If courts continue to adopt the approach of having the facts of a case summarised, thereby greatly reducing what is said in open court, because all documents relied upon are on the digital case system then the media should be given access to them under the open justice principle.

The Evening Standard intends to go from a daily print schedule to weekly, its directors have told staff.

The Lebedev title, which lacks an NUJ chapel, is asking staff to nominate representatives who can consult on the changes, including possible layoffs.
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A further transition to digital only publication - what will become of remaining print titles in time.

London Evening Standard has just told staff it'll drop its daily print edition and become a weekly paper, blaming the spread of Wi-Fi on the tube, shortage of commuters due to work from home, and years of massive financial losses.

“There is no automatic right for members of the press to attend election counts. Media attendance at election counts is within the discretion of Returning Officers…no permission from the Returning Officer means you cannot be present at the election count.” 😰😰

Publishing executive died in ski cliff plunge✍️ for The Times and The Sunday Times with Kieran Gair

This was an 'inquest in writing' where the coroner believes there is no real prospect of disagreement as to the inquest’s determinations or findings and no public interest would be served by a hearing

General election journos: how does it work? - will we be up late into evening on 4th and be done by early hours of the 5th, or will results keep coming out into afternoon/evening of 5th?

Looking at GE results from 2019, all seemed to come out early hours of 13th Dec...

In a somewhat unusual, and opposed, proposal that a defendant in a people-smuggling case be given anonymity, the prosecutor remarked 'I don't suppose those in Egypt read the Kentish Gazette', to which the judge replied: 'They would be foolish not to. It's a fine publication.'

BREAK: Greater Manchester Police is not expected to take any further action in relation to Labour Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner. It follows claims about information she'd given regarding her main residence - via BBC's Hannah Miller

On HTFP today: NCTJ reschedules NQJ exams to avoid election date clash holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2024/news/nqj-…

WARNING: This one is more upsetting than some I post

It's the clearest possible demonstration of why prosecutors need to be more involved in the #SingleJusticeProcedure
ESPECIALLY when mitigation has been entered

@Labour Conservatives are yet to reveal plans to fix the system

First time reporting on an 'inquest in writing'. These were introduced in June 2022 and mean inquests can be concluded in private. Although journalists are permitted to obtain a copy of written conclusions, they contain few details.

✍️ for Daily Mail Online

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“This piece is not about Letby. I do not know the facts of the Letby case and would not be allowed to write about them if I did; whether that is a strength or a weakness of British law, I leave to others to discuss.”

Watch dealer robbed after being put in a chokehold inside his London store has died trib.al/E7InbMA

I just turned down some work with a well-known magazine, as their rates are £50 per 600 words LESS than they paid me 14 years ago.

Are there any other industries that pay their workers less now than in 2010?