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Proof: Early release: Hundreds of prisoners freed in England and Wales

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-01T19:32:48Z","headline":"Early release: Hundreds of prisoners freed in England and Wales","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"channel4","url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/early-release-hundreds-of-prisoners-freed-in-england-and-wales","v":1}

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9f01c8412d1a0305c8ceaa13acb5d97435a064213f5c58f049fcbdcff263d339

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969486, mined 2026-10-01 19:40 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-01 19:59 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-01 19:58 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-9f01c8412d1a.json prints 9f01c8412d1a0305c8ceaa13acb5d97435a064213f5c58f049fcbdcff263d339. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-9f01c8412d1a.json and headline-9f01c8412d1a.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-9f01c8412d1a.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.