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In February 2018, Lowe was one of several people who received undisclosed damages payouts from Mirror Group Newspapers as part of the News International phone hacking scandal.
This mixes up two separate newspaper scandals. Lowe's payout was from Mirror Group Newspapers' own phone-hacking case, not the News International/News of the World scandal.
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The payout itself is real, but the article attributes it to the wrong scandal.
The Guardian reported that Rupert Lowe was among the people who received damages and apologies from Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) in 2018 over phone hacking by Mirror titles. The same report says MGN admitted unlawful information-gathering at the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People.
By contrast, the ICO's overview of the phone hacking scandal and Leveson Inquiry explains that the 2011 scandal concerned News of the World hacking phones. That is the News International scandal.
So the sentence incorrectly says Lowe's MGN payout was "part of the News International phone hacking scandal". It was part of the wider UK phone-hacking story, but specifically an MGN/Mirror Group case, not the News International one.
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- Mirror Group admits bosses 'turned blind eye' to phone hacking | The Guardian
The judge also heard details of settlements against Mirror Group Newspapers by the actor Ralf Little and Rupert Lowe... Both men received undisclosed damages payouts and apologies from MGN.
- Phone hacking scandal and Leveson Inquiry | ICO
In 2011, it emerged that the News of the World newspaper had hacked the phones of celebrities, politicians and members of the public... Years of allegations culminated in the revelation that News of the World staff accessed the voicemails of Milly Dowler.
On March 4, Great Yarmouth First successfully registered as a political party.
The Electoral Commission register gives Great Yarmouth First's registration date as 3 March 2026, not 4 March 2026.
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The article's date is off by one day.
The Electoral Commission's registration record for Great Yarmouth First lists the party's Date registered as 03/03/2026. The Commission's party-registration decisions page also shows the application being approved on 1 March 2026, consistent with registration occurring before 4 March.
That means the statement that the party successfully registered "On March 4" is incorrect; the official register records 3 March 2026.
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- Great Yarmouth First registration summary | Electoral Commission
Registration summary ... Great Yarmouth First ... Status Authorised ... Date registered 03/03/2026 ... Officers ... Leader Mr Jonathan Wedon.
- Party registration decisions | Electoral Commission
01 March | Great Yarmouth First | Name | Great Yarmouth First | England | Approve ... 01 March | Great Yarmouth First | Emblem | | England | Approve.