It comes after Press Gazette revealed Newsquest was asking readers to write and publish their own news stories online

He said it was “extremely unlikely” that he would still be in post at the time of the next UK general election

The UK is currently ranked 38 out of 180 countries worldwide

Directions for readers: "Write your article as close to the style of a news story as you can, making sure you include detail of the what, who, where and when."

“We feel, as the highest placed non league club throughout Hertfordshire that the paper could do more but we have to now move on and for us they are now yesterday’s news."

The reality of fake news is that is it a “serious attack on media standards” and “damaging to the public discourse”, he said.

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“Having spent more than three years and nine months fighting to clear my name, this is not a time for celebration. Nobody has ‘won’ and the public are less informed.”

"It is no exaggeration to state that the enaction of Section 40 would threaten many news publishers with oblivion"

“Whether an image is newsworthy or historically significant is highly subjective"

Megan Lucero is data journalism editor at the Times and Sunday Times