Due to erroneous information supplied by Foundation Earth, an article said its pilot labelling scheme was “based on a system developed by food scientists at Oxford University with support from World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)”. In fact, the system was developed by the sustainability advisory firm Mondra using data from a 2018 report by researchers at Oxford University and Agroscope. WWF has not been involved (Food label ‘eco scores’ to help shoppers make greener choice, 27 June, page 31).
An article about an open letter from 400 Labour activists to the leader, Keir Starmer, said the authors privately held “a fear of Labour being seen to be too pro-Brexit”; this should have said pro-remain (Starmer urged to speak out and help millions of EU citizens in Britain, 27 June, page 11).
Sharon Graham received 349 branch nominations for the leadership of the Unite union, not 328, as we said (Female candidate to lead Unite faces ‘disgraceful abuse’, 27 June, page 31).
An article said Rule Britannia was played without singing at the Last Night of the Proms in 2020. In fact, the BBC reversed this decision and the words were sung by a small choir (Everything you wanted to know about the culture wars but were afraid to ask, 13 June, page 23).
The one where the wheel came off: a Q&A had David Schwimmer saying he “was a roller-skating waiter in Chicago for seven years”. He worked as a waiter for seven years and one summer the role involved that stunt (This much I know, 20 June, Magazine, page 7).
Other recently amended articles include:
Sussex Bar & Restaurant, London: ‘There’s an awful lot to like about it’ – restaurant review
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