French regulator to look into CNews channel after ‘opinion media’ allegation
Court orders regulator to examine balance and independence of CNews, described by critics as ‘French Fox News’
December 2023
Labour backs away from press reforms after Prince Harry’s phone-hacking court victory
Steve Coogan: phone-hacking ruling reveals ‘systemic concealment’
October 2023
US asks Qatar to ‘turn down the volume’ of Al Jazeera news coverage
Secretary of state Antony Blinken made request of Qatari prime minister Sheikh Mohammed during frantic trip to Doha
September 2023
Braverman’s claim about ethnicity of grooming gangs was false, regulator rules
MailOnline to pay Gabby and Kenny Logan damages over false claims
July 2023
Mirror’s description of Matt Hancock as ‘failed health secretary’ not inaccurate, says watchdog
Article calling him ‘cheating husband who broke the lockdown rules he wrote’ was compliant with press code
BBC’s week of scandal: from the Sun’s claims to naming of Huw Edwards
One week after tabloid first published claims about a then unnamed presenter, the facts remain difficult to unpick
Labour faces wrath of UK media bosses by opposing repeal of regulation rule
Harry’s Sun phone-hacking claim is ‘Alice in Wonderland stuff’, court hears
Nicola Bulley: watchdog not currently planning to investigate press coverage
June 2023
Jeremy Clarkson’s Sun article on Meghan was sexist, says press regulator
The Sun will have to print a front-page statement explaining that its columnist was found to have discriminated against the duchess
May 2023
An Ofsted for journalists could raise press standards
Letters: Tim Allen on guarding the guardians of democracy, and David Chan on the need to diversify those who work in the media
March 2023
UK to abolish law requiring press to pay legal costs when sued
Government to roll back section 40 legislation, recommended by Leveson, as part of media bill
February 2023
What coverage of Nicola Bulley, Emma Pattison and Brianna Ghey tells us about an out-of-control media
Nicole Jacobs
From victim-blaming to shockingly intrusive, the reporting has been painful to observe, says domestic abuse commissioner Nicole Jacobs
December 2022
Blair government despaired at ‘juvenile’ media in efforts to keep ministers on-message
Aide’s suggestion of ‘accuracy’ regulations for press was dismissed as ‘probably suicidal to try’
Jeremy Clarkson column on Meghan breaks watchdog’s complaints record
Ipso receives in excess of 17,500 objections to Sun article, more than the regulator received in the whole of 2021
Press watchdog ducks Murdoch dinner date after deluge of Clarkson complaints
Exclusive: Ipso head declines private invite after receiving 12,000 complaints about Jeremy Clarkson Sun column attacking Meghan
July 2022
Legislating against lying would do more harm than good
Letters: Attacking freedom of speech is dangerous, and the proposed ‘truth law’ would provide a mandate to the courts to interfere in our politics, says Dr Luke Cooper. Plus Nathan Sparkes on compelling the press to be truthful
May 2022
Section 40: government to repeal controversial media law
Legislation, drawn up after Leveson inquiry, said to pose threat to freedom and sustainability of the press