The judge in the case of disgraced footballer Adam Johnson concluded that he had no power to stop the media reporting a range of details about the former England player that had been mentioned in pre-trial hearings. Johnson, 28, was jailed for six years for grooming and engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan. Before his trial began at Bradford Crown Court there were a number of court ... Read full story
The chairman of IPSO, Sir Alan Moses, will be the main speaker at this year's London Press Club Awards. Sir Alan, a former Lord Justice of Appeal and a Court of Appeal Judge, was appointed as the first chairman of IPSO when it began work in 2014. The BBC news presenter and journalist Kate Silverton will compere the event at the Corinthia Hotel on Tuesday April ... Read full story
A weekly newspaper which wrongly gave the impression that a naked drink driver had been convicted of indecency for masturbating in his car has been rapped by the press watchdog. The Thanet Extra reported that Martin Clark had been convicted of outraging public decency and drink driving after he was seen driving his car erratically on a busy High Street while naked. The story went on to quote from ... Read full story
Complaints from a footballer that he was identified as the victim in a newspaper's coverage of an incident in which he was stabbed have been rejected ... Read full story
A complaint that a newspaper named a young woman in a court report even though a reporting restriction order giving her anonymity was in force has ... Read full story
The Sun newspaper's article headlined "1 in 5 Brit Muslims' sympathy for jihadis" was misleading, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) ... Read full story
The editors of The Independent, The Independent on Sunday and the i were honoured for their papers' service to the industry at the Society of Editors ... Read full story
Complaints about coverage of an inquest into the death of a man who took his own life after having been involved in an accident in which a young woman ... Read full story
The Mail on Sunday dominated the main accolades of the Society of Editors Press Awards – the ‘Oscars’ for the UK’s national ... Read full story
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