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circus circus Although ( ) is a high quality miner, with analysts forecasting prices to remain low for some time to come, it may not be the best time to invest. So, if you are looking for exposure to the mining sector, it may be best to look beyond lithium and at other sides of the market. But where? Well, Goldman Sachs thinks that mineral sands and rare earths company ( ) could be a great option. Especially after the ASX 200 mining stock crashed deep into the red on Friday, which it believes means there's now some potentially very big returns on offer over the next 12 months. Time to buy this ASX 200 mining stock Iluka's shares were sold off last week following a on its rare earths ambitions. However, Goldman thinks this news should have been greeted very differently and described it as a "significant positive milestone." It said: Iluka has announced that the Australian Government has approved an additional A$400mn of funding for the A$1.7-1.8bn 3-4ktpa (NdPr) Eneabba Rare Earth (RE) refinery in Western Australia. ILU will contribute an additional A$215mn. The refinery is now fully funded, construction will commence in 1Q25, and first RE production is expected in 1H27 (GSe 3Q27) with wet commissioning to commence in 2H26. The additional government funding and construction start is a significant positive milestone for ILU in our view for what will be a strategic and highly valuable Western World critical mineral asset and only the 5th RE refinery outside of China. In light of this, the broker has held firm with its buy rating and $7.70 price target on the ASX 200 mining stock. Based on the current Iluka share price of $4.93, this implies potential upside of 56% for investors over the next 12 months. In addition, a 6.8% dividend yield is expected in FY 2025, boosting the total potential return beyond 60%. Why is it bullish? Goldman named a couple of reasons why it is bullish on the ASX 200 mining stock. It said: Attractive valuation: trading at ~0.5x NAV (~A$9.34/sh) and pricing in almost no value to the rare earth refinery and Wimmera rare earth project. Compelling Mineral Sands FCF and Rare Earth growth potential: ILU is trading on a FCF yield of ~13% in 25/26 without the RE refinery capex. At the current share price, we think it makes sense for ILU to announce a share buyback with FCF from mineral sands. We are positive on ILU's project pipeline and forecast >20% production growth in mineral sands volumes, ~18ktpa of Rare Earths (~4ktpa of high value NdPr) over the next 5yrs. We think ILU's Eneabba RE refinery is a strategic asset considering it will be only the fifth Western World RE refinery.Former Portugal, Manchester United and Melbourne Victory winger Nani has announced his retirement at the age of 38. Nani joined United in 2007 and went on to make 230 appearances for the English Premier League club, scoring 41 goals. He won the Champions League in his first season and went on to win four EPL titles and two League Cups in eight seasons. Nani later played 10 games for A-League Men side Melbourne Victory in the 2022-23 season. "The time has come to say goodbye, I have decided to finish my career as a professional player," Nani wrote on social media. "It's been an amazing ride and I wanted to thank every single person who has helped me and supported me through the highs and lows during a career which lasted over 20 years and gave me so many unforgettable memories. Time to turn a new leaf and focus on new goals and dreams. See you soon!" Nani, who has been playing in the Portuguese top flight this season for his hometown club Estrela Amadora, played his last game against his former club Sporting last month. He also played for Valencia, Lazio, Orlando City, Venezia and Adana Demirspor. Nani scored 24 goals in 112 caps for Portugal, winning the European Championship in 2016.EXCLUSIVE Woe de parfum! Harrods perfume seller accuses rival of hurling card reader at her in squabble By JAMES TOZER and MARY O CONNOR Published: 22:02, 8 December 2024 | Updated: 22:48, 8 December 2024 e-mail View comments Harrods bills its marble-lined, sixth floor 'salon de perfums' – famed for selling the most exclusive scents – as a 'secluded scented nirvana' aimed at the most discerning customer. But when it came to staff selling the 'hand-selected brands', things were not as fragrant, it has been alleged. Tempers flared between staff at rival concessions at the West End department store, according to a tribunal claim. Natalia Pytel, who was employed by Luxe Associates, alleged that a worker at competitor brand Edeniste made 'spiteful' comments about the products she was selling from an adjacent desk. Their dispute culminated when the employee – referred to only as Evie – was said to have thrown a card reader machine at Ms Pytel. Ms Pytel complained both to Luxe Associates and Harrods – but CCTV footage was said to have shown 'nothing untoward'. She was then sacked by Luxe Associates after being accused of being rude to a customer. Ms Pytel, who is Polish, brought an employment tribunal case against