Regret the Error

A short item in a football roundup hinted at a £2m move to Middlesbrough for Serbian striker Rajko Purovic (Transfer talk, 11 June, page 4). This story was based on a web hoax. For reasons we have been unable to divine, it appeared in the paper under the byline of a reporter who was on [...]

In The Daily Observer of Wednesday, April 1, a story ran as an April Fool’s joke on the front page that upset many readers. It was intended to amuse and entertain, and not meant to offend anyone. We apologize if some found it offensive. Link Some background from the Ottawa Citizen: A Pembroke newspaper that [...]