The National Union of Journalists is reminding editorial staff covering election counts that if they don’t take an 11-hour break between shifts, their employer is breaching the Working Time Directive.
Union advice states: “If your bosses have drawn up rotas which mean people don’t get an 11-hour break after covering a count they are breaching the Working Time Regulations 1998. Point it out to them politely and ask them to change the shifts.”
The Working Time Regulations apply to all media workers unless they have specifically signed an opt-out.

An Eastern Daily Press move to reveal the name of a teenager involved in a high-speed car crash that claimed the life of an unborn baby is to be countered by an appeal backed by Legal Aid.
Magistrates described the driver as a "lethal weapon" and ruled the public had the right to know who he was, but defence solicitors have so far succeeded in securing his anonymity. Lawyers has already unsuccessfully tried to limit the number of reporters in court.

The annual general meeting of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom will include a presentation by International Federation of Journalists general secretary Aiden White, who will speak on ‘Globalisation and the media’.
The event, at the National Union of Journalists' headquarters in London, takes place on July 9.

Forty years of journalism training has been marked at Harlow College with the return of former student – Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger – who launched 40 balloons to mark the milestone.
He talked to journalism students and staff about the prospects for the industry during the next 40 years, and toured the journalism centre.

The talking newspaper for the blind in West Cumbria has been relaunched.
The weekly publication, distributed on cassette, is based on items from the Times & Star, and is backed by local authorities, disabled associations and community grants.

The Express & Echo has opened a new office in the heart of Exeter.
The Paris Street shop is to replace an Express & Echo office in the same street, and will allow readers to continue to place adverts, book family announcements, buy the paper and order photos.