Reform council ends engagement with journalist over garden access story

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 1 Oct, 12:49 · Archive

Derbyshire County Council has ended engagement with local democracy reporter Eddie Bisknell after he reported on a pensioner's garden access dispute.

Derbyshire County Council, which has a Reform UK-led administration, has decided to 'end engagement' with Eddie Bisknell, a local democracy reporter. Bisknell had reported on the case of 81-year-old Helene Ball from Matlock, who won a three-year legal battle against the council over access to her own garden.

How it is being reported

• Reform UK council ‘bans’ local reporter as paper slams ‘attack on our journalism’Metro · 1 Oct, 12:14
• Free speech row erupts after council bans journalist who revealed pensioner was blocked access to her own gardenGB News · 1 Oct, 10:27
• Outrage after Reform-led council ban journalist who revealed Grandmother's 'Lego blockade' plight in latest attack on media freedomDaily Mail · 30 Sept, 14:52

In this story: Eddie Bisknell · Helene Ball · Derbyshire County Council · Matlock · Reform UK

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