Summary October 2011.xlsx - Press Complaints Commission

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
PCC COMPLAINTS SUMMARY - October 2011
Statistics For October
Adjudicated Upheld 1
Adjudicated Not upheld 1
Adjudicated Sufficient
Remedial Action 3
Resolved 51
Sufficient Remedial
Action 7
Sufficient Response 0
No Breach 126
3rd Party 36
Not Pursued 234
Delay 0
Outside Remit 70
Matter of Taste 4
No finding 0
TOTAL: 533
Publication Headline Clause Decision Date
The Mail on Sunday FA Chief: Spain in bid to bribe world cup referees 1, 3, 10 Resolved 31/10/2011
Hereford Times MP ordered to repay expenses claims: 'Actually, I spent more' 1 Sufficient Remedial Action 13/10/2011
The Sun Fit as a fiddler 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Islamic radicals 'infiltrate' the Labour Party 1 No Breach 14/10/2011
The Sunday Telegraph
Radicals with hands on the levers of power: the takeover of Tower
Hamlets 1 No Breach 14/10/2011
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Daily Mail
Gay pair who won cash from Christian B&B couple launch fight for
more - and you are funding them 1 No Breach 27/10/2011
The Guardian NHS reform could see GP surgeries on stock market 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
Woman
'Jailed for trying to save my son' / 'I'm scared I'll never see my little boy
again' 1 Adjudicated Upheld 20/10/2011
Hertfordshire Mercury Mum charged with kidnapping her own son 1, 6 No Breach 24/10/2011
Sunday Mercury Ex-teacher: I wanted a sex change 1 No Breach 12/10/2011
Irish News The NHS boss who travelled the world at your expense 1, 3 No Breach 20/10/2011
Ascot News Mixed views as family car firm is set to close 1 Sufficient Remedial Action 12/10/2011
Daily Record
Investigation: Record numbers rogue lawyers' and chancer's get-richquick
scheme 1, 3, 4 No Breach 03/10/2011
The Northern Scot Butterflies and bees have pupils in workshop flap 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
The Citizen (Gloucester) Dog's killer found dead / Man who shoved dog off a cliff kills himself 5, 1
Adjudicated Sufficient
Remedial Action 04/10/2011
Dorset Echo Home from hell: Weymouth guest house will cost £30,000 to fix 1 No Breach 18/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph It's time Tesco haters stocked up on facts 1 No Breach 14/10/2011
Daily Mail Doctor of deception 1 No Breach 14/10/2011
Birmingham Mail
Former brother-in-law of West Mercia Police assistant chief constable
admits harassing him 1 No Breach 12/10/2011
Burton Mail Thugs jailed for trying to hijack taxi driver's cab 1 Resolved 26/10/2011
The Citizen (Gloucester) Judicial review for M5 motorway eco services plan in Gloucestershire 1, 4 No Breach 26/10/2011
Daily Mail Muslim girl, 19, 'stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest' 1, 5, 12
Daily Mail
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 21/10/2011
Superhead held in £1.6m fraud probe: Education knight and deputy
quizzed over school funds 10 Resolved 28/10/2011
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Clause not Not Pursued - No Response
The Sunday Times Milibands try to dampen feud speculation
cited from Complainant 03/10/2011
Daily Mail Ephraim Hardcastle 1 Resolved 12/10/2011
The People Evil Bellfield's evil lover reveals all to the People 1, 3 Resolved 06/10/2011
Daily Mail
Luvvies for legalisation: You're being naive in the extreme, celebrities
told after drugs plea to PM 1 No Breach 03/10/2011
Daily Record Teacher who had sex with teenage pupil struck off 1 Resolved 05/10/2011
The Guardian Conversion therapy: she tried to make me 'pray away the gay' 1, 10 No Breach 10/10/2011
Daily Mirror Inside the mind of a madman 3 Adjudicated Not Upheld 20/10/2011
North-West Evening Mail Child abductor is locked up 1, 5, 6, 7, 11 No Breach 12/10/2011
Sunday World Baby killer is stabbed in jail 1 Resolved 03/10/2011
Romford Recorder Father nearly died after being attacked by 'pal' 1 Resolved 05/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Buoyant Beatrice 3 Resolved 17/10/2011
Daily Mirror Must Bea time for a holiday 3 Resolved 17/10/2011
Daily Mail For Bea, what a difference 3 years makes 3 Resolved 17/10/2011
Eastern Daily Press Tempers flare in the chamber and the gallery 1 Resolved 10/10/2011
The Sun Now I do like to Bea beside the seaside 3 Resolved 17/10/2011
Croydon Guardian Police searching for Thornton Heath man following arson attack 1
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 21/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Sub commander accused of fisherman's death 1 Resolved 17/10/2011
Daily Mail Police drag boy, 13, out of bed at midnight… for throwing an apple 1, 3, 6, 9 Resolved 05/10/2011
Evening News (Norwich) Couple's nightmare over dream home 1, 5 No Breach 10/10/2011
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The Sentinel
(Staffordshire) Cannabis found in former crack den 3, 14 No Breach 18/10/2011
The Independent 10-year ban for ski instructor who risked children's lives 1 Not Pursued - Commission 17/10/2011
The Sunday Times Pupils left in cold by skiing firm debacle 1 Not Pursued - Commission 17/10/2011
News of the World Bon Jovi legend's beauty's a hooker 1, 2, 3, 4 Outside Remit - Legal 18/10/2011
Daily Record Scots woman faces Spanish double death crash probe 5 Resolved 12/10/2011
Daily Mail Don’t fall for the solar panels con 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
Daily Mail
'Please check on my son': Fireman's final words as he lay dying after
falling in front of six-year-old son as he tried to catch ball at baseball
game 5 3rd Party 05/10/2011
Daily Mail
Gypsy gang 'deliberately drowned' pony in lake in front of horrified
families 1 Resolved 25/10/2011
Daily Mail
Teachers will be allowed to use force on unruly pupils as ministers lift
'no touching' ban after classroom violence doubles in a year 1
Adjudicated Sufficient
Remedial Action 24/10/2011
Wales Online Doctor worked for hospitals while taking sickness pay 1 Sufficient Remedial Action 03/10/2011
Telegraph & Argus
Violet Wallbank was found dead in bed by police and paramedics, court
told 5, 12 No Breach 28/10/2011
Daily Mirror Mum at war with blinded hero cop 3 No Breach 28/10/2011
The Sun Prescriptions scandal £32.27 a loaf 1 Resolved 10/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
Readers' champion Tony Hetherington: Solicitors messed up
compensation claim 1 No Breach 05/10/2011
The Voice NA 3, 10 No Breach 19/10/2011
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Daily Mail
Saddam Hussein's torture doctor has been working in British hospitals
for seven years, immigration scandal reveals 1, 3 No Breach 31/10/2011
The Sunday Telegraph Inside story of Murdoch's special relationship with our politicians 1
Adjudicated Sufficient
Remedial Action 24/10/2011
Surrey Comet Esher man jailed for Olympic ticket scam 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
Daily Mail
She gives love a bad name! Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora's
girlfriend is 'exposed as a high-class prostitute' 1, 2, 3, 4 Outside Remit - Legal 18/10/2011
