A woman who claimed she had been named in a regional daily’s story had her complaint thrown out by the press watchdog after it found she had no basis for her assertion.

Anne Ni Liam believed Barrow-in-Furness-based daily The Mail had identified her in an article published online, before later amending the piece to remove her name.

Ms Ni Liam claimed she had been named in a Mail report about police, paramedics and fire crews being called to carry out a rescue on a slag bank after a young woman got stranded.

She based her claim on the fact that, in the Facebook comments under the article, a commenter had speculated that she was the subject of the story.

The Mail denied it had initially named her in the piece, and the Independent Press Standards Organisation found in the newspaper’s favour on this point.

IPSO also rejected Ms Ni Liam’s complaint about a second article run by The Mail, and the full adjudication can be read here.

The organisation has also recently dealt with a complaint from John Coleman about the Folkestone & Hythe Express.

Mr Coleman objected to the Express using the term “hush money” in a story about settlement agreements reached between Folkestone and Hythe District Council and its former staff, but the newspaper denied it was misleading to use the term.

However, the Express did offer to run a clarification about what a settlement agreement entails.

This resolved the matter to Mr Coleman’s satisfaction.

IPSO did not make a ruling on the case, and the full resolution statement can be read here.