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Prevent papers and the like breaking news (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

stop press

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'the like breaking news' is the definition.
'stop press' can be an answer for 'news' (I have seen 'Late news' mean 'stop press' so perhaps 'news' could also mean 'stop press'). I am not sure about the 'the like breaking' bit.

'prevent papers' is the wordplay.
'prevent' becomes 'stop' (stopping is a kind of preventing).
'papers' becomes 'press' (the newspaper industry).
'stop'+'press'='STOP-PRESS'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stop press that I've seen before include "breaking intelligence" , "Late news item(s)" , "Late news item" , "newspaper feature" , "Latest news" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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