News ABCs: Sunday newspaper circulations drop across the board All Sunday newspapers see month-on-month declines, while in the daily market the Guardian and the Herald are the only audited titles to see an increase in average daily circulation in December By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PA News Richard Desmond signals willingness to join new regulatory body Express Newspapers owner says he would be happy to join an overhauled version of the PCC, and recommends it be named RCD after Richard Clive Desmond By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Trinity Mirror to close five offices with 35 redundancies Trinity Mirror closes five offices in Scotland following the merger of its national and regional businesses under one umbrella By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Police application for BBC footage refused by court Judgment from Belfast court refuses application from Police Service of Northern Ireland for BBC footage of Republican parade By Rachel Bartlett • 1 min read
News Daily Star editor denies paper has anti-Islamic agenda Dawn Neesom tells inquiry that tabloid is 'balanced' in its coverage, and lawyer Nicole Patterson reveals private investigator Steve Whittamore worked for stablemate the Express for five years after his conviction for illegally obtaining information By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
News Daily Express editor: PCC 'should have intervened' in McCann story Editor of the Daily Express Hugh Whittow tells the Leveson inquiry he supports the media group's decision to withdraw from the Press Complaints Commission By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Leveson warns reporters over jumping the gun on conclusions Lord Leveson warns those covering his inquiry into press standards against reporting his comments in court as 'emerging findings' By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
News App of the week for journalists: Zite Zite is a must-have app for any journalist with an iPhone By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: By Coffee Lover on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News BBC wins judicial review of prisoner interview refusal The High Court today ruled that the decision by justice secretary Ken Clarke to refuse the BBC permission to interview a terrorism suspect was 'incompatible with the right to freedom of expression' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Private investigator Steve Whittamore used by MoS after arrest Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright first became aware of the newspaper's use of the private investigator in 'early 2004', and was still used by the newspaper until September that year By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Mail 'receives 300 to 400 Pippa Middleton pictures a day' Mail picture editor tells Leveson inquiry there is 'no justification' for images of Pippa Middleton going about her everyday business and denies that there are special rules applied in her case By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
Credit: Peter MacDiarmid/PA News David Cameron will give evidence to Leveson if asked Downing Street confirms prime minister David Cameron will appear before the Leveson inquiry if summoned, after the Times newspaper reported it was "expected" he would be called By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
