This was not the case. In fact Kris Smart, 20, from Pinehurst, who broke his neck after crashing into a parked car in Poplar Avenue, Pinehurst, at 1.30am on Wednesday, is in Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital with serious injuries.
Doctors say Kris has begun to respond to treatment.
We sincerely apologise for any distress caused.
LAST Sunday, we published a story claiming sacked City trader Elliott Short, 22, had won £20 million in a year betting on horses.
Short said he had won the money by taking bets from punters at online betting exchange Betfair.
Betfair, while not commenting on individual accounts, say Mr Short’s claims were inaccurate and the News of the World was misled.
While the information was published in good faith and efforts were made to verify the story, our journalism fell below the high standards readers are entitled to expect, in particular the failure to check the story more thoroughly with Betfair. We regret that error and apologise to readers.
In John Kampfner’s article, we stated that Alastair Campbell prevailed upon Lord Butler to tone down important sections of his report on intelligence used in the buildup to the Iraq war. We are happy to accept that this is not so, and that Mr Campbell, who left Downing Street in 2003, played no role in relation to the Butler inquiry, to which he was not a witness. We apologise to him for our error and have agreed to make a donation to the fund he has established for Leukaemia Research in honour of Henry Hodge. Link
An article entitled "When bankruptcy trustees ‘run amok,’ " published on page B6 of the June 24, 2009, edition of The Globe and Mail, contained a statement that judicial officials have ruled that Mr. Edward White, who is a licensed trustee in bankruptcy, "lied to regulators." That is incorrect. A statement to that effect was made by a Registrar in Bankruptcy. No other judicial official has made any such statement. The Registrar’s statement was specifically disapproved by Justice Ruth E. Mesbur of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Mr. White’s appeal of the Registrar’s decision. Justice Mesbur also reversed the decision of the Registrar on several other issues. Her decision is under appeal by Mr. Robert Murphy, who was quoted at length in our June 24 article. The Globe and Mail regrets its error and apologizes to Mr. White. Link
In a television review published on 21 April of a programme entitled The Tattie Howkers, which dealt with issues surrounding migrant agricultural workers, we stated: "There are still agricultural workers coming to Scotland from countries such as Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. They’re brought over by recruitment bosses such as Bernard Gaughan – grandson of Irish field workers, son of a ganger. Perhaps they’re not sleeping in cowsheds, but they too slip under the radar for most of us." We would like to make it clear Mr Gaughan has never brought workers into the UK, that his company, Total Labour Solutions, operates under the strict licensing laws of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority and that Mr Gaughan has campaigned to improve the rights of workers in this sector. We apologise for the error.
AN article in yesterday’s Geelong Advertiser incorrectly reported that Cindy Gambino overdosed on analgesics in an attempt to commit suicide. The Geelong Advertiser has been assured by Ms Gambino that at no stage did she consider harming herself. The Geelong Advertiser sincerely apologises for the error and for any distress it may have caused.
A report from the JTA:
Australia’s national public broadcaster has apologized for a report that claimed Israel’s security fence was ruled to be illegal by the Supreme Court.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. apologized Wednesday to a Jewish lobby group and corrected an April 25 report which stated that “both the International Court of Justice and Israel’s Supreme Court have ruled that the West Bank wall is illegal and must be pulled down.” …
In a letter to the affairs council this week, Australian Broadcasting Corp. representative Kieran Doyle apologized for "this lapse in editorial standards." He advised that an editor’s note had been attached to the online transcript of the report noting the error, and that the matter also has been posted on the corrections page of ABC News…
Thanks, Steve!
In the Cover Story on Sasol (June 19), it was stated that senior executive Riaan Rademan had been suspended and was facing disciplinary proceedings. This is not true in any respect. We apologise to Rademan and Sasol for the mistake.
AN ARTICLE entitled "Charged for giving his kids’ mum AIDS" was published on May 19, 2008 concerning Mr Brian Montgomery. The article was incorrectly accompanied by a photograph of Mr Mark Ryan. The Daily Telegraph apologises unreservedly for any embarrassment or hurt to feelings suffered by Mr Ryan as a result of the publication.
On October 4, 2008, The Age published an article under the headline "Cosmetic surgery rules cop flack". The article reported on new rules implemented by the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery (ACCS) requiring disclosure by ACCS members to prospective recipients of invasive surgery. The article included a photograph of Dr Cynthia Weinstein and reproduced quotations obtained from the Health Services Commissioner, Beth Wilson. Dr Weinstein complains that the article inaccurately implied she conducts invasive surgeries, the subject of the new ACCS rules, with less than satisfactory or unprofessional results. To the degree the article inaccurately carried that meaning, The Age apologises to Cynthia Weinstein.
An article published on Page A1 Wednesday about an unfinished home in Columbia Township contained incorrect information about Amy and Chris Dickerson. The article incorrectly stated that Amy Dickerson filed for bankruptcy in 2008. That is not true. The article also said there was a judgment against the Dickersons relating to a civil case with the contractor. That is not true. The case was decided in the Dickersons’ favor, and Chmeil General Contracting, LLC was ordered to pay the Dickersons $181,829.38. The Dickersons were in no way at fault. The Citizen Patriot apologizes for these errors. Link
OUR article 2.3 million in rates owed published on May 26, 2009, may have implied that Frank Gallo owed the council a substantial sum for unpaid rates. In fact, there are no rates owing by Mr Gallo. There are continuing negotiations between him and the council regarding culvert construction works. We apologise for any embarrassment our article may have caused.
