Londonpaper removes snaps from its website after Boris Johnson's PCC complaint

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There used to be something here that couldn't be migrated - please contact us at info@journalism.co.uk if you'd like to see this updated! The Londonpaper has apologised to the Mayor of London and removed pictures of him and his family from its website after he filed a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) about the publication.

Boris Johnson complained that News International's daily freesheet newspaper had intruded into the privacy of his children and breached the PCC's code of conduct by publishing photographs of them on holiday.

The images showed them walking in a street and sitting aboard a boat in a town in Turkey. Mr Johnson argued that his children were entitled to a private life despite his own public profile.

Johnson complained under clause three of the editors code, which covers privacy issues, and clause six, which states that editors should not use the fame, notoriety or position of a parent as sole justification for publishing details about children.

The complaint was resolved after Stefano Hatfield, editor of thelondonpaper, wrote to the mayor apologising for publication and the photographs had been removed from the newspaper's website and internal archive.

"[Hatfield] made clear that as soon as he had been made aware of their concerns, the photographs had been removed from the newspaper's website and internal archive. He assured them that thelondonpaper would abide by the Code of Practice regarding the family's privacy in the future," read the PPC judgement.