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Telegraph 52mph headline correction not required on newspaper front page

“People won’t bother reading the truth, the damage is done”: Cyclists frustrated Telegraph newspaper not required to put “52mph cyclists creating death traps” correction on front page like original headline

Press regulator IPSO ruled the inaccurate piece, which claimed London cyclists hit speeds of 52mph while chasing Strava segments, was in breach of the Editors' Code

Fri, Aug 09, 2024 12:18
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Telegraph front page/ cyclists in Richmond Park (Simon MacMichael/Telegraph)

Press regulator rules Telegraph breached Editors’ Code with inaccurate claim cyclists hit 52mph chasing London Strava segments

The Independent Press Standards Organisation said it received almost 100 complaints and "further steps should have been taken to either verify the figure – for instance, by contacting Strava – or to appropriately distinguish it as an unverified figure"

Thu, Aug 08, 2024 16:13
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London bike commuters in Lycra (copyright Britishcycloing.org_.uk)

Mail’s cycling number plates poll story “misleading and unreliable”, says Cycling UK

The charity has raised a complaint with press watchdog IPSO after the Mail claimed that there is wide public support for tougher cycling rules – by citing the results of a Fair Fuel UK survey

Sat, Sep 03, 2022 13:14
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Highway Code (Department for Transport)

Press watchdog rejects complaint over The Sun’s “Lunatic Highway Code” article

IPSO rules that FairFuel UK founder Howard Cox’s column “was clearly presented as an exaggerated and comedic piece of writing”

Tue, Mar 01, 2022 14:29
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Daily Mail Lycra Louts

Complaint against Daily Mail upheld over false claim that campaigners wanted “abuse of cyclists to be made a hate crime”

Newspaper ordered to issue clarification after press watchdog IPSO ruled draft Road Collision Reporting Guidelines made “no suggestion” such behaviour be criminalised

Fri, Apr 09, 2021 11:06
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Telephoto lens

Mirror breached Editors’ Code by using telephoto pics alongside claims cyclists were breaking lockdown rules

Complainant said photo gave a distorted impression of the distance between him and the other cyclists

Fri, Feb 05, 2021 11:43
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Barbed wire on bike path Kent

Press watchdog rejects complaints over Rod Liddle “piano wire” column

IPSO says anti-cyclist column did not breach Editors' Code of Practice

Tue, Jun 02, 2020 15:30
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