In our article (July 6, 2008) headlined Met Marksman gets £5,000 payout over ’serial killer’ quip, we quoted a senior police officer saying the Met marksman was known as ‘Killer’ and that “he revelled in his nickname”. We have been assured by the marksman that he does not have that nickname and consequently could not possibly have revelled in it. We accept this and that his claim against Commander Sue Akers was not therefore hypocritical and we apologise for any embarrassment or distress this may have caused. Link
IN an article on page 7 of Tasmanian Country published on May 29 2009 this newspaper published an allegation that Mr Chris Oldfield, the Chief Executive Officer of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association, had a conflict of interest over managed investment schemes.
That article included the words that it “had been implied in media reports that as Mr Oldfield’s media company did work for timber company Forest Enterprises Australia it may have also encouraged TFGA members to invest in Great Southern which specialised in tree farming”.
In fact, no such implication has ever been raised in the media. We were wrong to have suggested that it had.
The publisher and editor of Tasmanian Country unreservedly apologise to Mr Oldfield for the publication of the allegation and for any hurt and embarrassment that it has caused him, his family and colleagues.
A story in Monday’s Spectator about the Sheraton falcons incorrectly reported that Bill Manson, husband of volunteer Ann Manson, had died. In fact, Bill Manson is alive and well and still very active in the community.
We apologize for the error. Link
Local: A headline Thursday should not have said that a Mankato roofer was implicated in a labor scheme involving immigrant workers. In fact, Kato Roofing was a client of a labor-leasing company that has been indicted in relation with the scheme. But Kato Roofing has not been implicated or associated in any way with the federal investigation, and Kato Roofing officials emphasize that they have done nothing wrong. The Pioneer Press apologizes for the error. Link
ON March 15, in the Sunday Mail, we published photographs which were said to be of Ms Hanson.
It is clear that the pictures published are not of Pauline Hanson.
We made a mistake publishing those pictures.
We apologise to Ms Hanson for the hurt and embarrassment caused by the publication.
We have learnt a valuable lesson.
This story in the Times of London helps explain the above:
Mystery surrounds a set of nude pictures allegedly taken 30 years ago of the Australian far-right politician Pauline Hanson.
The photographs, published across Australian media at the weekend, purport to show the former One Nation leader partially naked and in skimpy lingerie.
But Ms Hanson says the photographs are not her, and has threatened to bare her belly button to prove it.
In our article, ‘Taboo-buster: the dark side of Jimmy Carr’ (18 November 2008), we wrote that Jimmy Carr’s mother had divorced his father seven years before her death.
We have been asked by Jim Carr, Jimmy Carr’s father, to correct this. They had an amicable separation but never divorced. Jim Carr has also asked us to make it clear that although, by choice, his youngest son, Colin, continued to live in the family home with his older brother Jimmy, Jim Carr continued to be financially responsible for, and was the only legal guardian of, his youngest son until that son reached the age of 18 some 3 years later, so it was misleading to write in the article that Jimmy Carr and his older brother ‘took on the responsibility of bringing up their younger brother’. We are pleased to do so and apologise to Jim Carr for the errors. Link
An article about Adam Carroll, A1 Grand Prix championship driver, published online under the heading Adam Carroll aiming for formula one after A1GP success, 5 May, failed to acknowledge that the quotes from Carroll used in the piece came from an interview by Will Buxton published in the 4 May issue of GPWeek, an online magazine. We apologise for this lapse. Link
We refer to yesterday’s article “More Low Blows From Warren”. We would like to make clear that Frank Warren has promoted over 2,000 fights and has always paid boxers their purses as obliged by the British Boxing Board of Control.
The litigation with Joe Calzaghe involved a claim for “profit share”.
Sports Network Ltd has already paid $4million to him over the fight. Mr Warren informs us he is not only offering to pay a tenth of what is due.
Sports Network Europe continues to trade and upcoming fights including Amir Khan’s world title fight on June 27 are not affected and will still be promoted by Frank Warren. We apologise to Mr Warren for any embarrassment caused.
A headline on page one of the Toronto Sun yesterday was both inaccurate and misleading. In fact, as the story reported, the mother of a boy involved in a high school fight in Keswick said her son “said something stupid.” She did not say nor imply he was stupid. The Sun regrets the error and apologizes to the boy and his family. Link
In yesterday’s article in the print edition, ‘Britain’s least wanted’, by mistake we published a picture of D. Al-Boutti , instead of a picture of ‘Safwat Hijazi, televangalist’. Dr Al-Boutti is a highly reputable Syrian Muslim scholar and of course would not appear on a banned list. We apologize to Dr Al-Boutti for our error. Link
We would like to apologise to the world’s pathologists for suggesting that the histological examination of excised tumours is carried out by “technicians”, as suggested last week in “Illuminating surgery”. The pathologists who perform this work are, of course, physicians who specialise in the examination of tissue samples. Link
A story in the April 19 Sunday Sun, headlined Quick on the draw, incorrectly created the impression Eddy Kubara was involved in the Toronto Dominion bank robbery on Jan. 22, 1971.
Kubara was not involved in the planning or execution of the holdup.
The Sun apologizes for the error. Link
The article described the conviction of former Pc Geoff Jackson for taking a police vehicle without consent, careless driving and driving without insurance after a night out drinking with friends.
The article was accompanied by a photograph depicting a male with the caption ‘Geoff Jackson leaving court this afternoon’.
In fact the photograph was not of Pc Jackson but another police officer who had nothing to do with the incident and has never been charged with any criminal offence.
We wish to apologise to this officer for our mistake, which has inevitably caused him great distress. Link
