Danny Lockwood

Who is Danny Lockwood?

Danny Lockwood, born 15 December 1958, is the publisher of the Rugby League newspaper League Weekly, former amateur Rugby league player, and a convicted violent criminal. He is also the owner and publisher of The Press, a weekly local newspaper based in Batley, West Yorkshire.

As an amateur Rugby league player Lockwood was once selected to represent Great Britain. His main clubs were Dewsbury Celtic and Bradford Dudley Hill. Lockwood never played professionally.

As a journalist Lockwood has worked on the Yorkshire Post, West Australian and Yorkshire Evening Post among other titles. In 1993 he became editor of the Johnston Press weekly local Dewsbury Reporter and, later, their Lancaster Guardian title.

Lockwood launched The Press in 2002 and continued as editor and columnist through several apparent ownership changes. In 2011 Lockwood claimed that he "saved" the publication after serious financial problems.

In 2007 Lockwood was the subject of a high profile libel trial initiated by the then Dewbury MP Shahid Malik, which ended in a hung jury after a two-week trial at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.