A Reform-led council has been accused of attacking press freedom after it banned a journalist who revealed a story about a pensioner who won a legal battle with the authority over her garden gate.
Derbyshire County Council has decided to ‘end engagement’ with local democracy reporter Eddie Bisknell, saying it had ‘concerns’ over his reporting.
It comes after Mr Bisknell revealed the case of Helene Ball, an 81-year-old retired teacher who won a three-year, £50,000 fight over the right to walk through her back gate.
The council was heavily criticised by a judge over the ‘pugnacious’ case and sparked further outrage when it
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