Harrods. She alleged unfair dismissal, detriment for making a whistleblowing public interest disclosure, and harassment under the Equality Act. Natalia Pytel (pictured) who was employed by Luxe Associates, alleged that a worker at competitor brand Edeniste made 'spiteful' comments about the products she was selling from an adjacent desk Their dispute culminated when the employee – referred to only as Evie – was said to have thrown a card reader machine at Ms Pytel who is pictured here Ms Pytel, who is Polish, brought an employment tribunal case against Harrods. She alleged unfair dismissal, detriment for making a whistleblowing public interest disclosure, and harassment under the Equality Act But at a preliminary hearing in London the case was struck out because a judge said her complaints had no reasonable prospect of success. Ms Pytel accepted that Harrods hadn't employed her, and she only had five months service with Luxe Associates– the minimum service for making an unfair dismissal claim is currently two years. In a statement in support of her claim, Ms Pytel – who began work at the concession in February last year - said: 'I struggled to work with one of the girls from a neighbour brand. 'Every day she was making spiteful comments about my brands and was aggressively behaving towards me.'On June 13 she threw a PDQ card reader machine at me. 'I felt unsafe working around her so I decided I would ask for help.' After Ms Pytel spoke out, counter-claims were made against her, according to tribunal documents.She was sacked on July 24 last year. In her claim, Ms Pytel said a manager subsequently informed her that 'I did not fit into perfumery and was rude to a customer, therefore he decided to terminate my contract'. She claimed that she asked a colleague to assist, but the colleague was 'extremely rude' to the customer and refused to process the refund he initially requested. Ms Pytel complained both to Luxe Associates and Harrods – but CCTV footage was said to have shown 'nothing untoward' (Stock image of Harrods) Ms Pytel – who represented herself - also alleged that she experienced 'harassment and bullying' by two shop floor managers. However Employment Judge Jonathan Gidney threw out all her claims, pointing out that she was never directly employed by Harrods. Her job was with the Luxe Associates concession, he stressed – but having only worked there for just over five months, she wasn't entitled to claim unfair dismissal. Ms Pytel's detriment claim also fell as she had not specified what disclosure she claimed to have made in the public interest. Finally her harassment claim was invalid as she did not specify any 'protected characteristic' – for example race, sex or religion – which allegedly led to her being singled out. 'There is, simply put, no reasonable prospect of [Ms Pytel] establishing her complaints against [Harrods], and accordingly, I strike [Ms Pytel's] claims out,' he concluded. Harrods and Luxe Associates were approached for comment. According to her social media profile, Ms Pytel now sells make-up at a different West End department store. Under Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's controversial overhaul of workers' rights, employees will be able to launch unfair dismissal claim from their first day in a job. However companies would be able to keep new recruits on probation for up to nine months after business groups claimed the move would disincentive hiring. London Share or comment on this article: Woe de parfum! Harrods perfume seller accuses rival of hurling card reader at her in squabble e-mail Add comment

Fatigued drivers are one of the most common hazards on the road, but sleepy-heads on commercial wheels are to get AI-assisted safety prompts courtesy of biometric-tracking technology. The tech companies are targeting vehicle fleet operators and in particular long-haul trucking firms, reports , since such drivers usually drive the farthest distances and lengthiest times. While automakers have employed camera-based systems to monitor biometrics, such as drivers’ eye movements, posture, breathing and hand placement, for inattentiveness, companies are now using machine learning to detect signs of drowsiness. Driver monitoring tech developed by , , and (all California-based) deliver real-time audio alerts to a drowsy driver, prompting them to take a break to help avoid fatigue-related accidents. Motive’s AI monitors yawning and head movements; Nauto’s tech tracks yawning, blink duration and changes in the driver’s body posture; while Samsara’s system tracks drowsiness symptoms such as excessive eye closure, head nodding, eye-rubbing, slouching, and yawning. In order to develop such a system, Samsara had to train its AI on billions of minutes of video footage to come up with a model aligned with the clinical definition of drowsiness (the Karolinska Sleep Score). All the drowsiness-detection-tech companies have configured their systems so that fleet managers are directly contacted if a driver continues to operate the vehicle after they’ve been alerted of their drowsy condition. While