MI5 snooping on phone data to identify BBC journalist’s sources
MI5 disclosed it made and authorised unlawful ‘sequential applications’ for Vincent Kearney’s phone data during his time at the BBC, but will neither confirm nor deny whether it undertook further ‘lawful’ surveillance of BBC journalists The Security Service, MI5, made...
Review finds police in NI tried to identify journalists’ sources
Police in Northern Ireland unlawfully used covert powers to attempt to uncover eight journalists’ sources, a review by Angus McCullough KC and published on 24 September has found. The report was commissioned by the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) to examine...
GMB strike at Airedale Hospital for equal treatment
GMB members have been striking at Airedale Hospital. Over 150 cleaners, catering staff, porters, security and other non-clinical staff are demanding harmonisation for staff employed by the Hospital Trust’s ‘wholly-owned subsidiary’ (subco), AGH Solutions (AGHS). ...