An article looking ahead to what the world might be like in 2109 made some gloomy predictions but added: “It’s not all bad news. Advances in medicine should boost mortality rates in countries such as the UK.” That would not be good news, but fortunately medical advances are more likely to cut mortality rates and [...]
Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, was incorrectly accused of speaking with “‘hypernasality’ – a constantly bunged-up timbre” in a commentary headlined Surgery can’t fix Ed’s voice (30 July, page 33). That should have been hyponasality. Report an error
An obituary of Professor John Hospers stated that he was the first openly gay candidate for US president. However wide the currency of that belief, his family has asked us to make clear that it strenuously denies that he was gay (14 July, page 35). Link Report an error
Giving details about a new office building planned on the Isle of Dogs, east London, a piece said backers were hoping the building would get an “excellent” rating under the BRE environmental assessment method (Breeam). It went on to describe this as “the highest environmental assessment available”. The best levels under this system are very [...]
A report on politicians’ responses to the weekend rioting in London inadvertently attributed words spoken by Jenny Jones, the Green party’s mayoral candidate for London, to Ken Livingstone in the caption of a thumbnail picture of him (Violence denounced – though a few say coalition cuts had a role, 8 August, page 6). A description [...]
Pass notes No 3,020 was based on a story that suggested scientific research showed those who used Internet Explorer to complete an online quiz were less intelligent than others who completed the quiz. The story has since been shown to be a hoax. Unaided by the hoaxers, we also proved that we don’t know the [...]
Stories – 15 May 2009 and 8 May 2010 – concerning the expenses and allowances of Shahid Malik when he was an MP incorrectly stated that he had paid a discounted rent on his constituency home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, and that his expenses claims were the highest of any MP. Mr Malik was later [...]
Articles in the Guardian of Tuesday 12 July incorrectly reported that the Sun newspaper had obtained information on the medical condition of Gordon Brown’s son from his medical records. In fact the information came from a different source and the Guardian apologises for its error (The Brown files: How Murdoch papers targeted ex-PM’s family, 12 [...]
An article looked at some individuals likely to feature in a Commons committee report on how Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service handled allegations of phone-hacking at News of the World (MPs’ verdict, 11 July, page 6). It incorrectly stated that Ken (Lord) Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, is “advising News International [...]
An article described the emergence of “a controversial ‘roadmap’ for reforms” in Syria that would leave Bashar al-Assad in power for now to oversee a secure transition to civil democracy (US pushing for Syrian opposition dialogue with Assad, 1 July, page 1). The plan was signed by Louay Hussein and Maan Abdelsalam, leading intellectuals in [...]
In reporting the current dispute about planned changes in public-sector pensions, an occasional reference in our pages has proved not to be immune from an error now widespread in media reports – to the effect that employees are facing a “3.2% increase” in the average contributions required from them. That should be an increase of [...]
In a recipe for courgette risotto – midweek suppers, 16 June, page 15, G2 – one ingredient was “200ml white wine vinegar”. The result was not ideal. It should have been white wine. Link Report an error
Articles on the death of Curt Willi Jarant suggested that two family members, Gitta Jarant and her daughter Anke Anusic, had attempted to smuggle Mr Jarant’s corpse on to a flight from Liverpool to Berlin, thereby apparently committing a criminal offence of failing to give notification of death. That allegation was untrue, as was the [...]
An extract of an online opinion piece appeared in the newspaper, headlined Will and Kate’s mask slips (9 June, page 31). It argued that while, pre-wedding, it was announced that the future Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would not be employing household staff, this image of modernity had now been “compromised by the news that [...]
Guardian articles about Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari, a blogger on the subject of Middle East unrest, carried photographs purporting to show the blog’s author. In fact, the person pictured was Jelena Lecic, who lives in the UK. We apologise to her. An account of how these pictures came to be used appears in today’s [...]
Who can give blood? asked a Q&A – and summarised the answer as: Anyone who is fit and well and over the age of 17 – as long as they are not pregnant, do not weigh less than 50kg and have not had a tattoo or piercing, or had jaundice in the past six months. [...]
“Every revolution has its face”, said a leader comment, noting that in Iran’s case in recent times the face was that of a young woman shot in the chest during a demonstration (Syria: The truth will out, 2 June, page 32). This was the latest of numerous Guardian slips since 2009 in naming Neda Soltani [...]
Adam Ant’s new band is the Good, the Bad and the Lovely Posse, not the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Posse, an unintended slight that appeared in a review (Adam Ant, 26 May, page 44). Link Report an error
Give prisoners a chance to help the community, read the heading on a piece (16 May, G2, page 3) which went on to make passing mention of Broadmoor in Berkshire, describing this high-security institution as a “hospital for the criminally insane”. However, the West London Mental Health NHS Trust points out: “While all patients at [...]
A colour article describing the first day of the Queen’s state visit to Ireland referred, among other things, to the security measures in evidence, and closed with the observation that ordinary people in crowds would have no opportunity to speak with the Queen. “Instead,” the piece went on, “some questions submitted by children will be [...]
An article meant to name Osama bin Laden, but instead said: “Asked on Wednesday whether the team that killed Obama had come under fire, (Jay) Carney said the White House had gone to the limit in providing details and that any more would risk future operations” (Photos reveal gruesome aftermath of Bin Laden raid, 5 [...]
A report of the terrorist bombing of a tourist cafe in Marrakech merged the identities of two Britons named Peter Moss in later editions of the paper. The man who died was 59-year-old Peter Moss, an award-winning travel writer, broadcaster and comedian. He was confused with the novelist of the same name who has written [...]
We wrongly called Chinese basketball star Yao Ming a baseball player (Chinese city chief orders outbreak of red song fever, 23 April, page 20). Link Report an error
An article wrongly stated that Gino Coutinho – goalkeeper of the Netherlands’ Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag – had been sentenced along with his girlfriend to 12 months in prison. The court has yet to hand down any ruling. Twelve months is the sentence that the prosecution is seeking in the case, where the footballer [...]
A review suggested that after centenary concerts in 2010 marking Gustav Mahler’s birth, further concerts were planned in 2011 to mark the centenary of his death. “I had no idea,” said a reader, “that he was such a prodigy.” It was the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth that was marked in 2010 (Classical: Philharmonia/Maazel, [...]