Evening Star (Ipswich) Town trainees used to take 'pot shots' at new Chelsea boss 1 Resolved 25/10/2011
Daily Mail Man shot dead outside Bristol pub on the day after St Pauls carnival 1
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 14/10/2011
Worcester News Fish fight turns ugly - ballot 1, 3, 14 Sufficient Remedial Action 13/10/2011
Sutton Advertiser Yet another fat cat gets to ride on the council gravy train 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
Daily Mail The shirking classes: Just 1 in 14 incapacity claimants is unfit to work 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
Daily Mirror Breakfast bet killer 'plays at murder' 6 No Breach 24/10/2011
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Daily Mail
Playing at murder: 'Breakfast bet' killer, 16, acts out strangling in
chilling Facebook photo before battering ex-girlfriend to death 6 No Breach 24/10/2011
Helen Seymour the female RAF top gun flying missions against Colonel
Gaddafi 3 3rd Party 05/10/2011
Hero British firefighter, 28, died saving his brother from holiday
robbers 1 Resolved 07/10/2011
The Sun HIV monster - 4 yrs for callous lover who passed virus to partner 12 No Breach 20/10/2011
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Daily Mail It's like he's walking on our sons graves 3, 4, 6 Resolved 17/10/2011
Wirral News
Birkenhead MP Frank Field quoted in Norway gunman's deranged
manifesto 1 Sufficient Remedial Action 31/10/2011
Liverpool Daily Post Norweigan gunman quoted Mersey MP 1 Sufficient Remedial Action 31/10/2011
Liverpool Echo Oslo killer quoted Mersey MP / Norway gunamn quotes MP Field 1 Sufficient Remedial Action 31/10/2011
Evening Express
(Aberdeen)
Battered / It's the scariest thing I've ever been through - it was
terrifying 10 Resolved 25/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Father drowns after leap into river to save daughter 6 Resolved 28/10/2011
Daily Mail 'There are too many immigrants in the UK', say seven in 10 Britons 1, 12 No Breach 07/10/2011
Daily Mail Today's poll: Do you think there are too many immigrants in the UK? 12 No Breach 07/10/2011
Daily Mail
Government's e-petitions website crashes on its first day as debate
over capital punishment heats up 1 Resolved 07/10/2011
The Sun It is good to fight back but not by killing white people 1 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Western Daily Press
Not applicable
The Guardian
The Guardian
Sky News
Marines find spy-hole after fatal bomb blast
NA
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 12/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 18/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 18/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 18/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Ofcom 18/10/2011
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Southern Daily Echo Life's too short, Richard 1 No Breach 13/10/2011
Daily Mirror
TalkTalk blames silent partner
Clause not
cited Not Pursued - Commission 26/10/2011
The Independent on
Sunday Fear of anarchist threat grows as countdown to London 2012 begins 1, 2 No Breach 06/10/2011
The Guardian Babar Ahmad's principled stand shames the IPCC 1, 4
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 07/10/2011
Evening Standard Lawless London 1
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 07/10/2011
The Observer
Half a million displaced as Khartoum moves to crush Sudan's Nuba
people 1, 2 No Breach 26/10/2011
Hucknall Dispatch Riot cops flood the streets 1 No Breach 12/10/2011
Daily Mail Why those 'super healthy' foods are simply a gimmick 1 3rd Party 05/10/2011
Essex Chronicle 'My boys aren’t bad' says Asbo brothers' mum 1 No Breach 21/10/2011
The Citizen (Gloucester) Citizen Editor: Let's name and shame these morons 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
Daily Mirror Oh, up yours, Senor 1, 12 No Breach 05/10/2011
Manchester Evening
News
Applied language solutions agrees five-year deal with Ministry of
Justice - 30 jobs to be created 1 Resolved 10/10/2011
The Citizen (Gloucester) Teenage dad from Gloucester produced air pistol in the street 3, 9 No Breach 10/10/2011
Oldham Evening
Chronicle Justice contract leads to new jobs 1 Resolved 10/10/2011
Daily Mail Today's poll: Do you think there are too many immigrants in the UK? 12 No Breach 07/10/2011
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Liverpool Echo
Police are hunting an on-the-run suspected arsonist in connection with
a flat fire 1 Resolved 13/10/2011
Daily Mail Vote online? Be careful what you click for… 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
Daily Mail
Autistic Dutch man fathers more than 20 children through sperm
donation after lying about his health
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 26/10/2011
Daily Mail
Autistic Dutch man fathers more than 20 children through sperm
donation after lying about his health
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 26/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Drop the brooms, you capitalist scum 1 No Breach 17/10/2011
Jewish Telegraph Sydney was stalwart of St Anne's community 1, 5 No Breach 12/10/2011
Metro Soldier's family in row over 'lost' will 1 Resolved 26/10/2011
Heywood Advertiser Shame on betrayers 1 No Breach 21/10/2011
Western Mail
Tory leader Andrew RT Davies under fire for public-funded 'vanity
project' 1 No Breach 21/10/2011
The Guardian New improved cannabis, now with genetic modifications 1 Resolved 25/10/2011
Daily Mail
He killed my girl for a free breakfast. Now I just want to tear him apart
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 26/10/2011
Best
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 26/10/2011
Closer
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 26/10/2011
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Horrified wife watches as Red Arrows hero dies steering stricken jet
away from homes
Red Arrows jet crashes at air show - pilot severely injured
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 26/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 26/10/2011
Daily Mail
Rise of the Fourth Reich, how Germany is using of the financial crisis to
conquer Europe 1 No Breach 05/10/2011
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The Guardian Poor A-Levels? Don't despair. Just lie on job application forms 1 No Breach 05/10/2011
The Sunday Times Got no style? Get off the road! 12 No Breach 05/10/2011
The Sunday Times Table talk: AA Gill 1, 12 No Breach 05/10/2011
Sunday Sun Wife left traumatised by husband's text terror 1, 3, 3 No Breach 07/10/2011
The Sentinel
(Staffordshire) Husband jailed for kidnap and assault of mother-of-one 3, 5, 7 Resolved 21/10/2011
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Hundreds of police paid £7million to do union work instead of keeping
streets safe
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Public sector staff still get pay rises and hefty redundancy handouts as
bosses snub austerity measures 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
