A Daily Express headline reporting that children with shotgun permits are "licensed to kill" was acceptable, the Independent Press Standards Organisation has ruled.

But the press regulator upheld a complaint that the Express website was inaccurate to illustrate the story with a picture of a child holding a hangun.

The headline "Licensed to kill at 8" appeared atop a story reporting that more than 670 people under the age of 14 have been given shotgun licences in the last five years. This story was based on Freedom of Information responses.