IPSO has published new guidance for reporting major incidents after journalists were accused of behaving “very badly” in the aftermath of the 2017 Manchester terror attack.

The Kerslake Report, commissioned to look into the preparedness for and response to the Manchester Arena bombing which killed 22 men, women and children on 22 May 2017, called for the Independent Press Standards Organisation to write new guidelines to help protect victims from media intrusion.

The report, published in March last year, found that the “intrusive and overbearing” behaviour of some journalists “fell well short” of that required by the Editors’ Code of Practice and added: “This cannot be as good as it gets.”