The man identified as Timothy Haynes in a photograph accompanying yesterday’s Telegraph story “Cuckold ‘humiliated love rival online’” was not in fact Mr Haynes. We apologise for any distress caused to the person photographed. The online version of the story does not include the apology. Report an error
In our extract from Matthew Norman’s book ‘You Cannot be Serious’ (December 28th 2010) we suggested that Alan Green engineered the replacement of Graham Taylor in the commentary box following an argument and that he drove Mark Saggers into the arms of rival Talk Sport. We accept that this was not the case and apologise [...]
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 [...]
On 18th July 2008 we published an article on page S8 (and online), headed “Ronaldo back in the limelight”. It appeared alongside a photo of Cristiano Ronaldo on crutches in Los Angeles, where he had travelled to attend a Sports Award ceremony to which he had been invited, and for which he was nominated for [...]
Our feature "Gifted, groomed and doomed" (Sep 28) was wrongly illustrated with a picture of a recent winner of Junior Mastermind. We wish to make clear that neither this child nor his school had any connection with the content of the article. We apologise to all concerned. Report an error
ON 31 March an article by Richard Fletcher wrongly reported that Richard Griffiths, Chairman of ORA Capital and former Chairman of Evolution Group, has an aversion to regulation because of the number of “run-ins” he has had with City regulators and was now regretting having returned to “regulated life”. We accept and acknowledge that these [...]
Stuart Gulliver, head of global banking and markets at HSBC, was paid £9.8m last year, rather than the £15.3m stated in yesterday’s paper. We apologise for this error. Report an error
Further to our MPs’ expenses coverage (June 2009) we are happy to make clear that Dr Julian Lewis never submitted a pounds 6,000 claim for a wooden floor. Dr Lewis asked the Fees Office whether he could make such a claim and was told it would be “extravagant”. He accepted that advice and no claim [...]
In an article last week (“It’s a disgrace that the BBC is uniquely unaccountable”) it was alleged that some BBC executives negotiated deals with production companies owned by their spouses. We are happy to accept that no executives have been involved in such negotiations. Report an error
In her review of Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton (Nov 1, 2008) Lynn Barber took issue with Dr Thornton’s assertion that she (Ms Barber) was among the 250 people who had been interviewed for the book, either face to face or by telephone. In fact, Ms Barber did have a pre-arranged [...]
Owing to an editing error, our report “Women who dress provocatively more likely to be raped, claim scientists” (June 23) wrongly stated that research presented at the recent BPS conference by Sophia Shaw found that women who drink alcohol are more likely to be raped. In fact, the research found the opposite. We apologise for [...]
John Cleese was unhappy that the the Daily Telegraph (UK) misidentified his daughter in a photo. He decided to make video blog post about it. Click below to be taken to a page where you can watch it. The caption has been fixed, though there’s no correction. Thanks, Smylers! Report an error
The Guardian’s Media Monkey blog got its hands on an all-staff email sent by Daily Telegraph associate editor Simon Heffer. He berates the staff for making too many mistakes, and for not adhering to the paper’s style guide. An excerpt: Dear Colleagues I have exhorted you all to read carefully what you write. I think [...]
In our July 23 report about England cricketer Andrew Flintoff’s successful planning application to build a pounds 4 million home in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, we wrongly stated that neighbour Judith Holden had objected because of its “unattractive design and overuse of glass” and that fellow resident Carl Taylor had objected because the house would [...]
The website of German newspaper Der Spiegel recently issued a retraction for an article that claimed IKEA had a habit of naming inexpensive items after Danish towns. (High end items were named after Swedish, Finnish and Norwegian towns.) As the retraction explains, the story was based on a report in a Danish newspaper that turned [...]
Following the item “Chanel left fuming” (Spy Nov 28), we now accept that it was entirely untrue to allege that Nicole Kidman, pictured, who globally endorses Chanel No 5 perfume under a multi-million-pound contract, had been openly using and promoting a competitor’s product at recent London press conferences for her new film The Golden Compass. [...]
Our obituary of Lady Jeanne Campbell (Sept 22) said she had a daughter, Cusi Cram, “possibly by a man called Guy Nicholas Lancaster”. In fact Mr Lancaster is Ms Cram’s brother-in-law and was only five when she was born. We apologise to all concerned for our error. Link Thanks, Gordon! Report an error
The apologies keep rolling in for Morien Jones. This story goes back to last summer. Some newspapers continue to get the story wrong, while others are just getting around to correcting their reports from last year. Below are the latest installments. Read the previous ones by starting here. FURTHER to our article on May 26 [...]
We’ve been cataloging the apologies offered to Morien Jones by UK newspapers (read one of the apologies for some background), and now there are a few more to add to the pile. Actually, a lot more. We can’t recall another recent UK story that caused so many apologies. Read the previous apology from the Yorkshire [...]
