A woman complained to the PCC that an article published in The News (Portsmouth) contained excessive detail about the way in which her mother had taken her own life in breach of Clause 5 (ii) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mr Andrew Cowles complained to the PCC that an article published in the Daily Mail was inaccurate, intrusive at a time of grief and discriminatory in breach of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mrs Deborah Rundle complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an approach by a reporter to her daughter after the death of her son raised a breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Editors' Code of Practice.

Mrs Hazel Cattermole of Weston-Super-Mare complained to the Press Complaints Commission that the Bristol Evening Post had intruded into her family's grief in the way it obtained and published information about the death of her son Mark.

Mr James Marshall of Stirling complained to the Press Complaints Commission that an article headlined 'Neighbour's blood seeped into my flat', published in the Falkirk Herald on 2 July 2009, intruded into his family's grief in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the editors' Code of Practice.

The Press Complaints Commission has investigated whether an article published on the London Paper website under the headline “Man cut off own head with a chainsaw in protest at having his flat repossessed”, contained excessive detail about the method of suicide used in breach of Clause 5 (Intrusion into grief or shock) of the Code.