The Sunday Times Got no style? Get off the road! 4 No Breach 05/10/2011
Evening Standard Doctor's desperate plea for aid at overwhelmed hospital 5 No Breach 05/10/2011
Daily Mail
Rebels smash their way into Gaddafi's compound and ransack his
bedroom…and one even steals his hat 5 No Breach 06/10/2011
Cambridge News Suspended jail term for man over drugs 1 Resolved 07/10/2011
Blackpool Gazette Dropped cigarette guts family home 1 Resolved 05/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - No Response
Marie Claire
NA
cited from Complainant 20/10/2011
Daily Mail Mother of disabled girl is spared jail over attack on online bully 1 No Breach 05/10/2011
The Observer Scientists face stream of ME death threats 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
The Sun Spear us the gory details 12 No Breach 05/10/2011
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Harrow Times Pinner doctor Jahangir Taghipour accused of sexual assault 1
Manchester Evening
News Manchester riots: Shame of teenager who stole booze 1
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 24/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 21/10/2011
The Sunday Times Shoot the medical messenger - see if that'll cure you 1, 4, 12, 2 No Breach 18/10/2011
The Independent British team are the first to row to the North Pole 1 Resolved 12/10/2011
The Guardian British crew become first to row to magnetic north pole 1 Resolved 12/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph British explorers row 450 miles to North pole in world first voyage 1 Resolved 12/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph British explorers row 450 miles to North pole in world first voyage 1 Resolved 12/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Protesters have got it all wrong on ME 1, 2, 12 No Breach 18/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph
Revealed: Yvonne Fletcher's killer / Case detectives ready to fly back to
Tripoli 1 No Breach 05/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Rail staff perks enjoyed by 500,000 1 No Breach 17/10/2011
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Midwife delivered my baby then stole my hubby…and I found out on
Mother's Day 1, 3 No Breach 19/10/2011
A plot to shatter the Union and the real reason English taxpayers pay
for Granny McTavish to live the high life 12 No Breach 05/10/2011
David Beckham and his Beach Boys in picture perfect moment as they
stroll down the Malibu shoreline hand in hand 6 3rd Party 17/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Protesters have got it all wrong on ME 1, 4, 12 No Breach 18/10/2011
The Guardian Ramadan: a guide for the perplexed 12 No Breach 05/10/2011
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The Observer
The Daily Telegraph
Chronic fatigue syndrome researchers face death threats from
militants 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
Dom Joly calls in police over fake Twitter account which abused his
children
Clause not
cited
Daily Mail Pensioner charged with murder at luxury £1,000-a-night holiday home 1
The Daily Telegraph Pensioner held after man, 20, is stabbed to death at manor house 1
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 28/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 28/10/2011
Cambridge News Postman loses fingertip during attack by retriever 1 Resolved 26/10/2011
Birmingham Mail Cheap as chips: Bell Lane Fish bar, 19 Bell Lane, B33 0HS 1 No Breach 05/10/2011
Cambridge News Eid celebreations in the city 12 No Breach 07/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - Not Lead
Daily Mail
Here comes the fraud!
cited Complaint 03/10/2011
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Coventry Telegraph
Not applicable
NA
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 03/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 03/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 31/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 17/10/2011
Scottish Daily Mail £2.9M per day diabetes bill 1, 12 No Breach 05/10/2011
Daily Mail Wanted Britons who want to work 10 No Breach 05/10/2011
Jersey Evening Post Making prisoners pay for their keep 'could breach their rights' 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
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Automotive Management Aston Martin commissions insight into its customers 1 No Breach 13/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday Heath cartoon 12 No Breach 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
Home fit for a hero? While £1m homes go to asylum seekers, a soldier
who lost three limbs serving his country is put in a tiny flat…on the
sixth floor 1, 3, 12 No Breach 18/10/2011
Morning Advertiser NA 3
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 10/10/2011
Express & Star (Dudley
Edition)
72 jobs lost at metal factory
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 03/10/2011
The Scotsman English to be charged £36,000 for degree at Edinburgh 1, 12 No Breach 13/10/2011
Financial Times Latin America: A toxic trade 1 No Breach 24/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph 66pc: the true level of tax paid by higher earners 1 Resolved 24/10/2011
Isle of Wight County Press Young father is fined for swearing
Clause not
cited
Daily Mail Cameron 'to stay away from vote' on tightening abortion laws 1
Daily Mirror
Cowell fury as ITV pay thug £1m / He jumped into Amy's room with a
machete. She was screaming for the police..she thought he would kill
her 1, 3
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 10/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 17/10/2011
Bella The Stepdad who was cleared of rape 1 Resolved 12/10/2011
Sunday Mail
So if there is a war on drugs..who's winning?
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
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Metro
Daily Mail
Moat's ex-lover 'wound him up' before rampage
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Muslim parents of 'honour killing victim' schoolgirl, 17, charged with
her murder EIGHT years after she vanished 12 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Daily Mirror Doctor Who's plots are getting lost in space.. 1, 4
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 07/10/2011
Manchester Evening
News Hospitals in Greater Manchester to treat patients with Cannabis 1 No Breach 12/10/2011
Express & Star
(Wolverhampton) Motorcyclist dies after canal accident 1, 5
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 21/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
Tories forced to pay £20k to researcher who worked for 'Burn Your
Briefs' MP Dominic Raab after bullying claims 3 Resolved 28/10/2011
Daily Mirror Cannabis to used in hospital treatment 1 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail Mothers mustn't feel bad about the bottle 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
Hemsworth & South
Elmsall Express
BNP man guilty of racist abuse
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
The Sun We're worse than Albania 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
