Acting editor of the Times John Witherow described the proposals for self-regulation as robust but said they would not affect press freedom.

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Speaking to the BBC News website, Balding revealed she had written to the newspaper's editor John Witherow, receiving what she deemed an unsatisfactory reply.

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The editor of the Sunday Times, John Witherow, said the newspaper was doing what it could to recover Colvin's body and get Conroy to safety.

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Key players, I'm told, were the Telegraph's Lord Black who is the key fix-it man for the industry, Associated Newspapers' Peter Wright, who is the former editor of the Mail on Sunday, the editor of the Times John Witherow and the editor of the FT Lionel Barber.

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