Crime reporter with the Carlisle-based News & Star and Cumberland News at the time of the Inquiry. Reported a good working relationship on a daily basis with police. No hospitality beyond coffee was offered or expected. He told the Inquiry that it was right that police should be available to the press and not hidden away because of some bad practices by a few national reporters.
Founded 1910. The Carlisle News and Star is a local tabloid newspaper and website covering news and events in Cumbria. Anne Pickles, the editor at the time of the Inquiry, gave evidence about police-press relations.
