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THE BELL TOLL...
The Guardian is cutting ties with Steve Bell after the veteran cartoonist yet again pushed the limits of what the newspaper would publish.

FREEDOM OF NO SPEECH SPECIAL
Fleet Street's finest – usually devotees of freedom of speech – responded to the attacks on Israel with a cry for everyone to, er, shut up and butt out.

GHOST BLUSTER
News that the next series of The Crown will feature a spectral cameo from Princess Diana was too much for the Daily Mail, despite its own prior record.

SUSPENDED SENTENCES
A Spectator column by Taki Theodoracopulos, boasting how much he knew about women, was printed just as he was being convicted of attempted rape.

BETTER DAYS
The Mail excitedly reported on job cuts at the Washington Post, without commenting on job cuts closer to home: at the Mail on Sunday's sports desk.

SLIPPERY POLL
The Mail on Sunday struggled to accurately report the results of a poll it had commissioned on Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.

KEMI CIRCULAR
Few ministers were interviewed ahead of the Tory party conference, leaving the limelight to Rishi Sunak. So how did Kemi Badenoch slip through the net?

CUTTING EDGE
Turmoil at Reach plc, home of the Mirror and Express newspapers and many more, with voluntary redundancies on the way before Christmas.

NEGATIVE ENERGY
The Daily Telegraph is not entirely happy about net zero, but not all its pieces rubbishing net zero technologies are entirely fair and accurate.

THE BROTHERS GRIM
Jane Martinson's new book about Sirs Frederick and David Barclay contains some shocking revelations about the reclusive twins.

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Late news
Slicker on the Barclay family's accounting delays

Burning money
It's been a torrid summer for power company Drax

Action stations
Why it might be best if Rishi Sunak's Euston plan never happens

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