Credit: By Geof Sheppard , CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC-BY-2.5, via Wikimedia Commons News Police refer 'Gypsy' headline case to CPS The Weston Mercury billboard headline prompted complaints to police who have now gone to the CPS for 'initial advice' By James Chapple • 2 min read
Credit: NUJ News NUJ: statutory reform of press regulation has become 'inevitable' Journalists' union also calls for communications bill to tackle issue of who regulates websites belonging to a broadcaster or newspaper publisher By Paul McNally • 3 min read
News Mirror in breach for naming Stephen Lawrence killer's son Newspaper had used Facebook to identify 11-year-old boy, raising 'significant safety concerns' By Paul McNally • 2 min read
Credit: alancleaver_2000 on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Joint committee report: No new privacy law needed The committee also calls for a new regulator with 'teeth', but warned if this fails then parliament should consider 'statutory oversight' By Rachel Bartlett • 4 min read
Credit: Johnny Green/PA News 'Mischievous' media distracted Milly Dowler investigators Surrey Police assistant chief constable says resources had to be diverted to keep up with the unprecedented level of press interest in 2002 case By Paul McNally • 2 min read
Credit: Fiona Hanson/PA News Times wins appeal in Supreme Court over Flood case The Times has won its appeal of the overturning of an original ruling in the case of Flood v The Times Newspapers, regarding an article published by the newspaper carrying allegations against a police officer By Rachel Bartlett • 3 min read
News Mirror journalists highlight 'paralysis' in police relations Officers are being prevented from putting out information, and journalists 'are being treated almost like criminals', Sunday Mirror crime correspondent says By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News Martin Moore: Press could learn from 'new digital publishers' Director of the Media Standards Trust calls for UK journalism to 'rebuild itself from the ground up' and learn from 'new digital publishers' at Westminster Media Forum By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Daily Mail ex-crime editor defends Stephen Lawrence coverage Stephen Wright says paper 'would not have run' leaked story in 2007 'if we thought it would jeopardise the investigation' By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News Leveson says Times's Night Jack evidence 'utterly misleading' Lord Justice Leveson says court 'was in danger of being misled' by Times witness statement that failed to mention computer hacking By Paul McNally • 3 min read
News Guardian reporter: Police communication being 'closed down' Guardian crime correspondent Sandra Laville tells the Leveson inquiry changes to access to Met Police officers 'affects everything I do at the moment' By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Campaigners ask Leveson to publish Motorman files Data from information commissioner's 2003 investigation show extent to which newspapers obtained material from private investigators By Paul McNally • 2 min read
