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Sale of the Observer to Tortoise Media agreed in principle

Scott Trust will become a key shareholder and take a seat on both the editorial and commercial boards of the company

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024

Journalists strike over proposed sale of Observer to Tortoise Media

Forty-eight-hour strike, first at Guardian in more than 50 years, to take place on Wednesday and Thursday

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2024

Guardian and Observer journalists to strike over sale of the Observer

Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2024

Tories urged to return ‘further £5m donation made by Frank Hester’

Scottish Tory leader says all of Hester’s donations should be reviewed after racist and misogynistic comments

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024

'Who trolled Amber Heard?' New Tortoise podcast dives deep

The podcast found that over 50 per cent of #AmberHeardIsAnAbuser tweets were ‘inauthentic’, from bots or paid accounts

Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024

The week in audio: Exposed: The Ashley Madison Hack; Making Sense of Social Housing; Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes – review

Not enough users of the hacked infidelity website share their stories; more on the UK’s housing crisis; and a philology of funnies

The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2024

The week in audio: The Rest Is Entertainment; History for You With Douglas and Hugh and more

Dream duo Richard Osman and Marina Hyde take aim at Farage et al; history boys get a satirical ribbing; the psychology of greed; and a hard look at the Labour party, from Corbyn to Starmer

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2023

Tory party facing bid to bring High Court challenge over leadership election

Tortoise Media is pursuing legal action over a refusal to give information about Conservative members who elected Liz Truss.

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Charlotte Owen: Allies rally around Boris Johnson aide handed youngest life peer

A No 10 insider said her peerage ‘is one of the most strange and hardest to explain’

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023

Labour MP 'makes sex assault complaint about shadow minister'

A LABOUR MP has reportedly made a police complaint about a frontbench colleague, alleging he sexually assaulted her.

The National (Scotland) · May 11, 2023