Judge rejects regional daily’s bid to name killer youth
Newspaper argued revealing youth’s identity would be “strong deterrent”
Press Freedom
Local journalists across the UK are striking blows for press freedom on a daily basis, whether by challenging wrongly-imposed reporting restrictions in court cases, tabling freedom of information requests to public bodies, or generally seeking to uncover information about how we are governed.
On this page you will find an index of all the stories we have carried about regional press newspapers, websites and journalists who have stood up for the public’s right to know.
Editor slams ‘pathetic’ troll’s campaign of abuse against journalists
Commenter banned as often as once per day
Supporters rally round daily journalist after MP’s online attack
Editor hits back at “intemperate and defamatory claims” in Facebook post
Journalist hits out at council failure over hundreds of FoI cases
Journalist discovers authority missing deadline for one in four requests
Health chiefs slammed for rejecting daily’s ‘no-deal Brexit’ plan request
Authority says releasing information would “alarm” public
Weekly ‘thwarted at every turn’ by health chiefs in six-month FoI fight
Newspaper vows to continue battle after multiple request refusals
Council bars journalists from meeting over ‘health and safety’ fears
Authority criticised over “ridiculous” decision
Weekly overturns unlawful ban to name grooming gang members
Deputy news editor wins fight to identify child sex abuse convicts
Daily’s picture of man slumped on bench was in public interest, IPSO rules
Subject of photograph complained to press watchdog about publication
HIV positive journalist hits out at bid to bar him from Pride vigil
Photographer who lives with condition left “stunned” after string of press access issues
Editor hits out at government and police over secret bomb attack meeting on patch
Failure to invite local media to interview Minister and Chief Constable
Labour defends picking journalist for Corbyn question ‘because of gender’
Party also criticised over failure to invite local reporter to speech
Reporter wins court fight to name man who assaulted special needs boy
Restriction would have prevented weekly from running story
Editorial chiefs hit out after Boris Johnson ‘snubs’ regional daily
PM criticised over “utter disdain of the press”
Reporter wins fight to name school after teacher jailed over sex with pupil
Judge agrees with daily journalist’s public interest argument
Judges reject second council’s final bid to keep fortnightly newspaper
Authority “disappointed” it will now have to put notices in other publications