Police lose bid for journalist’s Birmingham bombing material

Chris Mullin speaks to the media outside the Old Bailey in London (PA)

A journalist who investigated the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings will not have to hand over his notes to police after they launched a legal bid to force him to reveal his sources.

Chris Mullin, 74, challenged an application by West Midlands Police to require him to disclose source material dating back to his investigation in 1985 and 1986.