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News of the Screwed
The closing of the News of the World looks less like a cleansing of the Augean stables than it does a smokescreen for a cost-cutting exercise

Giggs and gags
The Sunday Herald’s identification of Ryan Giggs as the footballer behind a gagging order against The Sun and Imogen Thomas brings the controversy over super-injunctions to a head.

Mail in Nazi slur on Clegg
The Daily Mail takes the press coverage of the 2010 General Election away from the politics and into the mire of personal attacks

Murdoch takes pay-per-view from football to websites
For the first time, a News Corporation newspaper website puts up a paywall

It’s The Sun wot lost it for Gordon…?
An examination of The Sun’s decision to switch political sides – again

Swindon’s speed cameras – politics over policing
Swindon’s fixed speed cameras are turned off – to a mixed reception

The ultimate freedom of choice
The assisted suicide of Sir Edward and Lady Downes provoked a good deal of press comment and controversy

Situation vacant – must have own broom
The owners of the Wookey Hole Caves tourist attraction are advertising for a part-time witch!

Mind that MOT…
4.7m British motorists have no MOT, and thus no car insurance

Is Ramsay “bag” to rights this time?
The Mail and the Sun blast Gordon Ramsay’s pre-prepped meals

Scottish Sunday Express exposes sick filth
The Scottish Sunday Express publishes a sensationalist, privacy-invading article against Dunblane survivors

Former KGB officer takes over Tory tabloid
A Rothermere newspaper, the Evening Standard, has been taken over by Russian oligarch Aleksandr Lebedev

Parity – time to ditch the pound?
As a Somerset village accepts euro cash payments, is the UK any closer to joining the eurozone?

Pratchett petition for Alzheimer’s research
Author Terry Pratchett petitions for more government funding for Alzheimer’s research