How did Mail on Sunday’s US editor become ‘rock solid friend’ of Meghan’s father? 13 December 2025 at 10:00

How did Mail on Sunday’s US editor become ‘rock solid friend’ of Meghan’s father?

13 December 2025 at 10:00

Duchess of Sussex says journalistic ethics breached as dad turns to journalist first to break news of leg amputation

When Thomas Markle received bad news about his health earlier this month, he immediately texted someone close to him to let them know. The 81-year-old had been admitted to hospital after one leg swelled up and turned black. “Going to lose the leg today,” he wrote.

The message was not sent to his son, Thomas, who lives with him in Cebu in the Philippines, nor to his older daughter, Samantha, who is based in Florida. Instead, Markle contacted Caroline Graham, the US editor of the Mail on Sunday, who is based in Los Angeles. It was she who called Markle’s two older children to let them know the news. She wrote later that they were “flabbergasted”.

Guardian’s former Gaza reporter acclaimed at British Journalism Awards 12 December 2025 at 07:18

Guardian’s former Gaza reporter acclaimed at British Journalism Awards

The Guardian

By:Michael Savage Media editor

12 December 2025 at 07:18

Malak A Tantesh lauded for her ‘vital coverage of a war most journalists were banned from witnessing’

Malak A Tantesh, the Guardian’s former Gaza correspondent, was given a standing ovation at the British Journalism Awards, as she was recognised for reporting that included her own journey home following January’s ceasefire deal.

Tantesh, who reported for the Guardian from Gaza for 18 months, was named new journalist of the year and awarded the Marie Colvin award for outstanding up-and-coming journalists at a ceremony on Thursday night.

Key whistleblower contradicts part of phone hacking case against Daily Mail 11 December 2025 at 15:30

Key whistleblower contradicts part of phone hacking case against Daily Mail

The Guardian

By:Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

11 December 2025 at 15:30

Private investigator Jonathan Rees denies telling Doreen Lawrence he was involved in bugging her

A key whistleblower supporting a legal claim headed by Prince Harry and Doreen Lawrence against the publisher of the Daily Mail appears to have dealt a last-minute blow to the case against the media group.

Just weeks before a high court trial, Jonathan Rees, a private investigator who has supported claims of unlawful news gathering at Associated Newspapers, has contradicted a central allegation in the claimants’ case.

A backdoor way to report on Brighton FC | Brief letters 10 December 2025 at 13:01

A backdoor way to report on Brighton FC | Brief letters

The Guardian

By:Guardian Staff

10 December 2025 at 13:01

Guardian reporting ban | Gavel rash | Human rights | Proposed citizenship questions | Sans Serriffe

News that the Guardian has been barred from the Amex stadium (Brighton ban Guardian from stadium over reporting on Tony Bloom, 7 December) follows a previous exclusion order imposed by the club on the local paper, the Evening Argus, for publishing stories unfavourable to the then directors in the 1980s. The paper got around this by covering matches from a back garden overlooking the old Goldstone ground, with the photographer perched up a stepladder. Sadly, this isn’t an option at the totally enclosed Amex arena.
Jim Hatley
Brighton

• I see that in the Wordsearch about courts (8 December), one answer is “gavel”. I thought it was pretty well established now that judges in the UK do not use gavels, such tools only being employed by auctioneers. Are you trying to assert that justice in Britain is available only to the highest bidder?
John Starbuck
Lepton, West Yorkshire

Meghan accuses Daily Mail of ethics breach over reporting from father’s bedside 10 December 2025 at 09:27

Meghan accuses Daily Mail of ethics breach over reporting from father’s bedside

The Guardian

By:Michael Savage Media editor

10 December 2025 at 09:27

Paper criticised over coverage of Duchess of Sussex’s attempt to contact Thomas Markle after surgery

The Duchess of Sussex has accused the Daily Mail of breaching “clear ethical boundaries” by reporting from the bedside of her estranged father, following his claims he had not received his daughter’s messages.

Thomas Markle appealed to Meghan to see him in a Mail on Sunday interview at the weekend, after he underwent serious surgery in the Philippines.