Press watchdog not currently planning probe into coverage of Nicola Bulley disappearance

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The press watchdog is not currently planning to investigate newspaper coverage of the disappearance of Nicola Bulley. But Ipso said it was not ruling out a probe after Ms Bulley's family criticised 'appalling' coverage by some media.

Ms Bulley drowned after accidentally falling into cold water, an inquest this week ruled. The 45-year-old vanished after dropping off her daughters, six and nine, at school and taking her usual dog walk along the River Wyre in St Michael’s, Lancashire, on January 27.

The search for Ms Bulley and police investigation received nationwide coverage and dominated headlines for days. Her family criticised the role the media played during the probe and accused the press of having 'taken it upon themselves to run stories about us to sell papers and increase their own profits'. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. The chief executive of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) said the watchdog is considering the case but not currently planning to launch an editorial standards investigation into some of the coverage.

Charlotte Dewar told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “We can conduct editorial standards investigation where there are serious and systemic breaches of the Editors’ Code. “I think at this point on this issue we aren’t there, but we are very actively looking at it.