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.

The Rt Hon Andrew Robathan MP complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the Sunday Mirror had raised a breach of Clause 4 (Harassment) of the Editors' Code of Practice while seeking his comments for an article headlined 'Nuke tests did damage our health', published by the Sunday Mirror on 30 October 2011.

Mrs Laura McQueen complained to the Press Complaints Commission through Mrs Jennifer Whyberd that an article headlined 'Two die in lorry, car and minibus pile-up', published in the Daily Record on 16 December 2011, had intruded into her grief in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

A man complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the Daily Mail had obtained material that intruded into his private life in a manner that breached Clauses 1 (Accuracy), 3 (Privacy), 4 (Harassment), and 10 (Clandestine devices and subterfuge) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

A woman complained to the Press Complaints Commission that her identification, contrary to her instructions, as the author of a letter published in the Clevedon People in early 2011 had intruded into her privacy in breach of Clause 3 (Privacy).

A man complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Sling your hookah!' published in the Glasgow Evening Times intruded into his privacy in breach of Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

A woman complained to the PCC that an article published in the Daily Mirror on 4 January 2011 headlined 'Partners in hate' had identified her child in circumstances that raised breaches of Clause 6 (Children) and Clause 9 (Reporting of crime) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and the Metropolitan Police Service complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Revealed: man whose shooting triggered riots was not armed; Mark Duggan investigation finds he was not carrying gun when killed in Tottenham', published in The Guardian on 19 November 2011, was misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) 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.