Daily Mail
Where my wife comes from, they SHOOT squatters: Doctor whose £1m
home was taken over by spongers hits out at the law 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
The Guardian Reality check: Who are Britain's laziest parliamentarians? 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
Daily Mail
Solihull News
It's all-white on the night: Sam and Billie Faiers help their TOWIE friend
Jessica Wright celebrate her 26th birthday
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 04/10/2011
Sister of killed hero solider Rob Deering sells medals to pay for cruise
holiday 1 Not Pursued - Commission 07/10/2011
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PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Daily Mail
MoD loses wills of British heroes: Heartbreak for families of soldiers
killed in Afghanistan 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Dead soldier's family in bitter row over 'non-existent' will 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
Daily Mail Village split over bid to weed out lazy gardeners 1, 3, 10 No Breach 21/10/2011
Scottish Sun Our plant potty row 1 No Breach 21/10/2011
The Guardian
Julian Assange rape allegations: treatment of women 'unfair and
absurd'
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Daily Mail
Rape accusers are 'out for revenge', claims lawyer at WikiLeaks chief
Julian Assange's extradition hearing
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph
Rape charges reissued against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Independent on
Sunday
What - and where -now for Mr WikiLeaks?
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Economist
Swept up and away
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Wired
Julian Assange extradited to face charges in Sweden
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Northern Scot Man fined after threat to kill youth at supermarket 1, 3, 4, 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
The Sun It's all geek to me, gov 1 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail
Ten-year-old boy returns to school after summer holidays as a GIRL as
'he believes he is trapped in the wrong body' 1 3rd Party 20/10/2011
The Times Doctor who is loathed by the very people he wants to cure 1 No Breach 18/10/2011
The Observer Scientists face stream of ME death threats 1 No Breach 18/10/2011
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The Daily Telegraph Protesters have got it all wrong on ME 1 No Breach 18/10/2011
Telegraph & Argus Study puts riots blame on police 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
Bizarre death of man who suffocated when he became tangled up in a
Daily Mail
clothes horse 5 3rd Party 07/10/2011
Times & Star
(Workington) Married Cumbria man had hundreds of child porn pictures 1 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail
Bizarre death of man who suffocated when he became tangled up in a
clothes horse
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 14/10/2011
That’s Life The midwife and the hubby 1, 3 No Breach 21/10/2011
Bella My midwife stole my husband 1, 3 No Breach 21/10/2011
The Herald (Glasgow) University student forced into sex trade to pay debts 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
Daily Mail
Comedian Dom Joly calls police over internet troll who abused his
children on Twitter
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
South Shields Gazette NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Dorking Advertiser Dopey thieves mistake hemp for cannabis 3 No Breach 21/10/2011
Daily Mail
Muslims caught praying on the streets of Paris face arrest in tough new
law
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Daily Mail Why don't the Scots merge with Greece? 1, 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail Why don't the Scots merge with Greece? 1, 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail Why don't the Scots merge with Greece? 1, 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
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Evening Standard
Daily Mail
Eastern Daily Press
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 06/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph
Joanne Lumley targeted in Facebook campaign against Ghurkha 'influx'
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Bath Chronicle
Cabbies banned from café as petition grows
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday Tulisa's X factor guest from hell 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
Sunday Mercury Leona Lewis is more dull than diva 1 3rd Party 13/10/2011
The Times
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Limehouse link to the past
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 11/10/2011
Killed by Mexican drug cartel as gruesome warning to bloggers who
Tortured, 'snitch 'online disembowelled and hung from a bridge for tweeting: Couple 3 No Breach 27/10/2011
Killed by Mexican drug cartel as gruesome warning to bloggers who
'snitch 'online 3 No Breach 27/10/2011
Bracknell Forest Standard Happy Families in the army
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Evening Standard Dirty Beasts 1, 12 No Breach 26/10/2011
Daily Mirror
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
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PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Daily Mail
Tortured, disembowelled and hung from a bridge for tweeting: Couple
Killed by Mexican drug cartel as gruesome warning to bloggers who
'snitch 'online 5 No Breach 27/10/2011
The Sunday Times 'Little Ice Age' to hit Britain 1 No Breach 19/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - No Response
Metro
Tori Amos: My daughter does a great impression of Cheryl Cole
cited from Complainant 06/10/2011
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The gender-free British passport: UK travellers may no longer have to
declare their sex, to spare feelings of "transgender people" 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
The gender-free British passport: UK travellers may no longer have to
declare their sex, to spare feelings of "transgender people" 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail Lib Dems-Do you agree drugs should be decriminalised 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
St Helens Star Town is losing its identity 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Sun
We find the cowardly teen troll behind sick Maddie Facebook page.
Now he's… TRASHED 3, 6 3rd Party 13/10/2011
The Citizen (Gloucester) Snubbed because I used to be a man 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
The Mail on Sunday Tulisa's X factor guest from hell 12 from Complainant 17/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
Tulisa's X factor guest from hell
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 17/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday Tulisa's X factor guest from hell 6, 12
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 17/10/2011
17

