3 July 2013 Last updated at 12:14 ET <\/p>\n
A row has broken out over a village newsletter after a council said it wanted to check letters and emails from the public before they were published. <\/p>\n
Jonathan Butler, editor of the Shepreth newsletter, published an open letter in the July edition saying \"freedom of speech\" was at stake following Shepreth Parish Council's request. <\/p>\n
He said the letters pages were there for \"people to express their views\". <\/p>\n
The parish council said his comments were \"out of context and misleading\". <\/p>\n
Its clerk, Charles Cook, had written to Mr Butler in May to say he had received an email from a local resident concerning the recreation ground. <\/p>\n
Shepreth Parish Council does not and will not suppress freedom of speech or the rights of anyone to voice their opinion <\/p>\n
He said it contained \"inaccurate\" information and asked Mr Butler not to print it in the newsletter, if he received the letter. <\/p>\n
In the email seen by the BBC, Mr Cook then wrote: \"May I also ask that if you receive any letters or emails etc from residents concerning the parish council that you confirm the accuracy and content with me before printing it.\" <\/p>\n
The All Saints' Shepreth Church and Village Newsletter is published every month and is delivered for free to all of the households in the Cambridgeshire village. <\/p>\n
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