Contrary to the article’s headline, when Dr Marshall described as “deeply humiliating” the archbishop’s decision to rescind an award made to a Muslim cleric, he was talking about its impact on Pakistan’s Christians, not on the country’s Muslims (News, Sep 25).
We apologise to Cllr Ali for publishing this incorrect statement.
August 19, 2026We said the Norwegian state broadcaster, NRK, admitted it “could not confirm the story” of Russian spying in Norwegian waters (News, Aug 3).
NRK has told us it was referring only to an unconfirmed claim by the Norwegian security services that they had seen an FSB agent aboard one ship, the Taurus.
August 14, 2026We said that Tony Gair, a Green Party candidate for South Tyneside council, had removed social media posts supporting Vladimir Putin and accusing Theresa May of orchestrating the novichok attack on Sergei Skripal.
We wrongly said Joseph Lidgerwood was the owner of the Evett restaurant in Seoul and was facing a year in prison for serving ants (World News, Jul 22).
July 28, 2026We wrongly said Louise Haigh was the youngest woman to have been made a cabinet minister (Comment, Jul 27).
This correction has been published following an upheld ruling by the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
July 18, 2026An article (News, Jul 6) about the cost of upgrading to an eco-friendly home, based on figures published by the Climate Change Committee, wrongly said the committee’s projection of a £1,200 annual saving for an eco-friendly household did not include upfront costs, and extrapolated from that an incorrect figure of 25 years as the time needed to recoup the cost of an electric car, a heat pump and solar panels.
July 16, 2026We wrongly said the former Ukrainian defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, was thought to have angered colleagues by attempting to steer lucrative government contracts towards favoured companies (World News, Jul 16).
July 13, 2026We wrongly said in an article about Labour MPs who attended private school (News, Jul 6) that Catherine Atkinson, MP for Derby North, went to Benenden.
We reported that Waitrose had dropped “feminine” from its description of period products after a complaint about inclusivity (News, July 11).
Waitrose has since told us it is expanding the range to include male incontinence pads.
June 19, 2026We reported claims by senior government sources that Ed Miliband had declined to take calls from the prime minister in recent weeks during a stand-off over defence spending (News, Jun 17).
June 17, 2026An article last week stated that Alona Shevtsova was wanted by the authorities (Business, June 9).
May 21, 2026We wrongly said SSP Plc had closed rail sites in Europe because of the Iran war (Business, May 20).
SSP had already announced a review of its European rail business in December 2025.
May 6, 2026We said Ben Bowerman was bequeathed a manor house and shares in a family farm (News, May 2).
April 30, 2026We wrongly reported that the Redbridge Independents included a recently suspended councillor who attributed a string of antisemitic social media posts to his struggles with back pain (news, Apr 25).
April 22, 2026A picture showed the cricketer Keaton Jennings of Lancashire, not Tom Abell of Somerset as the caption wrongly said (Sport, Apr 21).
The same article said SMI was introduced in 2009; in fact mortgage support payments have existed since 1948.
April 14, 2026National Gas said Britain’s domestic gas needs this summer would be partly met by pipeline supplies from Norway, not from Russia as we wrongly said (news, Apr 14).
April 8, 2026We said Michel Roux Jr had overseen food and beverage at the Langham hotel since 2010 (Business, Apr 4).
March 27, 2026We wrongly said Offshore Energies UK had estimated that 7.5 billion barrels of oil per day could still be extracted from the North Sea (News, Mar 25).
March 25, 2026We wrongly said the number of complaints about National Savings and Investments had increased from 73,000 in the second half of 2021 to almost 160,000 in the first half of 2025 (News, Mar 25).
It was StoneX, the bidder, who described the offer as “at an attractive valuation” and “a significant premium”, not CAB as we wrongly said.
March 14, 2026We wrongly said the National Preparedness Commission was “taxpayer-funded” (Comment, Mar 12).
ABF says it has taken positive and substantial steps in response to the disaster and in support of those affected.
February 25, 2026We said executives at Southern Water knew the company had inadvertently released millions of plastic biobeads into the sea several days before they admitted it to the public (News, Feb 23).
The first governor-general of India after independence was Lord Mountbatten, not C Rajagopalachari as we wrongly said (News, Feb 23).
February 20, 2026We wrongly said Rupert Lowe MP “has made as much as £40,000 a month from his tweets” (Comment online, Feb 19).
January 31, 2026We wrongly said those filing accounts at Companies House would have to use commercial software from April (Money, Jan 24).
Gosh has told us it gave no advice on Sidra’s treatment until after her birth.
January 30, 2026An opinion column by Amjad Taha said that his planned speaking engagements at Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Aston universities were cancelled on safety grounds (Comment, Jan 14).
We wrongly said Sir Keir Starmer “led a pro bono legal case” in 2007, working “alongside” the disgraced solicitor Phil Shiner, that resulted in prosecutions of British troops over their actions in Iraq (News, Jan 28).
January 28, 2026We said that Labour’s national executive committee should have changed party rules to make it possible for Andy Burnham “to carry a dual mandate, at least until the next general election” (Comment, Jan 26).
We confirm, as we reported, that the offices, offered by 1st Formations, Rapid Formations and Quality Company Formations, have not been implicated in any wrongdoing and apologise to the parent company, BSQ Group Ltd for any misunderstanding.