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Proof: Government scraps move to curb numbers of jury trials

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-04T18:31:28Z","headline":"Government scraps move to curb numbers of jury trials","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"channel4","url":"https://www.channel4.com/news/government-scraps-move-to-curb-numbers-of-jury-trials","v":1}

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71bf495ba2539482f903ea5d62ce9ad014efb812de5e4781124f2ebd07224851

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969890, mined 2026-10-04 19:35 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-04 18:32 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-04 18:32 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-71bf495ba253.json prints 71bf495ba2539482f903ea5d62ce9ad014efb812de5e4781124f2ebd07224851. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-71bf495ba253.json and headline-71bf495ba253.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-71bf495ba253.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.

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