Savile investigator Mark Williams-Thomas: ‘Police officers are very worried about talking to journalists’
A former detective turned television presenter, who helped expose the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, says following the Leveson Inquiry…
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Police criticised for delay in quizzing ‘assault’ claim officer
Greater Manchester Police have been criticised for taking three months to interview an officer accused of assaulting a press photographer.…
ByJournalists reminded of ACPO guidelines: ‘Police have no power to stop journalists taking pictures’
Journalists and photographers across the UK are being given wallet-sized guides outlining their legal rights to take photographs in public…
ByPolice reject photographer’s ‘victimisation’ claims
Greater Manchester Police today rejected suggestions its officers were targeting a magazine photographer who claims he has been assaulted by…
ByPhotographer booked for obstruction makes police assault complaint
A magazine photographer claims he has been threatened and prevented from doing his job by Greater Manchester Police officers in…
ByNUJ complains as police force issues its own press passes
National Union of Journalists freelance organiser John Toner has written to Lancashire Constabulary to complain about the force issuing its…
ByMet ‘asked BBC reporters to hand over demonstration footage’
BBC journalists have been asked by the Metropolitan Police if they would hand over footage of last month’s march on…
ByPolice withdraws Ofcom complaint over ITV News Yeates murder coverage
Avon and Somerset Police has retracted the complaint it made to Ofcom over ITV News’ coverage of the Joanna Yeates…
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