Judge grants paper right to report, but not everything

One step forward for press freedom and one step back. When the Crown Prosecution Service applied at Gloucester magistrates court to ban the press from hearing a case against a man accused of sending naughty pictures to a woman on the grounds of national security the recorder, Shamim Qureshi, ruled for the press. But reporting restrictions still in place mean that papers cannot say why the charges against Gerald Hinnigan might compromise national security, nor can they say where the accused man works, though the geography might offer a possible clue. The case itself takes place on Wednesday. (Via Gloucestershire Echo)