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New European
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New European
Brassic Guardian can't foot awards bill any more
One notable exception is the Paul Foot Awards, named for the crusading left wing investigative reporter who died in 2004. They don't charge an entry fee, attendance at the awards night is free, and the shortlisted hacks and winner even receive a cash prize. Most journalism awards are a somewhat cynical bid to raise revenues by catering to journalists' egos. This can be lucrative: tables at the Press Awards last week started at £3,450 + VAT for the basic option. This largesse was, for most of the awards' history, thanks to the generosity of Private Eye and the Guardian. But as Eye editor Ian Hislop grizzled – twice – at the ceremony, the Guardian, 'now down to its last billion pounds', no longer feels able to financially support the awards, leaving Hislop with the bill. So when the – very worthy – winners were announced, Patrick Butler and Josh Halliday for a series on the scandal of the government prosecuting carers, it came with a slight sting in the tail. Hislop would have to hand over an envelope full of cash to two journalists… from the Guardian. So apparently aghast was he at this development that Hislop forgot to hand it over, requiring another Private Eye staffer to chase down the winners with the envelope before they left the event to make sure they got it.
NZ Herald
01-05-2025
- NZ Herald
Whangārei man on trial for 33 charges of abuse against five women
One relationship lasted just five months, another resulted in marriage and all of the women had children with him. When one relationship ended, he would enter a new one almost immediately. Four of the women alleged they were repeatedly raped while in a relationship with the man and some have reported physical abuse, including being hit, thrown or punched. Earlier in the week, the first complainant gave evidence about her 10-month relationship with the man when she was just 16 years old. She said she was allegedly held under the water by the man after he had urinated in a cup and poured it on her. The incident happened after months of abuse where he allegedly threatened to kill her, allegedly attempted to cut off her finger and allegedly said he was going to make her a virgin by cutting her with a knife. All of the women told the police the man allegedly demanded sex daily and was persistent to ensure the women submitted. On Thursday, the third complainant gave evidence. She said she had met the man on the Tongariro Crossing and they fell into a whirlwind romance that was great for about three weeks. In the two years they were together, they married and went on to have two children. 'I loved that man and I ignored all of the things he did to me out of love for him at the time,' she told the court. The Crown alleges the man regularly demanded sex from her and when she was five weeks post-partum told her, 'I need it, I want it and you should be ready by now.' With the defendant's family allegedly just outside the bedroom, the woman felt powerless to refuse and was reduced to tears from the pain during the act. 'I was exhausted from his constant demands. 'I had to play a role where he wanted specific things. If I didn't do what he requested, it just made it last longer,' she told the court. The woman said he had an obsession with oral sex, which often led to punishment. 'When he got sick of doing one act, he would do another,' she said. The Crown alleges that on one occasion she woke to him ejaculating on her face. Defence lawyer Martin Hislop put it to the woman the incident never happened. She said although her memory was patchy, the event occurred. 'The incident happened, you don't forget that. 'I remember him being over me and looking up at him and being horrified ... that's my memory.' The woman told the court about an alleged incident when she came home and found her husband with chicken wire around his neck. 'I felt like it was something to further traumatise me,' she said. 'In that moment he was the victim, he wanted to alarm me.' Hislop presented as evidence a Facebook post the complainant had made. It warned women 'do not date this man', saying he was psychologically abusive, has seven children to five women and is not financially responsible. Hislop put it to the woman that she was trying to start a campaign against the man with the 'ex-wives club' because he went from one woman to another. 'Why would I want any other woman to deal with his abuse? If I could save one woman through my story, then why not. 'I couldn't live with myself knowing I could have made a difference in his next victim's life and I stood by and did nothing.' The woman told the court she was never physically hit by the man but at the time she did not understand what consent was. 'I ignored a lot of things that happened. I learnt a lot of things in that relationship wasn't normal.' The judge-alone trial continues before Justice Rebecca Edwards.
Spectator
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
How ‘satirists' like Ian Hislop failed the gender test
Ian Hislop has found someone to blame for Have I Got News For You's failure to tackle the Supreme Court's gender ruling: the programme's editors. After the BBC show ignored the big story of the month on its Easter edition, Hislop launched into a rant on the latest episode – insisting that he had spoken about the subject: 'A lot of people said Have I Got News For You was pathetic, because last week nobody answered this question (on the gender ruling). It was asked, actually. And I answered it at some length. I gave my views about John Stuart Mill's clash of different rights and competitive demands on a legal system. And I talked for some time about what I thought was a very rational solution of the two parliamentary acts which the Supreme Court had been asked, and they cut it out.' So Hislop's defence is that his answer was cut because it was monumentally boring.
