A woman complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article published in the Wiltshire Gazette and Herald on 6 September 2012 contained excessive detail about a method of suicide in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Bell Pottinger Group complained to the PCC through Carter-Ruck solicitors that a series of articles published in The Independent on 6, 7, 8 and 9 December 2011 contained information that had been obtained using subterfuge in breach of Clause 10 (Clandestine devices and subterfuge) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

An activist representing Dale Farm Solidarity complained to the PCC that an article headlined 'The Sun goes undercover for Dale Farm diary', published in The Sun on 22 October 2011, contained information that had been obtained using subterfuge in breach of Clause 10 (Clandestine devices and subterfuge) of the Editors' Code of Practice and intruded into the privacy of Dale Farm activists and residents in breach of Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Code.

A woman complained to the PCC that an article headlined '‘Sorry' victim's begging letter to her rapist', published in the Sunday Life on 29 January 2012, was intrusive in breach of Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Editors' Code of Practice and contributed to her identification as a victim of sexual assault in breach of Clause 11 (Victims of sexual assault) of the Code.

Charles Tannock MEP complained to the PCC via Lewis Silkin solicitors that an article headlined 'Tory MEP kept energy share options secret', published in The Sunday Times on 18 December 2011, was inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

A woman, a former officer of the Northern Ireland Prison Service, complained to the Press Complaints Commission that articles headlined 'Killer rapist and his prison love', published in the Sunday Life newspaper on 24 April 2011; 'We're just friends', published on 1 May 2011; 'I could have been next', published on 3 July 2011; 'Prison funds used to clear killer's debt', published on 18 December 2011; and 'Drug debt lag killed pensioner', published on 1 January 2012, contained inaccurate information in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy); intruded into her privacy and that of her young son in breach of Clauses 3 (Privacy) and 6 (Children); and included material obtained through clandestine means in breach of Clause 10 (Clandestine devices and subterfuge) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Stelios backs down as £71m jets in', published in The Daily Telegraph on 24 September 2011, made irrelevant and discriminatory reference to his race in breach of Clause 12 (Discrimination) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mrs Leigh Blows complained to the Press Complaints Commission that two articles published by The Northern Echo had intruded into his grief and shock in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Editors' Code of Practice: the first, headlined 'Lucky escape as glider crashes into field', had been published on the newspaper's website on 4 July 2011; the second, headlined 'Crash pilot trapped for hour and a half', had appeared in print and online on 5 July 2011.

Rod Hemley complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'L&D ‘pervert' is found dead', published on 28 September 2011 in the Herald & Post (Luton), intruded into his grief in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mr Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, complained to the PCC that two blog postings, headlined 'Lutfur Rahman councillor charged with fraud' and 'Lutfur Rahman: all his controversies in one place', published on The Daily Telegraph's website (telegraph.co.uk) on 13 April 2011 and 20 October 2011 respectively, were inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.