Strict election publicity rules stop press reporting London mayoral meetings on capital’s rising murder rate
Press have been barred from attending two meetings about London’s rising murder rate because of strict rules governing publicity ahead…
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Scottish news publishers warn cost penalties in Data Protection Bill would be ‘extremely damaging’ to industry
Bringing curbs against the press, which peers have tried to tag on to the Data Protection Bill, would have dire…
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Independent Russian weekly newspaper closes after ‘unacceptable persecution’ from Putin government
An independent weekly newspaper in Russia has announced that its latest edition, out this week, is also to be its…
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Campaign group warns move to hold nurse and midwife misconduct hearings in private will ‘limit public’s right to know’
Plans to hold misconduct hearings for nurses and midwives in private are part of a “pattern of moves to limit…
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Government wins fight to overturn Data Protection Bill cost provisions but battle not yet over
Provisions inserted into the Data Protection Bill, which would have left newspapers having to pay all the costs of legal…
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Theresa May pokes fun at Standard editor Osborne and lauds political journalists at Westminster Correspondents’ Dinner
Theresa May used the Westminster Correspondents’ Dinner to restate her commitment to a free press and poke fun at her…
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Murdered Slovakian journalist said to have been working on story about possible Mafia fraud
Organised crime may have been involved in the fatal shooting of an investigative journalist in Slovakia, a Canadian reporter has…
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Theresa May promises to protect free press and its ability to hold the powerful to account
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to protect the ability of the free press to hold politicians and the powerful…
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