Police force tells reporters to check social media for updates as it stops sending out press releases
Gwent Police has told journalists to check its social media channels as it will no longer be sending out press…
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Police won’t tell journalist why he has been banned from attending Labour conference
The news editor of lifestyle magazine and website Huck has been left baffled after being refused security clearance to cover…
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NUJ welcomes new police guidelines on dealing with press – but says they should go further
New police guidelines covering their dealings with the media do not go far enough to support journalists reporting on matters in…
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Key highlights from updated police guidance on working with the media
Guidelines for police in England and Wales on how to deal with the media have been updated following a six-week…
By Police bail limited to 28-days from today after campaign launched when journalists spent years in legal limbo
Police face new curbs on their use of pre-charge bail from today following a media campaign prompted by the treatment…
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Impossible for media to find out names of those who die on Cumbrian mountains, conference told
It is almost impossible for local media to verify the identity of those killed in mountaineering and hiking accidents in…
By ‘Don’t call us please’ – under staffed police press office tells reporters to email in queries only
A police press office won’t be answering phone calls this week as it struggles with under staffing. One local journalist…
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BBC says sorry to Cliff Richard for his ‘distress’ but maintains reporting of raid on his home was in the public interest
The BBC has apologised to Cliff Richard for his “distress” but insisted that it has a responsibility to report stories…
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