ON December 6 under the headline Xmas dinner Is On pounds 1m Lotto Win Coach, we wrongly reported that Mr Paul Trainor (right) had won a pounds 1million Lottery prize. In fact the prize was won by another person. Mr Trainor does not work at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, nor did he [...]
A PICTURE accompanying our story about window cleaner Graeme Dust,who was jailed for six years for trying to have his wife NIna killed, was not of her but was, in fact, a photograph of a person with no involvement in the case. A normally reliable agency supplied the photograph of a lady we have since [...]
On the heels of the Daily Mail starting a new corrections column, Trinity Mirror papers the Daily Mail, Birmingham Mail, South Wales Echo, Western Mail and Huddersfield Examiner announced they too would be using page two to display corrections. Here’s the note to readers from the Mail: AT THE Birmingham Mail, we pride ourselves in [...]
ON August 3 this year the Daily Mirror published an article regarding the death of Miss Catherine Zaks, aged 21, in Krakow, Poland. The article contained claims that Miss Zaks, from Robertsbridge, East Sussex, abused drugs and had engaged in casual sex following the break-up of a long-term relationship. Miss Zaks’ parents have pointed out [...]
BRITAIN’S aircraft carriers and Harrier jump jets are being sold to the US Marine Corps and not the UN Marine Corps (page 7, June 16). Report an error
ON May 16 we said that Tim Henman, right, would reportedly earn pounds 14,000 per day to commentate at Wimbledon this year. We have been informed that his fee will be substantially less. We apologise for our mistake and are happy to set the record straight. See this similar apology/correction from the Mail on Sunday. [...]
In an article headlined “Customs bust EUR11m illegal fuel factory” on page 23 of yesterday’s Irish Daily Mirror, we featured a photograph of a truck with an Emo oil logo. A spokeswoman for the fuel company has asked us to clarify Emo had absolutely no involvement in the seizure or subsequent searches. The truck featured [...]
At least five British newspapers and one broadcaster used a fake photo of a dead Bin Laden in their coverage. Tabloid Watch has a gallery showing each paper, and here’s the example from the Mirror: The offending papers include the Sun, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Times of London. The broadcaster was Sky News. Here’s [...]
The policewoman accused in a Newcastle upon Tyne court of being a pounds 100-an-hour prostitute is alleged to have had up to 20 clients a week, not 20 a day (Page 20, December 9). Link Report an error
IRINA Abramovich has asked us to point out that she has never given an interview about her marriage to Roman Abramovich, and has not expressed the views attributed to her in our article headlined “No Roman Holiday.” (Page 16, Nov 11). Report an error
ON September 22 we reported that Natasha Kaplinksky failed to clean up her dog’s droppings and had to be told to do so by the Police. In fact, Natasha, cleaned up the mess herself without prompting. We are sorry for this error. Report an error
Contrary to our report in yesterday’s newspaper (August 12), Roman Abramovich would like us to point out that he has never been to the restaurant in the Tuscan resort of Forte dei Marmi, let alone been turned away from it. Report an error
IN YESTERDAY’S Irish Daily Mirror we incorrectly identified a man in a picture with the late Kellie Devlin as her boyfriend Shane Sheridan. In fact, it is her brother Darren Devlin. We would like to apologise to Kellie’s family for any upset and confusion the error may have caused them. Report an error
IN YESTERDAY’S Scottish Daily Mirror we ran a picture of Gordon Pirie, who died in a road accident. This was mistakenly captioned as driver Keith Marquis. We regret the error and apologise for any distress this caused to Mr Pirie’s family. Report an error
It’s been a while since we saw an apology for Morien Jones, a UK man who was the subject of a string of hurtful and incorrect articles in the British press. Well, thanks to a recent court decision related to the story, we have two more to add. Read the others and get the background [...]