Samsara says it is not seeking mass adoption of its technology in consumer vehicles, auto manufacturers such as Ford, Honda, Toyota and Daimler-Benz have incorporated similar alert signals for drowsy drivers to take a break. But as vehicles with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) become more common, drowsiness-detection systems might turn into a feature of semi-autonomous vehicles as drivers could engage in risky behavior. In other biometrics-related auto news, professor and senior researcher in biometrics security and privacy Sébastian Marcel announced a new “iCarB” data set. The in-car biometric data set, which are actually three subsets, contains face videos, fingerprint images and voice samples for driver recognition collected by the Biometrics Security and Privacy Group at . The data set features demographic diversity as there is a fifty-fifty gender split, skin colors across the entire Fitzpatrick-scale spectrum, and ages ranging from 18 to 60-plus among the 200 data subjects. According to Marcel, the iCarB datasets can be used to evaluate and benchmark face, fingerprint and voice recognition systems; create multimodal pseudo-identities and to train and test multimodal fusion algorithms; create Presentation Attacks from the biometric data and to evaluate Presentation Attack Detection algorithms; investigate demographic and environmental biases in biometric systems, using the provided metadata. The paper “in-Car Biometrics (iCarB) Datasets for Driver Recognition: Face, Fingerprint, and Voice” can be found . The links to the subsets for face, fingerprint, and voice, respectively, can be found via Sébastian Marcel’s LinkedIn announcement . | | | | |Florida State pounds Charleston Southern for second victory of season

A poor start to Erik ten Hag’s third season in charge last month led the Red Devils to turn to the 39-year-old. Ruben Amorim says Manchester United are a massive club but not a massive team as he continues to try and turn around a group that need to “run like mad dogs” if they are to become winners. A poor start to Erik ten Hag’s third season in charge last month led the Red Devils to turn to the 39-year-old, who immediately lifted the mood after swapping Sporting for Old Trafford. Amorim followed a draw at Ipswich in his opening match with entertaining wins against Bodo/Glimt and Everton, yet he repeatedly attempted to manage expectations. The Portuguese said United would “suffer for a long period” and then warned a “storm will come” ahead of Wednesday’s 2-0 loss at Arsenal – a reality check before hosting Nottingham Forest on Saturday. “I think that is very clear,” Amorim said of the scale of the job. “We are a massive club, but we are not a massive team, and we know it. It’s no problem to say it. “So, we want to improve, we are in a different moment from Arsenal, but you could feel it during the game. “I think we have to believe more because we were not dominant in the game, but we had control in the game. “Not so many chances for Arsenal – of course a lot of set pieces – but we were OK, especially in the first half. We had some good things in that moment, but you could feel that there’s so much to do. “We need to be better in the final third, we have to create more danger, they have to feel it. “I felt that Arsenal had problems to block our build up but then when they were defending the goal it was quite comfortable for them, so we are learning these things and trying to improve in two days.” United’s problems mean they enter the weekend 13th in the Premier League standings – quite the sight for fans of a club who have won an English record 20 league titles. Asked if perceptions around the club need to change, Amorim said: “That will not change because this club has glories in the past. “Our players have to understand that this is a very difficult position, so we are not (one of) the best teams in the league, and we have to say that and to think that clearly. “But our past, our club is maybe the best one in the league, so we have here a problem, but we have to focus on the little things, the little details. “If you think in everything, it will be a problem. Let’s focus on the small details and then we will improve it as a team.” Amorim has had precious little time to work on such details having started during an international break followed by a relentless winter schedule. Saturday’s home game against Forest is United’s third of nine matches in December and came with a demand for effort on top of technical quality. “It’s impossible to win the Premier League without a team like that – that every moment runs back, runs forward,” Amorim said. “It is impossible to win. If you want to win, we have to do it. “Even with the best starting XI in the planet without running they will not win nothing, so that is very clear. “If we want to win the Premier League, we have to run like mad dogs. If not, we are not going to win.” Interestingly, Amorim’s comments come six years after compatriot Jose Mourinho spoke about United’s lack of “mad dogs” following a December draw at Southampton. “It doesn’t matter about the system,” the former United manager said. “It has to do with the characteristics of the players and we don’t have many, with all the respect, mad dogs – the ones who bite the ball all the time and press all the time. We don’t have many with that spirit.” Amorim will hope not to be feeling similar after facing Forest, having previously said he needs to improve the “physical aspect of the team”. “The problem to be fit enough is if they can cope with that,” United’s head coach said. “If they are used to do that in training, they will do that in games. “So, they are professional athletes, they can improve this. You cannot be faster, but you can run more with training. We are in that path.”None

