Sources
Every factual claim about a real person or a company comes from an official source: a court record, an official statement, the person’s own verified account or website, or the company’s own announcement. We link our sources on every story, primary source first. A news outlet’s report can point us to a story; it is never the source of the facts.
What we never publish
- Rumors, “sources say”, “insiders” or anonymous sources of any kind.
- Speculation about anyone’s relationships, pregnancies, health or sexuality.
- Anything about a private child. Children appear only in an official role, such as a child actor in a cast announcement, and never with personal details.
- Paparazzi photos, or photos taken from social media, search engines or picture agencies.
- Stories that only repeat another outlet’s scoop.
Court cases
We report what was filed and by whom. An accusation is an allegation, and we say so. We include the other side’s public response where one exists, and we update the story when a case is dismissed, settled or decided. For criminal cases in the UK, once someone has been arrested or charged we report only the charge, the court and the dates, so that nothing we publish could affect a trial.
Spoilers
Headlines and the first lines of a story are always spoiler-free. A story that discusses what happens in an episode or a film carries a spoiler warning at the top.
Headlines
Our headlines say what happened. We do not tease, we do not exaggerate, and a headline never promises something the story does not deliver.
AI
Stories are researched and drafted with AI tools and checked against their sources. How we work explains the process.
Corrections and removals
If anyone asks us to correct or remove something, we correct it or remove it. See Corrections.