The headline “Donald Trump accused of obstructing satellite research into climate change” (News, last week, page 7) was inaccurate. The decision to obstruct satellite research was taken by the Republican-majority US Congress in September 2016. President Trump was not elected until 8 November 2016 and sworn in on 20 January 2017.
In relation to “Heard too much on sexual harassment? No, not yet enough” (Comment, last week, page 35), Lord Rennard has asked us to point out that the Metropolitan police investigated allegations of sexual harassment made against him and concluded that there would be no charges due to insufficient evidence, and Alistair Webster QC, appointed by the Lib Dems, concluded that there was insufficient evidence to hold a disciplinary hearing.
Liverpool is the third, not first, Premier League club to pay the living wage, (“A fair, decent society demands a real living wage for its workers”, In Focus, last week, page 29). Chelsea and Everton already pay their staffs this wage.
While the News of the World did listen to missing Milly Dowler’s voicemail, police said there was no evidence that it deleted any messages (Profile, last week, page 30).
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