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Police were advised there was no chance of conviction against journalist after hate crime investigation, Guardian understands

Experts recruited roughly 50 speakers of seven accents of English

Force says Telegraph writer accused of inciting racial hatred, rather than committing a non-crime hate incident as she had claimed

The Akenfield writer’s ancient Essex farmhouse will be opened up as a sanctuary for people and wildlife

From animal onesies to colourful lights to ride-on cars, children share ideas from their own wish lists of top toys

Exclusive: Person who complained tells Guardian that columnist’s ‘Jew haters’ post was inflammatory

Allison Pearson, the highly respectable Daily Telegraph middlebrow columnist, was naturally startled when, on Remembrance Sunday morning, two police presented themselves at her door to tell her that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in connection with a social media post on X and invited her…

Daniele Aldegheri, 49, was found by police cowering under a duvet at his home

Columnist Allison Pearson was visited by two officers at her home in Essex