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.

Alex Neil MSP complained to the Press Complaints Commission on behalf of a constituent that two articles published in the Scottish Sun in September 2011 had intruded into her son's time at school in breach of Clause 6 (Children) 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.

Following complaints from members of the public, the Press Complaints Commission investigated whether an article headlined 'Guilty: Amanda Knox looks stunned as appeal against murder conviction is rejected', published on Mail Online on 3 October 2011, was inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mr Ian Stewart Brady complained to the PCC that an article headlined 'Inside the mind of a madman' published in the Daily Mirror contained material that intruded into his private life in breach of Clause 3 (Privacy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Miss Sharon Clark complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Dad dies trying to save daughter', published in the Maidenhead Advertiser on 21 July 2011, included a photograph of her daughter without consent in breach of Clause 6 (Children) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mr Andreas Antoniou complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'I'm scared I'll never see my little boy again', published in Woman on 14 March 2011, was inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Gordon Brown MP complained to the PCC through Reed Smith LLP that an article headlined 'Inside story of Murdoch's special relationship with our politicians', published in The Sunday Telegraph on 10 July 2011, was inaccurate and misleading in breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

A man complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Public foots £27k taxi bill for granddaughter of MSP', published in the Hamilton Advertiser on 11 August 2011, had intruded into his daughter's time at school and had included a photograph of her without consent in breach of Clause 6 (Children) of the Editors' Code of Practice.