Journalist questioned by police because car crash reports were so ‘in depth’
Officers said they were asked to investigate by the force press office.
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NI police viewed journalist’s call records to ‘find whistleblower’
Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney were previously wrongly arrested and later received damages from police.
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Police Scotland illegally targeted sources after Sunday Mail revealed force’s failings
Investigatory Powers Tribunal upholds protection for journalistic sources.
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UK Government admits pre-2016 journalist surveillance was illegal
The UK Government has admitted that its pre-2016 surveillance regime under which police accessed journalists call records in order to…
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Minister fails to deny police are spying on journalists over diplomatic cables leak
A Home Office minister has refused to deny in Parliament that police have been trawling through journalists’ phone data in…
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Financial Conduct Authority blocks FOI request on its use of spying powers to grab journalists’ sources
The UK’s financial conduct regulator has blocked a freedom of information request by Press Gazette into its use of counter-terrorism…
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Sunday World investigative journalist does not have to reveal sources, Northern Ireland court rules
An alleged dissident republican on trial with two other men in Northern Ireland has failed in an attempt to force…
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Met chief Cressida Dick wants to ‘stop the fighting’ between journalists and police but refuses to say sorry for Elveden
Met police commissioner Cressida Dick struck a conciliatory tone today as she told editors that she wants to “stop the…
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