Florida State pounds Charleston Southern for second victory of seasonLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville has approved a five-year contract extension through June 2030 for athletic director Josh Heird, whose 2 1/2-year tenure has included the hirings of two men’s basketball coaches and football coach Jeff Brohm. The university’s Board of Trustees on Thursday authorized President Kim Schatzel to execute the deal, three days after the University of Louisville Athletic Association board approved the agreement. Heird was named interim AD in December 2021 before being elevated to the full-time job the following June. Schatzel said in a release that the extension signals the school’s faith in Heird and added, “He is the right person and right leader” to take the athletic program forward to a bright future. Several significant personnel moves marked Heird’s initial tenure. He fired basketball coach Chris Mack in January 2022 and subsequently hired former Cardinals player Kenny Payne two months later. Heird fired Payne last March after two historically bad seasons and replaced him with Pat Kelsey on March 28. Heird also hired ex-Louisville quarterback and assistant Brohm in December 2022. The Cardinals won 10 games to reach the ACC championship game for the first time last season and are headed for a second consecutive postseason under the Louisville native with a berth in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 in El Paso, Texas. Heird has also extended contracts for women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz, volleyball coach Dani Busboom-Kelly and baseball coach Dan McDonnell. The AD’s other achievements include a $41 million naming rights deal for the Cardinal Stadium football field along with a $4 million club renovation. He also secured a $1 million donation to enhance Louisville's Jim Patterson Stadium baseball field. Heird also serves on the NCAA women’s basketball selection committee. AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

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Benchmark Reaffirms “Buy” Rating for Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ:BTDR)DK Metcalf is happy to block as Seahawks ride streak into Sunday night matchup with PackersCollege football's conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field . They weren't totally unfounded or 100% borne out. The Big Ten, not the Southeastern Conference , was the biggest winner Sunday. The ACC scored, too. The Big Ten led the initial 12-team playoff field with four programs making the cut, topped by a No. 1 Oregon (13-0) team that was part of the Pac-12 exodus. “It's a great league,” Ducks coach Dan Lanning said. "That was part of the allure of us getting to join this league. I think we've obviously only enhanced the league, but it's got a storied tradition and it's one we're really excited to be a part of. “We've been in some tough battles this year because of the good teams that we've gotten to play.” Then came the SEC — and one notable omission. ACC runner-up SMU got the nod over college football blue-blood Alabama, another blemish in Kalen DeBoer's first season as Nick Saban's championship-or-bust successor. Another ego blow: The Mustangs are led by Rhett Lashlee, a former offensive coordinator at rival Auburn. The Big Ten also got in No. 6 seed Penn State (11-2), No. 8 seed Ohio State (10-2) and No. 10 seed Indiana (11-1). The SEC represented well too: No. 2 seed Georgia (11-2), No. 5 seed Texas (11-2) and No. 9 seed Tennessee (10-2). But the ACC proved it wasn't a one-bid league. Clemson (10-3) — the final No. 12 seed with an overall No. 16 CFP ranking — earned the ACC's automatic bid with a 34-31 win in the title game over No. 11 seed SMU (11-2), which was close enough to impress the playoff committee and help the Mustangs edge out the Crimson Tide. SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey had cited the league’s strength of schedule and 8-3 record over the ACC — including wins by Georgia and South Carolina over Clemson — in lobbying efforts. “This is the strongest league in college football, and it needs to be respected for that,” Sankey told ESPN on Saturday. The odd man out among Power Four leagues: The Big 12, which unsurprisingly only advanced its champion, Arizona State (11-2) — ranked No. 12 overall by the CFP but awarded the No. 4 seed as the league