Press whistle blower was unfairly dismissed

A whistle-blower, who was sacked after leaking a report to the press, has won his employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.

The employment tribunal ruled against the National Trust after it sacked warden Peter Collins for secretly handing over a report to a local newspaper about dangerous chemicals at a former landfill site.

The Shields Gazette published the report and then launched a campaign for its findings to be made public.

The report detailed high levels of deadly poisons burie... (210 more words)

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