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Tim Yeo


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Tim Yeo loses ‘cash-for-advocacy’ libel case against Sunday Times
Former Tory MP to pay newspaper’s costs of more than £400,000 after judge rejects claim that newspaper reports trashed his reputation

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Saudi Arabia (white Daesh) is the father of Isis, says writer
Roy Greenslade: New York Times article questions the west’s support for the Wahhabist kingdom

Today’s headlines

The Guardian
Guardian picks up six prizes at Foreign Press Association awards. P2
Festive editors are revealed for Radio 4’s Today. P21
Ex-MP Tim Yeo loses libel action against Sunday Times. P23
Man admits ‘Phuc Dat Bich’ was hoax to fool media. P30
Mail Online fails to reach £80m target. P32

Daily Telegraph
I will never write comedy for the BBC again, insists John Cleese. P17
BBC3 to become online-only service. P17
Archers’ cast baring up for Calendar Girls performance. P17
Broadband fund to boost competitors. Autumn statement pullout. P3
Daily Mail owner hit by decline in print advertising. Autumn statement pullout. P10

Financial Times
BT rivals cheered by internet ‘transformation’ funding plan. P8
TalkTalk aims to put Manchester in FTSE 100. P13
Microsoft enters Myanmar minefield with IT deal. P27
Amazon’s Nazi-style ad gimmick backfires. P27
Comment: Beyoncé and Mail Online fail to lift DMGT out of the daily grind. P28
Mail Online sales fail to hit target. P28

The Times
Ex-MP Tim Yeo loses libel action against Sunday Times. P17
Tim Wonnacott steps down from Bargain Hunt. P22
Review rivals give Google’s search the thumbs down. P59
Mail Online misses sales target. P60
O2 looks at ad blocking. P64

The Independent
Bargain Hunt presenter quits after ‘bullying’ row. P7
Ex-MP Tim Yeo loses libel action against Sunday Times. P19
Nick Clegg’s wife to guest edit Radio 4’s Today programme. P21
Comment: Sun’s ‘jihadi sympathy’ story takes tabloid simplification too far. P39

i
‘Nazi’ adverts pulled from New York subway. P2
Former MP loses libel action over cash claim. P25
Bargain Hunt host quits after staff row claim. P27
The week in radio. P43

Wall Street Journal Europe
PlayStation 4 sales pass 30m units. B3
Comcast’s cable ad-sales role investigated by US. B3
Google lists ‘forget domains’. B3
IBM speeds artificial intelligence. B3

Daily Mail
Archers’ cast baring up for Calendar Girls performance. P3
Tim Wonnacott steps down from Bargain Hunt. P29
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P33
‘Alternative’ broadband fund. P78
DMGT sees full-year profits edge ahead. P81

Daily Express
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P1, 11
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P11
Radio 1’s Annie Nightingale on difficulties women face getting media jobs. P20
Tim Wonnacott steps down from Bargain Hunt. P22

The Sun
Strictly judge Len Goodman says show isn’t fixed. P3
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P18, 19
Olly Murs in talks for TV soap role. P32
Bargain Hunt host quits following suspension. P49

Daily Mirror
Tim Wonnacott steps down from Bargain Hunt. P11
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P12
X Factor coverage. P27

Daily Star
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P1, 9

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