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Filkin report: Police 'warned over press links'
The "close relationship" between parts of Scotland Yard and the media has caused "serious harm", a report says.
The report by Dame Elizabeth Filkin says information had previously been given "inappropriately".
This had "compromised" the way police and the media scrutinised each other's activities, it added.
Dame Elizabeth also said drinking alcohol with journalists should be an "uncommon event" for police because "drinking loosens tongues".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16411329