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
The Mail on Sunday Tulisa's X factor guest from hell 1, 12
The Mail on Sunday
Tulisa's X factor guest from hell
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday Tulisa's X factor guest from hell 1, 12 No Breach 26/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday Tulisa's X factor guest from hell 12
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 17/10/2011
Daily Mail Why don't the Scots merge with Greece? 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Sunday Mirror
Not applicable
Motherwell Times
Hero police officer arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs in gay
nightclub 1, 3 Resolved 24/10/2011
NA
NA
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
South Liverpool
Merseymart We are plagued by pigeons 1 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Paid to party on your tax: How civil servants were given time off work
for drunken sports day hours after voting for a mass strike
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Tortured, disembowelled and hung from a bridge for tweeting: Couple
Killed by Mexican drug cartel as gruesome warning to bloggers who
'snitch 'online 3, 5 No Breach 27/10/2011
Metro NA 1 3rd Party 20/10/2011
18

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Daily Mail
The Independent
The gender-free British passport: UK travellers may no longer have to
declare their sex, to spare feelings of "transgender people" 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
The scone of destiny
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 12/10/2011
Evening Gazette
Teeside woman wins £3m payout over accident
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Press & Journal
(Aberdeen) 91% of you think that Road Sense should drop bypass court action now 1 No Breach 19/10/2011
The Times
Daily Mail
Metro
Metro
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Israel isolation grows as ambassador thrown out over blockade ship
raid 1 Resolved 25/10/2011
How video games blur real life boundaries and prompt thoughts of
Not Pursued - No Response
'violent solutions' to players' problems 1 from Complainant 26/10/2011
Gamers can't tell real world from fantasy, says researchers
Gamers can't tell real world from fantasy, says researchers
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 20/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 20/10/2011
Nigerian rapist who can't be deported because EU judges say it would
violate his right to family life 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
A pair of Hotpants you'll actually want to wear: New shorts 'help you
lose two dress sizes in just two weeks' 1 No Breach 20/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
Medway Messenger
Strood betting shop robber jailed
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
19

