The Gravesend News Shopper has been censured by press regulator IPSO over a report of an inquest into a woman's suicide.

Even though the paper was reporting proceedings in open court, IPSO said it breached Clause 5 of the Editors' Code (intrusion into grief) by reporting a witness description of the dead woman that was "gratuitous".

IPSO said in its ruling: "While Clause 5 protects the press’ right to report legal proceedings, it requires that publication is handled sensitively in cases involving personal grief or shock."