title winner after beating Iowa State 45-19. The Sun Devils, who will play the Texas-Clemson winner, get a week off to savor their success after getting picked to finish last in the 16-team league in the preseason media poll. “Everybody’s telling them how good they are when they go home this week,” Arizona State coach Kenny Dillingham said. “Hopefully, they can get that flushed out of their minds when we come back on Sunday and realize that we’re still by far the worst team in this playoff, according to what everybody believes. We still have a chip on our shoulders.” The SEC was left with Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi on the wrong side of the bubble with three losses apiece. Alabama was actually ranked 11th, Ole Miss 14th and South Carolina 15th. The Tide will end DeBoer's first season and the year in Tampa, Florida, against defending national champion Michigan on New Year's Eve. Mountain West Conference champion Boise State (12-1) got a No. 3 seed and first-round bye. No. 7 seed Notre Dame (11-1), an independent, had no chance to grab a bye despite a No. 5 final CFP ranking. The Fighting Irish at least get to host a first-round game against the in-state Hoosiers. Like Arizona State, Indiana was a preseason long shot to make the playoffs. “We were picked 17th out of 18 teams in the Big Ten,” Hoosiers coach Curt Cignetti said. “Our odds of winning the next four games are probably significantly higher than they were of making the college football playoffs in the first place. So we’ve climbed that mountain.” ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

Channel 4 News was named News Provider of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2024 for its eyewitness journalism from Gaza, coverage of the Post Office scandal and undercover reporting during the UK general election The British Journalism Awards judges said Channel 4 News had “led the way providing public interest journalism which raises the reputation of our whole industry”. Meanwhile, a Sunday Times staffer was Journalist of the Year winner for the second year in a row: Caroline Wheeler received the title for her work on the infected blood scandal, following in the footsteps of colleague Gabriel Pogrund in 2023. Judges said Wheeler was recognised for her work both over the previous year and over the course of a 23-year crusade in which she was instrumental in bringing about the public inquiry that began in 2017. Wheeler also won the Politics Journalism category for, the judges said, being “outstanding work which is the definition of public interest journalism”. The Sun won two of the most prestigious categories – Investigation of the Year and Scoop of the Year – for its work investigating the BBC and its most high-profile newsreader Huw Edwards. The awards were presented at a gala dinner hosted by BBC and Channel 5 presenter Jeremy Vine at the London Hilton Bankside on Thursday night. Other highlights included the posthumous recognition in the Public Service category for David Knowles, who spearheaded The Telegraph’s flagship Ukraine: The Latest podcast before his sudden death aged 32 in September. And two journalists reporting from inside Gaza for Channel 4 News and BBC Eye Investigations – Yousef Hammash and Feras Al Ajrami – jointly received the Marie Colvin Award given to outstanding up-and-coming journalists of the calibre of the Sunday Times correspondent who was killed in Syria in 2012. The 13th annual British Journalism Awards continued to celebrate journalism that showed skill and rigour, was revelatory and served the public interest. The 26 winners were whittled down from more than 750 entries and 170 finalists by an independent panel of 80 judges. The BBC was a big winner of the night across four categories through its different strands. Laura Kuenssberg was named Interviewer of the Year for interviews with Baroness Mone and Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her Sunday morning programme, a team from Radio 4 won the Crime & Legal Affairs Journalism category for their work tracking down a wanted people smuggler, and a Panorama team won Social Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion Journalism for revealing allegations of exploitation and abuse at fashion brand Abercrombie and Fitch. The BBC was also highly commended in four categories. Also recognised in four categories were The Times and Sunday Times: as well as Wheeler’s two prizes, Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace won in Arts & Entertainment Journalism for their investigation into allegations against Russell Brand and Oliver Marsden won New Journalist of the Year for work from Israel and Lebanon for The Sunday Times and Al Jazeera. The publisher was further highly commended in three categories. The Economist was close behind with three wins: Duncan Robinson won the Comment Journalism category, while from its 1843 magazine Thomas Dworzak won Photojournalism and Amanda Chicago Lewis won Technology Journalism. The Sun was rewarded in two categories (Scoop and Investigation of the Year) for its work revealing allegations