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Daily Mail
Not applicable
A marriage Jim, but not as we know it: Lesbian couple celebrate civil
ceremony with Star Trek-themed service
NA
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 11/10/2011
Belfast Telegraph
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 06/10/2011
The Sun
The Scotsman
I had to tip-toe round stinking bags of human waste ready to throw at
police 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
Michael Kelly: TV is hiding behind a smokescreen
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Daily Mirror
Lying sperm donor sparks autism alert
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 21/10/2011
Sunday Mail
Stabbed barmaid's horror at court's 'sex games' claim by former lover
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 17/10/2011
The People Forest SOS to Cloughie 1 No Breach 19/10/2011
The Independent
The Daily Telegraph
Wales Online
£1.75 trillion deal to save the euro
Drunk frightened off his 'sexy' stewardess
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
The Times Hot under the collar? Vicars feel the wrath of Rowan Atkinson 1 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
Sir Cliff Richard 'prays for his enemies' and says there would be fewer
wars if people were more spiritual
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
20

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
The Sun
X Factor star Lascel Wood's porn shame
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
Death is a fitting punishment for grown-up societies
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Daily Mail Death is a fitting punishment for grown-up societies 5 3rd Party 26/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 13/10/2011
The Sun
Only one direction…my place
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 20/10/2011
Evening Telegraph & Post Paedophile to stay in Dundee
Burnley Express Barnoldswick man in court after taking partner 'hostage'
The Daily Telegraph Dying in a bullfight is the best thing that can happen to a bull
Daily Mail
Our language is being hijacked by the Left to muzzle rational debate
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 10/10/2011
Daily Mail The Labour mantra of hate finds a new star in 16-year-old Weal 1 3rd Party 28/10/2011
Not applicable
Daily Mail
NA
'Parents need to have eyes in the back of their heads': Coroner's
warning after boy, 4, drowned in river while feeding ducks
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Daily Mail
What else did they expect! Revellers pass out in the gutter and stagger
around without trousers, after nightclub's 10p-a-drink offer
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
21

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Cambrian News
Fury as death crash driver escapes jail sentence
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
Scottish Sun
Herald & Post (Luton)
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Not applicable
Now EU wants to set our speed limits: Brussels plan to enforce 20mph
zones and replace Highway Code with European laws 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
RoboProf
L&D 'pervert' is found dead
The child star of the Labour conference and the truth behind his 'life of
poverty'
The child star of the Labour conference and the truth behind his 'life of
poverty'
The child star of the Labour conference and the truth behind his 'life of
poverty'
NA
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - Not Lead
cited Complaint 05/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - No Response
cited from Complainant 13/10/2011
Manchester Evening
News
Manchester Evening
News
Evening Standard
Hopping mad… women to stage picket over casino's Playboy bunny
evenings 1
Tragedy of mum who died after walking through a puddle
Pedestrian trapped under bus is left fighting for his life
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 17/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 26/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Rampant cheating at Chinese games exposed 12 No Breach 26/10/2011
News Shopper (Bromley)
Shop a dog
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
22

