Metropolitan Police Archives

Press Gazette launches petition urging Met Police to cancel harassment warning letter issued to reporter

Press Gazette has launched a petition urging Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe to cancel a Police Information Notice harassment…

By Dominic Ponsford

Police have sided with a fraudster to smear and intimidate a journalist lawfully doing his job

Sign Press Gazette petition Croydon Advertiser reporter Gareth Davies did absolutely nothing wrong when he followed up a local fraudster's…

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Union ‘whistleblower’ who sold prison stories to Daily Mirror jailed after identity disclosed to police

A prison service “whistleblower” paid for stories by the Daily Mirror was today jailed for 20 months after his identity…

By Dominic Ponsford

Elveden defence lawyer: A ‘more cautious press’ unable to uncover public sector wrongdoing would be a ‘real tragedy’

Mark Abbott, a criminal defence lawyer and partner at Blaser Mills law firm, acted as former Sun managing editor Graham…

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Total cost of Met Police’s journalism investigations rises £4m in eight months to £37.4m (excluding legal fees)

The Metropolitan Police has now spent £37.4m on investigations into journalism, with the figure rising by nearly £4m in the…

By William Turvill

Public interest stories are going unreported after launch of Met’s own news website and ‘good news’ PR teams

Croydon Advertiser reporter Gareth Davies writes about the impact of changes to the Met Police PR operation which have seen…

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UK police forces spend more than £36m a year on PR and communications

The Metropolitan Police employs more than 100 communications staff and has an annual budget of more than £10m, Press Gazette…

By William Turvill

Reporter’s three-year ordeal ‘for writing story about a fox’

The Sun's online news editor Vince Soodin has has condemned the Met Police for turning Operation Elveden into "a probe…

By William Turvill