Editing Daily Express (section)

===Dunblane===
{{main|Sunday Express Dunblane controversy}}
On 8 March 2009, the Scottish edition of the ''Sunday Express'' published a front-page article critical of survivors of the 1996 [[Dunblane massacre]], entitled "Anniversary Shame of Dunblane Survivors". The article criticised the 18-year-old survivors for posting "shocking blogs and photographs of themselves on the internet", revealing that they drank alcohol, made rude gestures and talked about their sex lives.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Luft|first1=Oliver|last2=Carrell|first2=Severin|date=23 March 2009|title=Scottish Sunday Express apologises for Dunblane survivors story|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/23/scottish-sunday-express-dunblane-apology|access-date=3 February 2016|website=[[The Guardian]]|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220044638/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/23/scottish-sunday-express-dunblane-apology|url-status=live}}</ref> The article provoked complaints, leading to a front-page apology a [[fortnight]] later.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/90417|title=Dunblane: We're Sorry|work=Sunday Express|date=22 March 2009|access-date=16 March 2010|archive-date=25 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325101003/http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/90417|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Press Complaints Commission]] described the article as a "serious error of judgement" and said, "Although the editor had taken steps to resolve the complaint, and rightly published an apology, the breach of the Code was so serious that no apology could remedy it".{{cn|date=February 2025}}