An article headlined “Revealed: how taxpayers fund large wages and lavish perks for academy schools chiefs” (News, 24 July, page 6) referred to expenditure incurred by NET Academies Trust in connection with taxi expenses for its chief executive officer, Maxine Evans. In spite of pre-publication inquiries, after publication, we were provided with additional information about why that expenditure had been incurred. It was for medical reasons and was approved. In light of this, we have removed mention of Maxine Evans and the Trust from the online version of the article.
“South Bronx, the home of hip-hop, fights to keep its soul as gentrification creeps in”, (News, page 2, last week) incorrectly reported rent rises of up to 28% in parts of the South Bronx over the past year. The cited source, the New York Times, reported that those increases happened over the period 1990-2014.
Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty’s home town is Uttoxeter, not Derby (“Swimming medals encourage Britons to visit their local pool, News, page 4, 14 August). His swimming club is in Derby.
In an interview with Jeremy Corbyn last week (News, pages 10-12), “the NHS effects everybody” should have been “the NHS affects everybody”.
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