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26 Front Page Failures

30/05/2017

We have identified 26 front-page stories that even IPSO accepted contained a code breach.

Watch and share our Front Page Failures video featuring some of these stories and help spread the word about the sham press regulator IPSO!You can find links to the full IPSO rulings concerning each story below:01457-14 Perkins v Kentish Gazettehttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=01457-14 00256-15 A woman v Lancashire Evening Posthttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=00256-15 02572-15 Office of the First Minister v The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=02572-15 04756-15 Portes v Daily Expresshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=04756-1505814-15 Brocklehurst v The Sunhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=05814-1505438-15 Burnett v Kent & Sussex Courierhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=05438-1501584-16 Buckingham Palace v The Sunhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=01584-1611941-15 HRH Prince Henry of Wales v Daily Starhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=11941-1507016-16 McDonald v Daily Expresshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=04756-1506005-16 Haigh v Daily Expresshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=06005-1600847-14 A Man v Edinburgh Evening Newshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=00847-1400498-15 Black v Sunday Expresshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=00498-1504893-15 Carroll v Belfast Telegraphhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=04893-1505903-15 Shadforth v The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=05903-1506194-15 Mace v Gloucester Citizenhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=06194-1509324-15 Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) v The Sunhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=09324-1500781-16 Khan v The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=00781-1602749-16 Association of British Bookmakers v The Timeshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=02749-1604051-16 Dartington v Daily Mailhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=04051-1605003-15 Al Fayed v The Sunday Timeshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=05003-1503139-14 Hogbin v Herne Bay Gazettehttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=03139-1403125-15 Portes v The Timeshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=03125-1505143-15 Lewis v The Daily Telegraphhttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=05143-1504727-15 Hanks v Ayrshire Posthttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=04727-1502182-16 Martinez v Hampstead & Highgate Expresshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=02182-16 02184-14 Rooney v Wetherby Newshttps://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=02184-14

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