A Sunday Mercury exclusive has revealed that a teenager who ran up a £40,000 police bill, and tried to incriminate an innocent man with a bogus rape claim, is now trying to sell her story. Alongside the stark Page One
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Asylum seeker's children should have been protected
An asylum seeker, who was given two homes in the UK and government benefits to support his two wives and 15 children, complained to the Press Complaints Commission about his treatment at the hands of the Sunday Mercury. The article,
Awards hopefuls line up for prestigious BT final
The cream of the regional media will be saluted on Thursday as the prestigious BT national awards for excellence are handed out. A quality field of entrants, already crowned regional winners in nine heats across the country, has been chosen
BT awards set for a new look
The BT Midlands Press and Broadcast Awards are being scrapped in their present form after six years. Journalists at last night’s ceremony in Birmingham were told the awards would be replaced by “a programme that better reflects the way that
BT winners
The regional BT-sponsored Press and Broadcast Awards were handed out in Birmingham with Louise Palfreyman, of the Sunday Mercury, named as runner-up in the category of Feature Writer of the Year. The judges praised her for her deft management of
Midlands awards shortlist revealed
Nominations for the awards are as follows: DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEARBirmingham Evening MailNottingham Evening PostSunday Mercury WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF THE YEAREvesham JournalHinckley TimesLoughborough Echo NEWS / CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME OF THE YEARBBC Midlands Report, Ghost TrainBBC Radio Derby Breakfast
Six newspapers pay 'bomb plot' libel damages to Birmingham businessman
“Significant embarrassment and distress” was caused at a time of heightened sensitivity
Mercury guilty of privacy breach
Photo appeared in paper after permission was denied, PCC is told
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
Woman claimed article was inaccurate and full of lurid detail – plus more PCC news
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
Readers complain of errors – read the latest PCC news here
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
Action by newspapers after complaint from mother – plus more news from the PCC
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and complainants. These are either settled to the express satisfaction of the
Latest resolved complaints dealt with by the PCC
The majority of complaints made to the Press Complaints Commission, which raise a possible breach of the Code of Practice, are resolved directly between the Commission’s staff, editors and complainants. These are either settled to the express satisfaction of the
"Intrusive" article did not distinguish comment from fact
A complaint against the Sunday Mercury over its coverage of child abuse allegations against a priest, following his death, has been partly upheld by the PCC. After investigating a complaint against the paper on behalf of the family of the
Mosque terror claim article cleared
A press expose on terrorist videos openly on sale at a city centre mosque has been cleared of inaccuracy by the Press Complaints Commission. It sent a letter to the Sunday Mercury to say a complaint that its article Terror
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April, May and June, 2000 Adjudication of a complaint against the Sunday Mercury Messrs Tyndallwoods, solicitors, on behalf of their client Mr Mohamad Kenewa, complained that an article published in the Sunday Mercury of 12 March 2000 headlined You’re a