The article had appeared online for under two minutes, before it was removed and replaced with an article reporting the correct verdict.

In common with other newspapers, an article in October said that police thermal images showed nine out of ten tents in the Occupy London protest camp were empty at night.
We are happy to clarify that this information – backed up by subsequent
thermal images taken by the Daily Mail – was based on comments
by Councillor Matthew Richardson and an informed police source.


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On April 1 we said, incorrectly, that the freelance reporter and presenter Stephanie O’Keeffe struggled to read her scripts when working at BBC Radio 5 Live.
We now accept that this was not the case. Our report could also have been taken to suggest that Ms O’Keeffe obtained her BBC work by submitting a CV that contained her vital statistics and expressed a willingness to work nude.
That was not our intention and we are sorry for any misunderstanding or embarrassment these errors may have caused.


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In our article of 29 May, it stated that Mr Roger Griffin referred to his pupils as “Pests, idiots, clowns and buffoons” and that he was asked to write a letter to the school to answer complaints about his language towards pupils. Mr Griffin has asked us to clarify that this was not the case.

In our article of 26 March, we stated that a study from a team of scientists led by geochemist Zunli Lu said that 'the whole of the Earth heated up in medieval times without CO2 emissions.' The article also said that this contradicted the view of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who argued that the Medieval Warm Period was confined to Europe. We would like to clarify that the study in question was restricted to the Antarctic Peninsula and that in fact the IPCC's stated position on the matter is that 'medieval warmth was heterogeneous in terms of its precise timing and regional expression.' We are happy to make this clear.


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I notice the Mail now seem to be having to print corrections and clarifications to their corrections and clarifications.

On 27 June 2012 we published a report about the well-known fashion stylist Mark Heyes and his position with ITV following discussions regarding product placement. There was no intention on our part to suggest that Mr Heyes was suspended. We are also happy to clarify that Mr Heyes, along with other presenters, was simply reminded by ITV of what he should and should not do to ensure compliance with OFCOM’s requirements regarding undue prominence and product placement. We did not intend to suggest that Mr Heyes had in any way acted improperly and we apologise to him if any contrary impression was given.

Our article of 17 June 2012 incorrectly stated that Chris Hemsworth was pictured with his grandmother. The woman was not his grandmother but his publicist. We are happy to clarify the position.

Further to an article on former Prime Minister allowances we are happy to clarify that Gordon Brown’s allowance goes directly to office and staff costs involved in responding to his duties as a former Prime Minister. His only personal income is his salary as an elected MP and he renounced the pension he was entitled to as a former PM.
A front page story and editorial comment on July 23 wrongly suggested that the BBC was instructing its staff to set up personal service companies in order to avoid or evade paying the correct amount of tax.

While it is true that the BBC have asked hundreds of workers to set up personal service companies, we accept that neither the BBC, nor its Chief Financial Officer, Zarin Patel, have told members of its payroll (or freelancers) to avoid or evade tax and apologise to them for any such suggestion.


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Looks like it's been a bumper day for corrections. Are the Mail using the Olympics as a good time to bury bad news?



So they are still having to correct their story about Gordon Brown's allowances, is this the second or third attempt at trying to correct this particular smear. I love the way that they claimed that Chris Hemsworth's publicist was actually his granny.

An article on July 7 suggested that Lord Prescott had pulled out of a business conference in Yorkshire because of pressure from the Chinese Embassy over the presence of the Dalai Lama and that he had failed to officially declare a June 2010 visit to China. We are happy to clarify that Lord Prescott had no contact with their Embassy over his decision to miss the conference and did not have to declare the June trip as he was neither an MP nor a peer at the time.

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