BBC’s Sir Cliff Richard ‘leak’ investigated by Met department that grabbed Sun phone records under RIPA
The same department of the Metropolitan Police that secretly obtained the phone records of The Sun in its Plebgate leak…
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Save Our Sources law to stop police secretly seizing journalist phone records is tabled in Parliament
Parliament is to consider a change in the law which would tackle the issues raised by Press Gazette's Save Our…
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ACPO media chief Colette Paul: Some police are afraid of talking to journalists
Media lead for the Association of Chief Police Officers Colette Paul talks to Press Gazette editor Dominic Ponsford about how…
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Boris Johnson asked by London Assembly to make police seek ‘judicial approval’ to view journalist call records
London mayor Boris Johnson is to be asked whether he will ensure the Metropolitan Police seeks judicial approval to access…
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Nick Clegg: Police should be banned from viewing journalists’ call records without judicial approval
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today that the police shold be banned from accessing journalists' call records without the…
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Met terror chief defends RIPA spying against journalists: ‘Nobody should be above the law’
A senior Metropolitan Police officer has defended the use of spying powers against journalists saying that “nobody should be above…
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Met’s Sun phone records grab wasn’t ‘last resort’ – it was the first thing they did, lawyer reveals
Accessing the phone records of The Sun was “the very first thing” the Metropolitan Police did in its investigation into…
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Police failed to reveal Sally Murrer was a journalist when they sought approval to bug her, lawyer reveals
Thames Valley Police did not say Sally Murrer was a journalist when it applied to bug her conversations, her barrister…
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