New Yorker defies contempt risk to publish Lucy Letby story in UK print edition
The case may set up a showdown between England's justice system and the magazine.
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New Yorker latest to be faced with ‘incredibly complex’ task of reporting Lucy Letby case
Witnesses in the case were unusually given anonymity without reasons of national security or a risk to life.
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Agency reporter overturns reporting restrictions covering teen knife attacker who posted on Facebook
A news agency reporter successfully challenged reporting restrictions banning the identification of a 17-year-old who slashed a man’s neck after…
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Appeal judges back anonymity for doctors in cases of life-support babies to avoid ‘media storm’
Senior judges have suggested that journalists reporting life-support treatment cases involving children do not “need” to name doctors involved. Three…
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Press names father who abused baby after court challenge supported by child’s mother
The press has won the right to name a father who banged his 27-day-old daughter’s head against a kitchen worktop…
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Rotherham Advertiser wins battle to overturn reporting restrictions on grooming gang members
Weekly newspaper the Rotherham Advertiser has won a court battle to lift restrictions on naming members of a local grooming…
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Judge lifts reporting restrictions allowing press to name teenage schoolgirl killer
A teenager who admitted killing a schoolgirl Ellie Gould in her own home was named after a judge deemed it…
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Met Police blames ‘communication error’ for claim press could not identify dead woman
The Metropolitan Police has blamed a “communication error” for wrongly claiming that reporting restrictions prevented the press from identifying an…
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