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Axel Springer promises ‘AI-powered transformation’ as it completes Telegraph deal

Axel Springer promises ‘AI-powered transformation’ as it completes Telegraph deal

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Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. Picture: Robert Downs/INMA Axel Springer’s acquisition of The Telegraph will complete today (Tuesday 30 June), ending “three difficult years” without an owner for the UK national newspaper. The £575m deal was announced in March and has now received all the required regulatory approvals in the UK, Ireland and Austria. Axel Springer pledged to “further strengthen” The Telegraph’s commercial and subscription businesses and expand its events and premium offerings. It added that it would preserve The Telegraph’s “editorial independence and integrity” and British identity. Telegraph editor-in-chief Chris Evans said: “These are exciting times for The Telegraph. Axel Springer and we have much in common. We share the same values. We also share the same vision and the same ambition. “We believe there are many opportunities to grow The Telegraph, both in the UK and overseas. After three difficult years without owners, we look forward to stoking up the engines and setting forth on a new voyage.” Evans led a newsroom revolt earlier in the sales process when The Telegraph look set …

Tips for beating the heat, according to Telegraph readers

Tips for beating the heat, according to Telegraph readers

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Having stayed in Greece many years ago, where few apartments had air conditioning, reader John discovered an easy tip: “Buy a cheap fan and cover yourself with a wet towel. In this country, it’s hardly worth buying an expensive unit when you’ll only use it for a few days per year.” Nicolle, 33, from the South East, suggests getting “a pet-cooling mat to keep yourself cool and get your pets one too, obviously. They really do work. I also love putting my feet in cool water as it helps to regulate my temperature”. Some readers have tried their hand at building their own cooling systems. Stephen Wilkinson made his own air conditioner, “using a fan, some copper and rubber tubing, a cool box and a fountain pump”. “The pump circulates chilled water through the copper tubes which are attached to the front of the fan. Some bottles of frozen water in the cool box provide the fuel and I’ve got more bottles in the freezer, which I rotate in when the first lot have melted,” …

Travel journalist Simon Calder leaving Independent to join Telegraph

Travel journalist Simon Calder leaving Independent to join Telegraph

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Artwork for Simon Calder’s new Telegraph podcast Travel journalist Simon Calder is leaving The Independent after 32 years to join The Telegraph. Calder will become travel correspondent at The Telegraph hosting new weekly podcast The Travel Expert, producing videos for social media, and leading The Telegraph’s travel newsletter which already has almost 200,000 subscribers. He will start the new role on 1 June and the podcast promises “a combination of consumer travel advice, inspirational travel destinations, expert interviews and a discussion of world travel news”. Calder has been The Independent‘s travel correspondent since 1994 and is well known for his regular appearances explaining travel stories on TV and radio. Calder won the travel journalism prize at Press Gazette’s British Journalism Awards in 2022, with the judges praising him for being a “fantastic consumer champion”. He was also named the top travel journalist in the UK by other travel journalists in a Press Gazette survey back in 2010. Telegraph head of travel Ben Ross said: “It’s brilliant news that Simon has agreed to join Telegraph Travel …

Telegraph recorded most Editors’ Code breaches in 2025

Telegraph recorded most Editors’ Code breaches in 2025

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Telegraph front page on 23 January 2025 with splash headline: “One in 12 in London is illegal migrant” The Telegraph was the UK newsbrand with the most breaches of the Editors’ Code upheld by regulator IPSO in 2025, according to its annual report for the year. The Telegraph was found to have breached the code 12 times last year across website and print, with eleven complaints partially upheld and one fully upheld (seven on the Daily Telegraph, four on Telegraph.co.uk and one for the Sunday Telegraph). The Express was found to have breached the Editors’ Code six times last year, but had the most complaints fully upheld by IPSO at three. Last year Press Gazette found the title had 12 breaches of the Editors’ Code upheld by IPSO in 2025 (going by date of published adjudications, as opposed to IPSO’s annual report which is based on when complaints are entered into its computer system). IPSO’s data reported dailymail.co.uk (previously Mail Online), Daily Mail, The National and mirror.co.uk with two breaches each. Two fully upheld complaints …

