Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom - CPBF

30/06/2026

The Working Class Library in Salford have an exhibition on the Grunwick strike for the fiftieth anniversary. This pamphlet is one of the items on display. We have our own event on Grunwicks at the South Yorkshire Festival, Wortley Hall, Sunday 9 August 2.30pm. Nick Jones digs into his archive to explain the significance of the strike.
Read his piece in MediaNorth (p8)https://medianorth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MN.June2026.Web2_.pdf

24/06/2026

Article on attacks on Jeremy Bowen worth reading:

Free accessOtherFirst published online May 20, 2026 Re-use permissionsA brave reporter deserves betterPeter Oborne and Irfan ChowdhuryView all authors and affiliationsVolume 37, Issue 2https://doi.org/10.1177/09564748261452470ContentsPDF/EPUBMoreCiteShare optionsInformation, rights and permissionsMe...

23/06/2026

The Summer issue of MediaNorth is out now. You can read it here:
https://medianorth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/MN.June2026.Web2_.pdf

08/05/2026

Good article on the General Strike:
https://newint.org/trade-unions/2026/1926-2026
I will be selling copies of the pamphlet by Harry Wicks, a Battersea railway worker active in the General Strike. Written for the 50th anniversary, I just received 20 copies of the reprint to sell at Our stall at With Banners held High on Saturday 9 May in Wakefield

Bethany Rielly and Decca Muldowney unpack the history of Britain’s only general strike, and why it still matters today.

27/03/2026

The first meeting to establish the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign was on 8 November 2012. Great news -13 years and four months later the official inquiry is announced!
https://www.orgreave.public-inquiry.uk/
Settling Scores, published in 2014 for the 30th anniversary of the miners' strike, has chapters describing how the OTJC was set up.
Contact us if you would like a copy (£7.00 inc P&P) [email protected]

25/03/2026

Julian Petley writes on GB News and Ofcom in the latest MediaNorth:https://medianorth.org.uk/.../2026/03/MNMarch2026WEB.pdf
Here's Ray Snoddy on the same topic:
https://uk.themedialeader.com/what-is-to-be-done-about-reform-tv/

Alan Rusbridger has proof that GB News is in continuous breach of the Ofcom code on impartiality. So what will the Government or the regulator do about it?

23/03/2026

Good support and discussions for our stall at the Northern, Yorks and Humber TUC AGM at Redhills on Saturday.
We'll be having a stall at the Banners Held High event in Wakefield Exchange on Saturday 9 May.

10/03/2026

Peter Oborne on the media and the Iran War is worth watching.

Peter Oborne’s new book: Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza is available now: https://orbooks.com/catalog/complicit/Join the Future of Jour...

08/03/2026

The latest issue of MediaNorth is out now. Read it here:
https://medianorth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/MNMarch2026WEB.pdf

10/02/2026

The BBC licence fee will increase by £5.50 in April. Here's the Sun going into another round of BBC bashing.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/38141063/bbc-tv-licence-fee-rise-fresh-blow-families/

Take a look at our MediaNorth special on the BBC Green Paper
https://medianorth.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MNBBCSpecialWEB-1.pdf

BRITS are facing another hit to the pocket as the cost of a BBC TV licence is set to soar again. From April 1, the annual fee for a colour TV will jump to £180 – up from £174.50. Government o…