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After the undercover revelations, printed in the FT, about the alleged sexual harassment at the Presidents Club annual charity dinner last night, there have been calls for Families minister, Nadhim Zahazwi, to resign, as he attended the event. The reputable finance newspaper reported men “repeatedly putting hands up their skirts” and one even said “an attendee had exposed his penis to her during the evening.” Already David Meller, a co-chair of the club, has stood down from the board of...

There's a lot to be said about sensationalism and misreporting in today's media market, but the Express took the biscuit today on what was evidently a slow news day for Hugh Whittow's troops. First came the news that Britain was apparently set to turn its guns towards Brussels as Brexit negotiations heat up. According to the right-wing rag Theresa May needs to "impose BRITISH MILITARY" to get best Brexit deal, in a blatant exaggeration of William Hague's words. The UK’s...

Donald Trump unveiled the winners of his self-made "Fake News Awards" last night in his latest attack on the free press. The move comes as the highly acclaimed The Post hits the big screens which reviewers have described as a "timely defence of the press and its freedom to expose corruption, even when it implicates or embarrasses those in political power". Among the "winners" of the fake news awards include the film's featured publications The New York Times and the...

An ex-university friend of BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis has been jailed for more than three years after bombarding her with sinister letters - warning her "I will not relent". Edward Vines, 47, re-started his 27-year campaign of harassment despite a restraining order banning him from contacting the journalist or her relatives. He had previously sent mother-of-two Ms Maitlis three letters from his prison cell after he was jailed for three years in 2016 over his stalking. When he was released...

A delegation of global press freedom groups will undertake an unprecedented mission to the United States, reflecting concerns about threats to journalists and heightened anti-press rhetoric. The mission, which follows trips to Ukraine and Turkey, will coincide with the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration and will leverage the first year’s findings of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker, which will be released at an event at the Newseum, Washington D.C. From January 15 to 17, leaders of six organisations -- Article...

Choose your favourite press photograph from the best 100 taken this year. SWNS is the largest independent press agency in the UK, supplying up to 20 per cent of our daily news content. Each year the SWNS news wire supplies newspapers and magazines around the world with some of the most fascinating, captivating and powerful photographs you could ever hope to see. The agency's picture editors have chosen 100 of the most compelling images released through the news wire this...

The inquest into the death of disgraced former celebrity PR guru Max Clifford was opened and adjourned today. The jailed 74-year-old died in hospital while serving in a sex offenders' prison on December 10, a coroner said. Senior Coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough David Heming told the hearing in Huntingdon: "The medical cause of death is not yet confirmed as the consultant pathologist who carried out the post mortem examination is undertaking histological examination. "As the deceased was a prisoner...

The BBC was engulfed in a holy war of words today after the head of religious programmes openly confessed to being - an ATHEIST. James Purnell was speaking on the Today programme to promote the corporation's commitment to setting up a new unit devoted to improving religious coverage. But Mr Purnell, who was appointed the BBC's Director of Radio and Education in November last year, stunned the audience when he admitted he was a non-believer. During a bruising interview at...

Brexit-backing national newspapers The Sun and The Mail are seen to be having the most negative impact on society, according to a new poll. Rupert Murdoch's red top rag was ranked as having a negative impact on society by half of people who participated in the survey compared to just five per cent who said it has a positive influence. The Daily Mail, run by Paul Dacre, ranked in close second with just ten per cent saying it has had a...