Ex-BBC content chief loses Telegraph complaint over Gaza doc criticism

Ex-BBC content chief loses Telegraph complaint over Gaza doc criticism

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Charlotte Moore, pictured giving a speech on 5 March 2025. Picture: David Parry Media Assignments/PA Wire The BBC’s former chief content officer has had a complaint against The Telegraph rejected by IPSO over an article linking her OBE to a Gaza documentary that broke broadcasting rules. Charlotte Moore complained that a Telegraph article headlined: “BBC boss handed OBE despite being blamed for discredited Gaza film” was inaccurate. The piece, published on 30 December 2025, reported that she “bore much of the blame for the Gaza documentary” in reference to the corporation’s film that broke broadcasting rules. The documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone was pulled from iPlayer in 2025 after it emerged that its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official in Gaza. The BBC was found to be in “serious breach” of Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code. The article appeared in print and online with the subheading: “Charlotte Moore’s award among several in Honours List that could be accused of rewarding failure”. It added that a group of 45 prominent Jewish journalists and …

How we test products at Telegraph Recommended

How we test products at Telegraph Recommended

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5 Stars | The Gold Standard This product is the ‘best-in-class’ for its category, with virtually no compromises. 4.5 Stars | Exceptional A very high-performing product, with only small niggles. 4 Stars | Great A high-performing product, with slightly more compromises than the above. 3.5 Stars | Good A reliable product, with flaws in some areas, but still a contender if it aligns with specific needs. 3 Stars | Average A functional product but with notable flaws. Under 2.5 Stars | Not Recommended A product whose flaws outweigh its benefits The Telegraph Recommended Badges Source link

Introducing the Telegraph Recommended Community

Introducing the Telegraph Recommended Community

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I’m Zoe Galloway, Head of Telegraph Recommended. In the past few years, we’ve published well over 800 reviews on everything from mattresses to walking boots. These products have been rigorously tested by our experts, including osteopaths, chefs, professional gardeners and personal trainers, as well as by our skilled in-house team. I’ve loved seeing you, our readers, comment on these articles and share your thoughts ‘below the line’. Now, I’m delighted to say that we have launched the Recommended Community. When you join, you’ll be able to share your views on products you rate (and those you don’t), engage with other readers, pose questions to our experts and editors, start your own discussion threads, and take part in a variety of surveys and polls. Telegraph subscribers can also volunteer to test the latest products, either at home or at The Telegraph’s offices. Watch the video below to see a recent testing day, where subscribers trialled cordless vacuum cleaners alongside the Recommended team, as well as Associate Editor and Daily T presenter Camilla Tominey. Source link

Lynsey Crombie answers Telegraph Recommended reader questions

Lynsey Crombie answers Telegraph Recommended reader questions

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What are the best eco swaps you can make at home? Bishan, West Midlands I’m a massive fan of using what’s already in your cleaning cupboards at home, rather than always running to the supermarket to buy the latest cleaning product. A juicy lemon and a bit of bicarbonate of soda makes a fabulous scrubber for the oven, for stainless steel and some of those really grimy jobs. White vinegar is absolutely amazing at banishing hard water marks and limescale. Soda crystals, which you may already have in your laundry cupboard, are a really good degreaser. What are your top daily cleaning habits that people can stick to without feeling burnt out? Elliot, London Always air and make your bed every day. If you make your bed, it literally transforms your bedroom and it sets you up for the day. Never go to work with a pile of dirty dishes in your sink. Nobody wants to walk home from work exhausted at 5pm to a pile of breakfast dishes. And always run the vacuum around …

Axel Springer given UK govt approval for Telegraph takeover

Axel Springer given UK govt approval for Telegraph takeover

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Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. Picture: Robert Downs/INMA Axel Springer’s planned £575m takeover of Telegraph Media Group has been approved by the UK Government. It is still awaiting regulatory approval in Ireland and Austria (due to there being a lower threshold for competition concerns in those countries although there is no expectation of any impact there). The publisher said it expects the deal to completed by the end of June. Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner said: “We are pleased to have received UK government approval to proceed with this acquisition. “After a long period of uncertainty, we can confirm that we will invest significantly in The Telegraph’s editorial excellence and international growth.” Axel Springer added that The Telegraph will keep “its distinct editorial voice and British identity”. Axel Springer owns Politico and Business Insider, which both have journalists in the UK, as well as German newspapers Bild and Die Welt. The Telegraph reported that the news was “greeted with relief” in its newsroom after almost three years of being in ownership limbo or, as …