BBC likely to redact some of emails it must release over Martin Bashir scandal

Broadcaster expected to use Freedom of Information Act to stop full disclosure, tribunal told

The BBC is expected to redact some of the almost 3,000 emails it must release about its handling of the Martin Bashir scandal, a tribunal has heard.

A judge told the broadcaster to hand over the material earlier this month, two-and-a-half years after the journalist Andrew Webb used freedom of information (FoI) laws to ask to see it.

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