and then charges against Huw Edwards. The judges said: “Unmasking such a powerful figure and exposing not only how they abused their position but but how the BBC had failed to act was a huge act of public interest. This story required not just old-fashioned investigative techniques but sensitivity and judgement in how to handle and present the investigation.” Also winning two categories each were The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Guardian (which did not have any representation on the awards night due to the ongoing strike against the sale of The Observer to Tortoise). Nominated Guardian journalists shared a statement read out on the night which said: “We are so disappointed that we can’t be here with you tonight, but want to thank Press Gazette and the judges for shortlisting us and also pay tribute to our fellow nominees for their impressive work. From the picket lines, have a great night.” In his opening comments, Press Gazette editor-in-chief and chairman of the judges Dominic Ponsford said: “Artificial intelligence can do a lot, but it can’t go undercover in a prison, care home or school. It can’t be the eyes of the world, risking everything to report from war zones. And it can’t make the call to face down legal threats, despite the high costs, and decide to publish and be damned as so many of you have done over the last year. “Amid a sea of online content which can be filled with ‘made for advertising’ sewage, the work on display tonight reminds us all that real journalism is special, it does matter and it can make a difference. It is worth fighting for and protecting from the parasitical US tech giants who have been allowed to dominate and monopolise so much of our media and culture.” The awards were supported by headline sponsor Starling Bank along with Amazon and RenewableUK. The event supported charity partner the Journalists’ Charity, which is devoted to assisting members of the profession who fall on hard times. If you can, please help a colleague by making a donation via this link . WINNER: Josephine Moulds — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism The judges said: “Well written, detailed and revelatory. Three massive stories which had an impact and got results.” Highly commended: Guy Grandjean, Patrick Fee, Gwyneth Jones and Chris Thornton — BBC Spotlight Northern Ireland Highly commended: Sam McBride — Belfast Telegraph The judges said the highly commended finalists “both exposed really shocking levels of pollution in Britain’s largest freshwater lake and got results”. WINNER: Rebecca Thomas — The Independent The judges said the winner’s work provided “three significant examples of dogged journalism which had a huge impact”. WINNER: Gill Plimmer and Robert Smith — Financial Times The judges said the FT “played to two of its journalists’ strengths here – notably its coverage of infrastructure and the debt markets – to bring the crisis at Thames Water to front pages across the country”. Highly commended: Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson — The Guardian The judges said: “This was an impressive, good old-fashioned off-diary scoop of the best variety, clearly written against a wall of intransigence.” WINNER: Sue Mitchell, Rob Lawrie, Joel Moors, Winifred Robinson, Dan Clarke, Philip Sellars, Tom Brignell and Mom Tudie — BBC Radio 4 The judges said: “Gripping, brave, brilliant tradecraft and a huge public interest operation achieving what the police couldn’t.” WINNER: Duncan Robinson — The Economist The judges said Robinson was “absolutely on the money on freebies long before the rest of the media, particularly Keir Starmer’s declarations. He exemplifies the fine art of balanced commentary.” WINNER: Simon Lock, Rob Davies and Jacob Steinberg — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism / The Guardian The judges said: “This was superb work which tenaciously pursued a story others seemed happy to forget, exposing the less salubrious machinations behind the lucrative world of football.” WINNER: Tom Pettifor, Matthew Young and Daniel Dove — Daily Mirror The judges said: “This was a compelling video report which revealed persuasive new evidence on one of the UK’s most high-profile unsolved murders, 25 years on.” Highly commended: Mohamed Ibrahim, Owen Pinnell, Mouna Ba, Wael El-Saadi and Feras Al Ajrami — BBC Eye Investigations The judges said: “A deeply compelling watch that captured brilliantly the plight of people in Gaza.” Highly commended: Reem Makhoul, Robert Leslie, Clancy Morgan, Amelia Kosciulek, Matilda Hay, Liz Kraker, Dorian Barranco, Barbara Corbellini Duarte, Erica Berenstein and Yasser Abu Wazna — Business Insider The judges said: “A highly polished and beautifully visualised piece of research about the effects of the war in Gaza.” WINNER: Emily Townsend — Health Service Journal The judges said: “A great range of stories tackling tough subjects, all well researched and genuinely impactful.” WINNER: Thomas Dworzak — 1843 magazine, The Economist The judges said: “A sensitive and deeply moving set of photos which reveal an untold story