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Daily Mail
Whatever the BBC say, Britain is still mainly white, Christian and
straight
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 24/10/2011
Herald & Post (Luton)
L&D 'pervert' is found dead
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 03/10/2011
Herald & Post (Luton)
L&D 'pervert' is found dead
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 03/10/2011
Herald & Post (Luton)
L&D 'pervert' is found dead
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 03/10/2011
Herald & Post (Luton)
L&D 'pervert' is found dead
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 03/10/2011
Daily Mail
The child star of the Labour conference and the truth behind his 'life of
poverty' 1 3rd Party 28/10/2011
Not applicable
Not applicable
BBC
Not applicable
NA
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 03/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 03/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 03/10/2011
Peterborough Evening
Telegraph
Boy (4) drowns after river fall
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Liverpool Echo
Daughter of Mersey MP dies suddenly
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 03/10/2011
News & Star (Carlisle)
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Malvern Gazette
Café tenant to stand in Conservators' election
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
23

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Pick Me Up
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
The real-life Hogwarts? Inside the secretive 'Scientology school' where
students are taught though clay modelling and staring matches
The Independent Mary Dejevsky: Will Israel still exist in 2048?
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
A hands-free green man…so devout Jews can cross the road without
breaking a religious law 1, 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
Daily Mail
Muslim mother stabbed daughter 40 times and cut out her liver in
ritual killing to 'exorcise evil spirits'
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
Muslim mother stabbed daughter 40 times and cut out her liver in
ritual killing to 'exorcise evil spirits'
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
Muslim mother stabbed daughter 40 times and cut out her liver in
ritual killing to 'exorcise evil spirits'
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Daily Mail
Blair's right about Israel
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Press (Dewsbury) Travellers' story has legs yet 12 No Breach 19/10/2011
News & Star (Carlisle)
Deaf teen attacked at wedding reception in Carlisle
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 13/10/2011
24

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Evening Standard
Not applicable
Not applicable
Liverpool Echo
Salford Advertiser
The Sun
Salford Advertiser
Not applicable
New Milton Advertiser &
Lymington Times
Pedestrian trapped under bus is left fighting for his life
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Islam seeks to dominate the world
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 26/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 03/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Selection 03/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 03/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 03/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 03/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 07/10/2011
Cosmopolitan Will he cheat on you? 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
Clause not
Tameside Advertiser NA
cited Outside Remit - General 04/10/2011
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 04/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 04/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 04/10/2011
25

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Maldon & Burnham
Standard
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 11/10/2011
Daily Mirror
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Guardian Facebook is fine with hate speech, as long as it's directed at women 12 No Breach 26/10/2011
Daily Mail
Burning issue: Effigy of Tevez torched as backlash rumbles on against
Man City rebel
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 12/10/2011
Daily Mail
Birmingham Mail
Herald & Post (Luton)
Beaming Amanda Knox lands in London on way home with her family
after Italian court quashes her conviction for murder 1 No Breach 26/10/2011
True love would be letting daughter die
L&D 'pervert' is found dead
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 20/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 07/10/2011
Not applicable
Liverpool Echo
Not applicable
Gloucestershire Echo
The Daily Telegraph
NA
Blunders over hanged boy, 13 / How Brendon was let down
NA
NA
Amanda Knox acquittal: It isn't the Catholic Church that is unhealthily
obsessed with mythical Satanic sex - it is radical feminists and social
workers
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 07/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 28/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Legal 10/10/2011
Clause not
cited 3rd Party 20/10/2011
26

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Paisley Daily Express
Parker's way: Memories of Thornhill House
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Daily Mail
Is Alzheimer's contagious? Condition 'could be infectious like mad cow
disease'
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Daily Mail We'll only treat your 'minor' ailments if you pay, say NHS GPs 1, 4 No Breach 26/10/2011
Not applicable
Daily Mail
Herald & Post (Luton)
The Sun
Daily Mail
Not applicable
NA
NA
L&D 'pervert' is found dead
Uggly truth
Skinned alive to make fake Uggs: Horrific footage reveals slow,
sickening deaths of raccoon dogs
NA
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 06/10/2011
Clause not
cited Matters of Taste 10/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 06/10/2011
Daily Mirror Have you slept with this man? Police appeal as HIV brute is jailed 1 Resolved 28/10/2011
Manchester Evening
News
Herne Bay Gazette
Daily Mail
The Times
Girl who spent Christmas in Royal Manchester children's hospital after
dog attack is collecting toys for other sick kids 1, 2 No Breach 21/10/2011
NA
NA
Adoptions will rise from now, insists head of court service
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Selection 13/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
27

