Hacking inquiry – Hacked off

Recording meetings between police officers and journalists could have a “freezing effect” on media contact, the Leveson Inquiry has heard. John Twomey, crime reporter at the Daily Express and chair of the Crime Reporters Association, said the Filkin report, into relationships between the police and the press, could affect the level of contact between the [...]

Richard Peppiatt was a reporter at the Daily Star for over two years. He also worked for six months at a news agency called Ferrari’s before his spell at the Daily Star, freelanced for the Mail on Sunday as a reporter for nearly five months, as well as for a variety of other tabloid titles. [...]

Christopher Jefferies was one of the many victims of privacy intrusion by the press. Following his arrest in connection to Joanna Yeates’ murder, from which he was released without charge, Mr Jefferies saw his life exposed, facts twisted and a string of baseless accusations splashed all over the front pages of the tabloid press in [...]