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Apology

April 21, 2008 – 8:00 am

Due to an error in transcription, comments made by the photographer John Swannell (About Face, Magazine, 15 March) about the drinking habits of another portrait subject, George Melly, were mistakenly identified as relating to the actor and comedian Eric Sykes. We apologise wholeheartedly to Mr Sykes for this mix-up. Link

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Dumb about Smarties

April 17, 2008 – 8:00 am

In Picture Post yesterday we wrote that blue Smarties contained e-numbers. Nestlé have asked us to point out that the recently re-introduced blue Smartie does not contain any E-numbers, nor does any other-coloured Smartie. Link

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Vile misquote

April 14, 2008 – 8:00 am

In Mathew Norman’s column (28 March) he wrote that Barbara Roche had described asylum-seekers begging with their children as “vile”. In fact she was describing the practice of using children as an aid to begging. We apologise for misrepresenting Mrs. Roche’s position. Link

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Impostor advertiser

February 22, 2008 – 8:00 am

Advertisements offering discounted electronic goods in the name of ‘NTM Trading’ appeared in The Independent Saturday magazine on 16 February and the New Review in The Independent on Sunday on 17 February. The advertisements were published in good faith but it has now emerged that [...]

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Rogue signatory

February 19, 2008 – 8:00 am

In some editions of yesterday’s print edition the list of signatories of the letter sent by Nobel laureates and others to the Chinese President urging action on Darfur mistakenly included the name of Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee. He was not in [...]

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So did he walk like a duck?

January 30, 2008 – 8:00 am

On 13 January we reported that a witness, Alain Willmaurez, who still works for the Paris Ritz, told the Princess Diana inquest that Henri Paul was “walking like a clown” before the fatal crash. Mr Fayed’s office has asked us to point out that later, [...]

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Much confusion

December 18, 2007 – 8:00 am

In Pandora on 16 November it was implied that David Walliams was rude and dismissive to a “partygoer” at a charity event for the Elton John Aids Foundation. We wish to clarify that the “partygoer” concerned was one of our diary reporters. [...]

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Massaging an accusation

November 28, 2007 – 8:00 am

An article (”IVF doctor cleared of inflating birth rates”, 10 Nov) contained several errors: the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority did not retract anything its representative, Ms Angela McNab, had said on the BBC programme about IVF doctor Mr Mohamed Taranissi when it [...]

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Not official

November 19, 2007 – 8:00 am

Yesterday’s Extra featured a piece by Professor Wiseman on recent media coverage of The World Cancer Research Fund’s report on cancer prevention, which we puffed on the front page as ‘Bacon sarnies are good for you - official’. We have been asked to make clear that neither Professor Wiseman nor WCRF have ever suggested that [...]

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No fawning took place

November 12, 2007 – 8:00 am

Last Sunday’s diary wrongly reported that Matthew D’Ancona, the editor of The Spectator, had hosted a lunch for John Standing at which he had fawned over one of Mr Standing’s guests, the actress Billie Piper. Mr D’Ancona has pointed out that Billie Piper [...]

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The naked and the very sorry — again

September 4, 2006 – 8:00 am

The Yorkshire Post made a similar error — and apology and payment — a couple of weeks ago.
In an article on 26 May 2006 (”I’m looking forward to a naked summer”) about the unsuccessful prosecution of Lynett Burgess for indecent exposure, we reported that her neighbour, Morien Jones, had rushed to video her sunbathing naked [...]

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