and provide a visual record of the human toll of geopolitical conflict.” WINNER: Harry Lewis-Irlam, Stephen Matthews, Darren Boyle and Rhodri Morgan — Mail Online: Deep Dive The judges said: “A clever way of conveying complex information without overwhelming the audience. A genuinely innovative new story format.” Highly commended: Alison Killing, Chris Miller, Peter Andringa, Chris Campbell, Sam Learner and Sam Joiner — Financial Times The judges said this entry displayed an “innovative use of AI on an extremely important public interest story”. Highly commended: David Dubas-Fisher, Cullen Willis, Paul Gallagher and Richard Ault — Reach Data Unit The judges said this was “data journalism that makes excellent use of public data to provide useful information in an accessible format”. WINNER: Amanda Chicago Lewis — 1843 magazine, The Economist The judges said: “This was a gripping story which shed new light on one of the biggest problems in the world of technology and how companies respond when they are under ransomware attack.” WINNER: Sirin Kale — The Guardian The judges said: “Sirin’s work is a masterclass in how to blend beautiful writing with meticulous research to ensure she delivers an absolute must-read piece of journalism.” Highly commended: Fiona Hamilton — The Times The judges said: “A journalistic class act who showcases how to bring unique angles to tragedies which had received global scrutiny.” Highly commended: Inderdeep Bains — Daily Mail The judges said: “Inderdeep’s determination to give a voice to a vulnerable young person who literally could not speak for herself resulted in real-world discussion around policy change. A heartbreaking story told with compassion and vigour.” WINNER: Feras Al Ajrami — BBC Eye Investigations WINNER: Yousef Hammash — Channel 4 News The judges said: “Whilst the world’s media has been banned from entering Gaza, these reporters were among those who have ensured that victims of the conflict still have a voice. It is a conflict zone which has become the most deadly in history for the media, with 137 journalists and media workers killed in just over a year. “They’ve both captured the voice from the ground, shown tremendous courage in appalling circumstances and produced vivid, memorable stories. Whilst one chronicled the work of emergency crews working in Gaza during the first weeks of the conflict, the other winner covered the bombardment of Gaza even as his home was destroyed and he had to flee south with his family.” WINNER: Oliver Marsden — The Sunday Times/Al Jazeera The judges said: “This journalist has demonstrated huge courage reporting from dangerous areas. Vivid and compelling reporting.” WINNER: Sam McBride — Belfast Telegraph The judges said: “Sam is a proper journalistic pain in the arse for those in power. Strong, compelling stories, meticulously researched and told with flair and authority.” Highly commended: Abi Whistance, Joshi Herrmann, Kate Knowles, Mollie Simpson and Jothi Gupta — Mill Media The judges said this was “brilliant forensic reporting drawing threads together from three cities to create a powerful expose of exploitation and corruption”. Highly commended: Richard Newman, Jennifer O’Leary, Gwyneth Jones and Chris Thornton — BBC Spotlight The judges said: “Absolutely compelling documentary making which exposed the police incompetence that allowed a killer to be at his dying victim’s bedside.” WINNER: Rianna Croxford, Ruth Evans, Cate Brown, Ed McGown, Tom Stone, Ed Campbell and Karen Wightman — BBC Panorama The judges said: “This three-year investigation made global headlines after it revealed sexual abuse and exploitation at the top of a major fashion brand. Brave journalism which gave male victims a voice in the #metoo movement and has had a huge impact.” Highly commended: Abi Kay — Farmers Weekly The judges said this was “journalism which exposed uncomfortable truths at the heart of the community this publication serves”. Highly commended: Joshua Nelken-Zitser, Ida Reihani and Kit Gillet — Business Insider The judges said this was a “wide-ranging investigation into a largely untold story in one of the most secretive parts of the world”. WINNER: Laura Kuenssberg — Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News The judges said: “Laura is forensic, politely determined and never lets her subject off the hook.” Highly commended: Christina Lamb — The Sunday Times The judges said: “An excellent spread of work. Intelligence and brilliant on detail.” Highly commended: Nick Ferrari — LBC Ferrari was praised for: “Consistently making headlines thanks to his quick thinking and superb journalism instincts.” The judges also congratulated him for marking 20 years presenting LBC’s breakfast show, the longest stint of any UK commercial radio breakfast presenter. WINNER: Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace — The Times and The Sunday Times The judges said: “This was undoubtedly one of the scoops of the year in the entertainment industry. Journalism which overcame a culture of silence and intimidation.” WINNER: Vanessa Bowles and Jaber Badwan — Channel 