known all along

Lucy Letby
Why the CCRC must now reconsider her case

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