Old star reporter’s transport permit (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
cary grant
'old star reporter's' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'transport permit' is the wordplay.
'transport' becomes 'cary' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'permit' becomes 'grant' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cary'+'grant'='CARY GRANT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cary grant that I've seen before include "US film actor born in England" , "Hollywood great, born in Bristol" , "Hollywood star of film of "Arsenic and Old Lace"" .)