4 Dispatches The judges said: “This was the most startling and compelling of many entries from the Israel/Gaza conflict, exposing the true cost of war. It was impossible not to be moved by the children’s stories of life inside Gaza.” Highly commended: Kim Sengupta — The Independent The judges wanted to recognise the “late, great” Kim Sengupta who died in July aged 68. They said: “Typically vivid reporting from Kim Sengupta, one of the finest foreign correspondents of our time. As always he was at the sharp end of the story, bringing to life the impact and the price of war in Ukraine and Israel/Gaza. His skill, his determination and his courage will be missed after his passing this year. He represented the best of British journalism and deserves our recognition.” WINNER: Caroline Wheeler — The Sunday Times The judges said: “This was outstanding work which was the definition of public interest journalism: a story and a campaign that is literally life and death to so many people.” Highly commended: Beth Rigby — Sky News The judges said: “Beth is always brilliant at holding politicians to account in simple and direct style.” WINNER: Computer Weekly editorial team — Computer Weekly: Post Office Scandal The judges said: “Sometimes, campaigning journalism takes time to have an impact. For this title it has taken 15 years and 450 stories. They prove that you don’t have to be big to make a massive impact and have led the way on one of the biggest stories of the century so far, playing a crucial role in finally securing justice for victims.” WINNER: Ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards charged with making 37 indecent images of children, ‘shared on WhatsApp’ — The Sun The judges said: “This was a series of astonishing scoops incredibly sensitively handled, despite some sneering from the usual suspects. Some stories you have to fight incredibly hard to get over the line, and this is one of them. Another game changer.” WINNER: Channel 4 News The judges said: “From searing eye-witness journalism in Gaza to breaking new ground in coverage of the Post Office scandal, Channel 4 News has led the way providing public interest journalism which raises the reputation of our whole industry.” WINNER: David Knowles — The Telegraph The judges said Knowles, who died suddenly at the age of just 32 in September , “made a global impact in a short life. The daily podcast he launched – Ukraine: The Latest – continues to this day and has now had more than 700 episodes and 100 million listens. “Thousands of those listeners paid tribute to Knowles as someone who inspired them to support the people of Ukraine in their struggle against Russian aggression.” The judges added: “His work is an inspirational example of the capacity for journalism to create communities, provide a voice for those who need it most and reach a huge audience by simply telling human stories in a sensitive and intelligent way.” The Public Service Award was collected on behalf of Knowles by his Telegraph colleague Francis Dearnley. WINNER: Scarlet Howes, Mike Hamilton, Alex West, Victoria Newton and James Slack — The Sun The judges said: “Unmasking such a powerful figure and exposing not only how they abused their position but how the BBC had failed to act was a huge act of public interest. This story required not just old-fashioned investigative techniques but sensitivity and judgement in how to handle and present the investigation.” Highly commended: Rosamund Urwin, Charlotte Wace, Paul Morgan-Bentley, Esella Hawkey, Imogen Wynell Mayow, Alice McShane, Florence Kennard, Ian Bendelow, Victoria Noble, Alistair Jackson, Sarah Wilson and Geraldine McKelvie — The Sunday Times, The Times, Hardcash Productions, Channel Four Dispatches Investigations Unit The judges said: “A hard-hitting dissection of a predator who was aided and abetted by the industry he worked in. Meticulous work which had to reach a high bar in order to make it to publication.” Highly commended: Ruth Evans, Oliver Newlan, Leo Telling, Sasha Hinde, Hayley Clarke and Karen Wightman — BBC Panorama The judges said this was “an investigation that exposed cruelty and profiteering in the field of special needs education, led to a school being closed down and staff arrested”. WINNER: Caroline Wheeler — The Sunday Times Press Gazette editor-in-chief and chairman of the judges Dominic Ponsford said Wheeler was “recognised not just for her work over the last 12 months but over the course of a 23-year crusade. Her work was instrumental in bringing about the infected blood public inquiry in 2017. She led a campaign which last year was backed by 250 MPs and peers seeking a fair settlement for victims of the tragedy. “The campaign and public report helped secure the promise of more than £10bn in compensation, undermining the previous government’s ability to offer tax cuts and perhaps even hastening the general election.” Email pged@pressgazette.co.uk to point out mistakes, provide story tips or send in a letter for publication on our "Letters Page" blogBrace yourself for PC hardware to get insanely expensive next year