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Not applicable
The People
Rochdale Observer
Not applicable
That’s Life
That’s Life
Daily Mirror
The Sun
Daily Mail
Not applicable
Not applicable
Daily Mail
NA
Mother of key witness at Meredith Kercher trial speaks of her
daughter's torment after Amanda Knox and her Raffaele Sollecito
acquittal
Name call for Hopwood Hall College to pay tribute to Sir Cyril Smith
NA
NA
NA
Fox holed
The giro march
NA
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 10/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 11/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 11/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 11/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 11/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
28

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
29

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
30

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
31

PCC Monthly Summary of Concluded Complaints
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Wiltshire Gazette &
Herald
Not applicable
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Step up and aid Jay's recovery
NA
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 13/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 20/10/2011
The Independent Fox's 18 meetings with controversial adviser on trips 12 3rd Party 20/10/2011
Daily Mail
Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder
conviction is rejected 1
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
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Sky News
NA
Welwyn & Hatfield Times Land dump man loses his appeal
Evening Gazette Stockton main hailed a hero after A1 crash rescue
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Ofcom 11/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 31/10/2011
Vogue
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not applicable
Sunday World
Reading Chronicle
Shropshire Star
NA
NA
NA
Return of the scrum bags
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 12/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 28/10/2011
Clause not
cited Matters of Taste 20/10/2011
Clause not
cited Matters of Taste 17/10/2011
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Liverpool Echo
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Selection 13/10/2011
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Daily Mail
Evening Standard
Not applicable
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Not applicable
'I'll be the new Foxy Knoxy': Killer's Facebook boast from jail. But why
was he allowed on the site?
60% of knife muggers in the capital are young black men
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Clause not
NA
cited
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
NA
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Confirmed by
Complainant 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 17/10/2011
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BBC
BBC
Evening Times (Glasgow)
Echo (Basildon &
Castlepoint)
NA
NA
Pervert caught online
Travellers given chance to appeal latest court defeat
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 17/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 17/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
Daily Mail
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
Daily Mail
BBC
Daily Mail
Not applicable
Manchester Evening
News
Daily Mail
Not applicable
'If he hadn't wanted more wives, I probably wouldn't have married Clause not
him': How women are the driving force behind polygamous marriage cited
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Parent of a child with ADHD? Have a free car under £1.5bn taxpayerfunded
scheme 1
Even the Dutch think skunk drives you mad
NA
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 27/10/2011
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 25/10/2011
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 17/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 17/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 17/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Selection 17/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - No Response
from Complainant 27/10/2011
Police officer denies killing newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson at G20 riots
as he appears in court 5 3rd Party 27/10/2011
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 20/10/2011
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Not applicable
Not applicable
The Sun
Not applicable
BBC
Sky News
Not applicable
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 18/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 18/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 19/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 19/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 19/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Ofcom 19/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 20/10/2011
The Star (Sheffield)
Metro
Hull Daily Mail
Not applicable
Not applicable
Herald & Post
(Middlesbrough)
BBC
Ryan's return spells end for David
NA
Hull parents warned of cheap new drug as tiny pills sold for as little as
50p
NA
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited Matters of Taste 20/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 20/10/2011
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 21/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 21/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 21/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 24/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 25/10/2011
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BBC
Channel 4
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
That’s Life
BBC
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
The News (Portsmouth)
The News (Portsmouth)
The News (Portsmouth)
The Mail on Sunday
BBC
Daily Mail
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
My warning to mums: Breastfeeding left me infertile / Has
breastfeeding made me infertile?
NA
NA
NA
NA
Portsmouth police officers raid city home over counterfeit CDs and
DVDs claim
Portsmouth police officers raid city home over counterfeit CDs and
DVDs claim
Portsmouth police officers raid city home over counterfeit CDs and
DVDs claim
NA
NA
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 25/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Ofcom 25/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Selection 25/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 24/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 25/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - Not Lead
cited Complaint 24/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 25/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 25/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 25/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 25/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - Not Lead
cited Complaint 27/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - Not Lead
cited Complaint 27/10/2011
Clause not Not Pursued - Not Lead
cited Complaint 27/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 27/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 27/10/2011
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 27/10/2011
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Manchester Evening
News
Jamaican man arrested on suspicion of murder after Zimbabwean man
dies following disturbance in Oldham 12 3rd Party 31/10/2011
Wokingham Times NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 28/10/2011
BBC
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - BBC 28/10/2011
The Sun
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - General 28/10/2011
Irish Independent Loud and proud gays want to take over rest of society
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Publication 31/10/2011
The Daily Telegraph Black and Asian rioters disproportionately involved in disturbances
Clause not
cited
Not Pursued - Not Lead
Complaint 31/10/2011
The Sunday Times State hands out BMWs to 'disabled' in £500m scandal 1 No Breach 31/10/2011
Sky News
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Ofcom 31/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Ofcom 31/10/2011
The Observer
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 31/10/2011
Not applicable
NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - ASA 31/10/2011
Lancashire Evening Post NA
Clause not
cited Outside Remit - Legal 31/10/2011
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