News Leveson calls for new regulator with statutory underpin 'What is proposed here is independent regulation of the press organised by the press' By Rachel Bartlett • 5 min read
Credit: jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Court reform could lift camera ban, broadcasters say According to the BBC, ITN and Sky News the Crime and Courts Bill included in the Queen's Speech today includes a lift on the ban on cameras in court By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: by ralmqvist on Flickr. Some rights reserved News MP Roger Gale on court filming: 'Not to do with justice' Politician and former television producer Roger Gale told BBC Radio 4 Today that a move to allow television coverage of court proceedings is 'likely to be the thin end of a wedge' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Matt Biddulph on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Ofcom: Press could find effective self regulation model In a submission to the Leveson inquiry broadcast regulator Ofcom says the press industry needs to 'participate in a binding system of regulation' By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: by ralmqvist on Flickr. Some rights reserved News TV news cameras to be allowed into Edinburgh High Court Scottish broadcaster STV granted permission to film sentencing By Jack Dearlove • 2 min read
News Lord Hunt: UK press regulation seen as world 'benchmark' Chairman of the PCC, which confirmed its planned closure earlier this month, stands by decision to pursue model of self regulation with contractual system By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Simon Hughes: MPs 'need to be ready to act' on Leveson report Liberal Democrat MP says he has made a bid for parliamentary time next spring to debate Leveson's findings as early as possible By Paul McNally • 1 min read
Credit: by nerdcoregirl on Flickr. Some rights reserved News MPs warned of 'danger' in charging for FOI requests Journalists warn MPs that the number of requests submitted under the Freedom of Information Act will be reduced if charging is introduced By Sarah Marshall • 2 min read
News Union chief: 'Appalling culture of bullying' at NoW Steve Turner, general secretary of the British Association of Journalists, criticises News International over refusal to recognise independent unions By Joel Gunter • 3 min read
Credit: jsawkins on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Ofcom names 20 cities for local TV licences The regulator has named the cities it will advertise licences for if proposed legislation on local TV is passed by Parliament By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
Credit: Still from Parliament TV News Judges advise against too tightly defining privacy Leading judges advise parliamentary committee that it would be better 'in the main' to leave the task to judges By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
Credit: Zselosz in Flickr. Some rights reserved News Hungary media law having 'chilling effect' on press freedom A mission of press freedom organisations to the country has warned that Hungary's controversial media law risks undermining both domestic and wider European press freedom By Joel Gunter • 2 min read
