IPSO rulings Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/ipso-rulings/ The Future of Media Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:24:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/09/cropped-Press-Gazette_favicon-32x32.jpg IPSO rulings Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/ipso-rulings/ 32 32 IPSO complaint against Press Gazette upheld over alleged sex offence admission https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/ipso-complaint-against-press-gazette-upheld-over-alleged-sex-offence-admission/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:24:09 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=254482 Press Gazette story subject to upheld IPSO ruling above, and IPSO flag below

Press Gazette failed to include rebuttal to serious allegation.

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]]> Press regulator IPSO has found Press Gazette breached accuracy rules with a report that included an allegation that a former councillor admitted a sexual offence without making clear he denied doing so.

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]]> Angela Rayner privacy and harassment complaint against Sun on Sunday dismissed https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/angela-rayner-privacy-and-harassment-complaint-against-sun-on-sunday-dismissed/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:50:58 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=256346 Angela Rayner pictured walking holding red folder wearing white dress and black glasses

IPSO previously issued two privacy notices to press about photographers outside politician's homes.

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]]> Press regulator IPSO has dismissed a complaint from Housing Secretary Angela Rayner that alleged breach of privacy and harassment against The Sun on Sunday.

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]]> IPSO: Times OK to say BBC ignored Bill Gates climate U-turn despite Today coverage https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/ipso-times-ok-to-say-bbc-ignored-bill-gates-climate-u-turn-despite-today-coverage/ Thu, 28 May 2026 15:20:28 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=253164 Bill Gates wearing a suit and tie, speaking into a microphone with a blue stage background behind him

Story was mentioned at least in passing on Today programme and other radio shows.

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]]> The Times was entitled to say in a leader column that the BBC produced “no coverage” of an intervention by Bill Gates on climate change despite it being discussed on Radio 4’s flagship Today programme, press regulator IPSO has found.

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]]> Cornwall Live risked identifying sexual assault victim, says IPSO https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/cornwall-live-risked-identifying-sexual-assault-victim-says-ipso/ Tue, 19 May 2026 16:30:26 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252840 Screenshot of Cornwall Live IPSO adjudication with headline 'A man v cornwalllive.com - IPSO upheld adjudication concerning Clause 11 of the Code'

Reach website did not accept victim could have been identified from story.

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]]> Press regulator IPSO criticised a “lack of sympathy” from Reach local news website Cornwall Live which it ruled had published details that could have identified a sexual assault victim.

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]]> Telegraph recorded most Editors’ Code breaches in 2025 https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/telegraph-recorded-most-editors-code-breaches-in-2025/ Mon, 18 May 2026 14:48:20 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252724 Telegraph front page on 23 January 2025 with splash headline: "One in 12 in London is illegal migrant"

IPSO received 6,534 complaints, down from 6,655 in 2024.

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]]> The Telegraph was the UK newsbrand with the most breaches of the Editors’ Code upheld by regulator IPSO in 2025, according to its annual report for the year.

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]]> Irish News ‘overstated’ audience plant allegations against Stephen Nolan show, says IPSO https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/irish-news-wrong-to-allege-serious-editorial-misconduct-on-stephen-nolan-show-ipso/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:44:06 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=251634 Stephen Nolan with headphones over his head, speaking into a microphone

Title breached Editors' Code with investigation into BBC show.

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]]> BBC Northern Ireland has won a complaint against the Irish News over four articles that alleged staff had been “planted” in the audience of presenter Stephen Nolan’s TV show.

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]]> Reach website rapped over ‘significantly misleading’ pensions headline https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/reach-website-rapped-over-significantly-misleading-pensions-headline/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:22:14 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=250807 Birmingham Live correction page for state pension story, dated 20 March 2026. Headline reads: "Correction: State pensioners"

Fourth Birmingham Live headline ruled by IPSO to be misleading in just over a year.

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]]> Reach website Birmingham Live published a “significantly misleading” headline about the state pension age, press regulator IPSO has found.

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]]> Daily Mail amends electric car story after Yougov poll showed public could have been misled https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/daily-mail-electric-car-ipso-ruling-energy-climate-intelligence-unit/ Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:42:37 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=249942 Man using smartphone app while standing next to his electric car charging at portable station on a city street, surrounded by urban buildings

Story said average cost of petrol car was £22,000 in 'flawed comparison'.

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]]> Polling on whether the public had been misled by a Daily Mail story forced press regulator IPSO to rethink its decision to reject a complaint.

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]]> Telegraph declines to tell regulator how fake banker story got published https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/telegraph-declines-to-tell-regulator-how-fake-banker-story-got-published/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:09:26 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=249719 Telegraph school fees article

Newspaper 'lost confidence' in story after issue with images became clear.

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]]> The Telegraph has refused to tell press regulator IPSO how an article about a made-up banker supposedly impacted by school fee increases came to be published.

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]]> Express business coverage found to have breached Editors’ Code 12 times this year https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/express-business-coverage-found-to-have-breached-editors-code-12-times-this-year/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:54:10 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=246000 Express print front covers. Picture: express.co.uk

Regulator has repeatedly censured Express over misleading headlines.

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]]> The Express has had 12 breaches of the Editors’ Code upheld by regulator Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) in 2025 so far.

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