2+ week, 3+ day ago (460+ words) The awards recognise and celebrate the dedication and accomplishments of journalists and newsrooms across all sectors of the UK media industry The i Paper's Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has been named 2025 Commentator of the Year at the prestigious Media Freedom Awards, which honour excellence in campaigning and investigative journalism. Judges praised her writing on Britain's carers " "the millions of extraordinary people who give up jobs, freedoms, leisure and many other pleasures to care for vulnerable children, siblings, parents or grandparents they deeply love. Alibhai-Brown argued that carers are being persecuted by the DWP. Judges also applauded her article on the grooming gangs that target young white girls in UK towns. She did what few journalists had bothered to do: speak to men and women of Pakistani heritage about these crimes. Alibhai-Brown "highlights the real people behind every decision, noted judges, "bringing an…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago (702+ words) Pictures, charts and vivid graphics can be the most effective way for many children to learn - and here is a fun, exciting way to do it While books often provide the stepping stones for children as they learn to read independently, other visually engaging reading materials " including magazines " can also spark curiosity and enhance a child's education, helping them both at home and at school It offers a break from traditional school books, adding an element of bite-sized fun to their learning experience. It is also the opposite of a digital device, giving children a welcome break from screens, and providing reading material that both informs and entertains " keeping them happy long after they've put down the magazine. If you're looking for the perfect present for a child you know, you can gift a monthly subscription to the magazine " it…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago (1060+ words) From former inns to farmhouses and country manors, these places offer outstanding food at great value, according to the Good Hotel Guide" The word "foodie" has crept into our vocabulary in recent decades, gradually nudging out "gourmet", which has slightly snobbier connotations. The distinction might be vague, but most of us would understand foodies to be more adventurous than gourmets, less concerned with luxury and high-end dining, less in thrall to tasting menus, less dazzled by Michelin stars, and probably more budget conscious. With the new Good Hotel Guide now online, we asked their expert team to select twelve hotels that serve terrific food at prices that represent great value. Here are their choices. Seasonality and sustainability are the watchwords at James Ratcliffe and Nina Matsunga's 17th-century former coaching inn in "England's book town" on the edge of the Yorkshire…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago (777+ words) America's cultural capture of the UK is happening beyond the sight of audiences, but it is influencing our national life Given the honour of asking the first question at a White House press briefing this week, Beverley Turner, a Washington-based journalist for GB News, provocatively inquired: "Is the President prepared to bankrupt the BBC in his pursuit of truth and justice?" The invitation to ridicule the UK national broadcaster was embraced by the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, who responded: "The President has made it very clear that this is a leftist propaganda machine that is unfortunately subsidised by British taxpayers." Donald Trump has identified his moment to redefine British media. He is suing the BBC for "anywhere between a billion and $5bn", just as it begins difficult negotiations for an extension to the public funding model that enables it…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (509+ words) We R Blighty, the controversial firm that raises funds for homeless military veterans, has been convicted a second time for its "shameless" illegal cash collections." The company and its two directors were fined a total of "3,640 at City of London Magistrates" Court last week, in the run up to Remembrance Day." Founder Ben Mills and his partner Danielle Vidler pleaded guilty to multiple instances of appealing for donations without a licence on high streets in the Square Mile earlier this year. The news emerged just days after The i Paper revealed that the Charities Aid Foundation had to increase security at its offices following an alleged threatening phone call from Mills, who says the claim is "inaccurate"." The company has promised to reform its ways after an investigation by the Fundraising Regulator concluded last week that it risked "misleading" donors…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (710+ words) TV soap ratings are in decline - but millions of viewers are tuning in to shortform 'microdramas' on social media IMPARTIAL NEWS + INTELLIGENT DEBATE "The two-minute soaps putting Corrie and EastEnders out of business TV soap ratings are in decline - but millions of viewers are tuning in to shortform 'microdramas' on social media Three times a week at 8pm, almost four million Brits sit down on their sofas and find themselves transported to the cobblestones of Coronation Street. But while those Corrie loyalists are sipping their tea and checking in with Ken Barlow, millions more are on TikTok and Instagram consuming a new form of TV: short vertical videos, increasingly with long-running, complex storylines, known as "microdramas. What exactly is a microdrama? The word (which is not yet in the Oxford English Dictionary) relates to short-form content that sits somewhere between the…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago (1327+ words) The broadcaster has come under fire after a Panorama programme spliced together two parts of a speech by Donald Trump but admitting to the mistake will not be enough to defuse the row, BBC insiders say BBC boss Tim Davie must make a "groveling" apology to Donald Trump for a misleading Panorama report or risk the broadcasters White House access, insiders said. Pressure continued to mount on the Director-General ahead of a letter to MPs from BBC Chairman Samir Shah, which is expected to concede that viewers were "unintentionally" misled by the editing of a Panorama film. The programme, shown a week before the 2024 Presidential election, spliced together two parts of a speech Trump gave on January 6, 2021, before the storming of the Capitol by his supporters, giving the impression that his words incited the attack. The incident was included in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (698+ words) Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resigned from their posts at the BBC late on Sunday The BBC has been suffering from a "terrifying" institutional "complacency," senior Government sources warned, as the national broadcaster was engulfed in its worst crisis in more than a decade. Tim Davie resigned late on Sunday as director-general of the BBC as the corporation prepares to apologise on Monday over a botched clip of Donald Trump. Deborah Turness, the chief executive of BBC News, also resigned after a torrid week in which the editorial judgment and future viability of the entire organisation were called into question. "I think there's been a terrifying complacency at the top of the BBC," a senior Government source told The i Paper. "It's been a constantly frustrating process of them saying [to ministers] "nothing to see here and none of your…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago (1115+ words) Ellie Jackson changed where she does her grocery shopping in Supermarket Swap In our new series, Supermarket Swap, we challenge a family to change where and how they do their weekly grocery shop. Can they save money by trading old habits for new " and will they decide to switch to another supermarket as a result? If you want to take part, email [email protected]. This week, we speak to Ellie Jackson, who is a children's author by day, with a series of educational books about protecting animals. She says keeping her family " four children, husband and dog " on a diet with minimal ultra-processed foods (UPF) has become almost a full-time job in itself. Specific needs: Minimal UPF's, dairy free and gluten free options needed Saving: "30 each fortnight Ellie Jackson, 45, has been trying to avoid UPF's for the past two years, after…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago (1337+ words) Ministers' long-awaited child poverty strategy is due this month - and it's closely tied to the Chancellor's Budget" Offering fruit and milk vouchers to families, reforming the two-child benefit cap and ramping up parental advice services are under consideration to tackle child poverty in Britain. The long-awaited child poverty strategy, due to be published this autumn, has been used by No 10 as a carrot to Labour MPs growing impatient with the government's approach to lifting struggling families out of deprivation. Helping impoverished children is one of Sir Keir Starmer's key pledges and a cross-department ministerial group was formed to come up with a plan to turn the tide on the number of children growing up poor. The strategy had been due in Spring 2025 but was shelved amid the almighty row over disability and sickness benefit cuts. At the time, government sources…...