Daily journalist blocks bid to keep child abuse trial pair’s identities secret
Judges sides with reporter after backing from alleged victim’s father
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.
Judges sides with reporter after backing from alleged victim’s father
Newspaper wins 10-month fight to make binmen’s overtime pay public
Nursing bosses had previously refused FoI requests
Authority relents after complaint to Information Commissioner
Journalist told questions on press exclusion “not at all relevant”
Local democracy reporter says authority has “shot itself in the foot”
Signs at pyre made threats against newspaper
Eighty journalists criticise “unjustifiable interference”
Newspaper vows to take fight to Information Commissioner
Newspaper special edition also celebrates football club’s Cup final first
Battle between newspaper and regulator to go before judge this week
Newspaper reveals “cherished” soldiers to leave nearby barracks
Emails made public after six-month battle
Force responds after FoI request
Story picked up by PA and several other titles
Journalists were “only people who wanted to help us”