![]() ![]() But today we found out that reset has led to a breakdown. There's been a complete reset of the media's relationship with the police.Īnd of course, a lot of that is for the best. He wouldn't have been covering the story, but it was really a chance to catch up with some of his contacts.Īnd the thing is, now, post-Leveson, I can't imagine that happening. What I remember really distinctly about that day was the police going to the pub after to raise a glass to their colleague, and the crime reporter from a national newspaper being there. I was asked to cover the memorial for a policeman who had lost his life during riots in the 1980s. I remember when I was about 21, 22 and I was doing work experience at a local paper in Tottenham. ![]() In other words, if the police had been able to guide some trusted journalists confidentially… it could have all been handled a lot differently. partly caused by a "breakdown" in the relationship between the police and the media. We now know it was, sadly, an accidental death and that she'd fallen into cold water.Īn official review today said the force's decision to reveal sensitive details, around alcohol and also the menopause, was both avoidable and unnecessary.īut there was something else that came out of this report that I wanted to talk about tonight.īecause it also highlighted an "informative vacuum" and wild speculation on social media. Nicola, a 45-year-old mother-of-two, went missing back in January - and was found three weeks later. ![]() You may have seen the report today by the College of Policing looking into how Lancashire Police handled the disappearance of Nicola Bulley. ![]()
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