Glasgow Times
24-04-2025
- Glasgow Times
OAP, 80, kept tabs on 27-year-old woman in Glasgow
Dennis Hislop, 80, spent time behind bars after he kept tabs on the then 27-year-old in Glasgow's Parkhead and Dalmarnock. Hislop tailed her several times a day as she walked her dog. READ NEXT: Three jailed after 'large cannabis farm' found in Greenock READ NEXT: Manhunt after killer with links to Glasgow escapes prison The retired metal worker told police that he hid in bushes with binoculars looking in the direction of her house. Hislop also concealed himself in bushes at Celtic Park to leer at her and fled after being pointed out to the police. Hislop was convicted of stalking between February 2020 and June 2022 at Glasgow Sheriff Court. Hislop was released from prison after trial and put on a tag for 12 months and ordered to stay 200 metres from the woman and not to enter her street. However, Hislop was back in the dock for breaching his non-harassment order (NHO) against the woman. He was also convicted of a further charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner against a teenage girl and a man. Jurors heard Hislop first flouted the NHO and a court undertaking in September 2023. Prosecutor Danielle McGuinness put to Hislop: "Why did she see you a couple of months after the NHO was put in place in bushes at the bottom of her street?" He replied: "She has an iPhone. I pass her regularly walking her dog in my car - she watches me go up to Bridgeton where I stay. "Why did she not take a picture if she saw me there?" The trial earlier heard from an 18-year-old girl who also came across Hislop in the area in 2023. She first became aware of him amid claims he put a note on her mum's windscreen at the Emirates Arena when she came to pick up her daughter. The girl stated: "The note said she was a paedo and that I felt unsafe around my mum and that I came to him and told him this." An allegation that he put a note on the car was found not proven by the jury. The girl denied ever speaking to Hislop and claimed that he was a stranger to her. She also recalled times Hislop confronted her and her boyfriend in the streets around Parkhead. The girl stated that Hislop told them that he was "quite famous" with "young boys" in the area as he managed to get them a signed Rangers football. His previous trial heard Hislop claimed he had a contact at Rangers who got him a signed ball from ex-player Ryan Kent for a boy he knew. The girl stated that Hislop would "watch us" walk up a street in Parkhead while he was pulled up in his car. The witness recalled a time when she saw Hislop knelt down in bushes near the Emirates Arena. She said: "He got caught up in twigs...I was quite shocked. I honestly didn't think he was waiting on me and I think he was shocked that someone had noticed him." The girl stated in another encounter that Hislop told her boyfriend that she was "not to be scared" of him. She added that she would see Hislop driving round the street three times a day at the time. Hislop was also convicted of repeatedly following a John Carletto in his car which included following him home. Mr Carletto told the court that Hislop "made my life a misery" and he had to sell his car because of him.
STV News
24-04-2025
- STV News
Man, 80, hid in bushes to stalk woman while she walked her dog
A pensioner convicted of stalking a woman has been jailed for 24 months after hounding her and two other people. Dennis Hislop, 80, spent time behind bars after he kept tabs on the then 27-year-old in Glasgow's Parkhead and Dalmarnock. Hislop tailed her several times a day as she walked her dog. The retired metal worker told police that he hid in bushes with binoculars looking in the direction of her house. Hislop also concealed himself in bushes at Celtic Park to leer at her and fled after being pointed out to the police. Hislop was convicted of stalking between February 2020 and June 2022 at Glasgow Sheriff Court. Hislop was released from prison after trial and put on a tag for 12 months and ordered to stay 200 metres from the woman and not to enter her street. However, Hislop was back in the dock for breaching his non-harassment order (NHO) against the woman. He was also convicted of a further charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner against a teenage girl and a man. Jurors heard Hislop first flouted the NHO and a court undertaking in September 2023. Prosecutor Danielle McGuinness put to Hislop: 'Why did she see you a couple of months after the NHO was put in place in bushes at the bottom of her street?' He replied: 'She has an iPhone. I pass her regularly walking her dog in my car – she watches me go up to Bridgeton where I stay. 'Why did she not take a picture if she saw me there?' The trial earlier heard from an 18-year-old girl who also came across Hislop in the area in 2023. She first became aware of him amid claims he put a note on her mum's windscreen at the Emirates Arena when she came to pick up her daughter. The girl stated: 'The note said she was a paedo and that I felt unsafe around my mum and that I came to him and told him this.' An allegation that he put a note on the car was found not proven by the jury. The girl denied ever speaking to Hislop and claimed that he was a stranger to her. She also recalled times Hislop confronted her and her boyfriend in the streets around Parkhead. The girl stated that Hislop told them that he was 'quite famous' with 'young boys' in the area as he managed to get a signed Rangers football. His previous trial heard Hislop claimed he had a contact at Rangers who got him a signed ball from ex-player Ryan Kent for a boy he knew. The girl stated that Hislop would 'watch us' walk up a street in Parkhead while he was pulled up in his car. The witness recalled a time when she saw Hislop knelt down in bushes near the Emirates Arena. She said: 'He got caught up in twigs…I was quite shocked. I honestly didn't think he was waiting on me and I think he was shocked that someone had noticed him.' The girl stated in another encounter that Hislop told her boyfriend that she was 'not to be scared' of him. She added that she would see Hislop driving round the street three times a day at the time. Hislop was also convicted of repeatedly following a man in his car which included following him home. The man told the court that Hislop 'made my life a misery' and he had to sell his car because of him. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
