The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 5 letter word STOP PRESS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STOP PRESS
- Late news, crush on street
- Special time to clamp down on breaking news?
- Latest news of holy woman’s put down
- Good person to cruelly put down late offering from 30?
- A good man to torment for the latest news
- Latest news of St Harry
- Late news: ‘Jam following work on street’
- Station crowd gets breaking news
- Latest worry involving work pressure
- Sunday Telegraph initially to keep control of latest news
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The straight part
We know that "Latest news" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case latest news = stop press.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.