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Fuzzy numbers etc.

April 30, 2008 – 8:00 am

WE over-estimated the number of Somalis living in Sheffield. There are closer to 5,000 than the 250,000 we said (Page 25, April 24). Link

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Only off by a few years

March 31, 2008 – 8:00 am

IN our report on Thursday concerning an incident involving a Translink bus which collided with a bus shelter, we referred to a second incident involving an unmanned bus which mounted a pavement and struck a pedestrian.
We incorrectly stated that this second incident occurred last week.
In fact it happened in 2005. We are happy to correct [...]

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Paper ends Annie Lennox’s recording contract

January 18, 2008 – 8:00 am

CONTRARY to an agency report in Tuesday’s paper, Annie Lennox has not been “dumped” by Sony BMG. She is currently negotiating a new contract with the company, renewing a successful 25-year relationship. We apologise for the error. Link

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Apology

November 27, 2007 – 8:00 am

IN his column on 13 September 2007, Brian Reade compared Sir Andrew Green and Migrationwatch UK to the Nazi party and the Ku Klux Klan.
We accept that the allegations were untrue.
We sincerely regret any distress caused to Sir Andrew and have agreed to pay him damages and costs. Link

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Apology

November 26, 2007 – 8:00 am

ON November 6, in our report under the headline “Put the brakes on child killers” concerning’ the launch of National Road Safety Week and the campaign by road safety charity Brake to enforce 20mph zones around schools and homes, reference was made to the death of Gareth Ellesmere who died when he fell under a [...]

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Made, not paid

November 19, 2007 – 8:00 am

PROF Ian Gilmore wants patients to be made, not paid, to tell their doctors how much they drink. (Page 17, November 14). Link

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Yet another (late) El Guerbouzi apology

April 23, 2007 – 8:00 am

ON February 4 as part of the article “Give Us Heist Suspect You Get Bomb Plotter”, we claimed that Mohamed Karbouzi (a variation of the English
spelling of Mohammed El Guerbouzi) was the alleged ringleader of the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings and was wanted for questioning by
Spanish police in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombing.Mohammed [...]

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Paper clarifies woman didn’t say “I haven’t had sex for four months” — after running it on front page

October 17, 2006 – 8:00 am

Following the publication of an interview with Glenda Gilson on 11 September 2006, Ms Gilson contacted us to state that the words published on the front page: ‘I haven’t had sex for four months’ were not words used by her.While we accept that these precise words were not used by Ms Gilson we believe that [...]

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The Mirror (UK) misidentifies a man as a suspected terrorist

August 21, 2006 – 8:00 am

On 12 August we named Amjad Sarwar (pictured above) as one of the suspects who had been arrested in the recent terrorist plots to blow up numerous
passenger aircraft, and also published his photograph.We wish to make clear that this suggestion was false, and Mr Sarwar has not been arrested nor questioned in connection with the [...]

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