Our piece on mental health service cuts last week mangled a quote from Tony Lloyd, chief executive of the ADHD Foundation, by omitting a vital clause, given here in italics. “There has been a 41% increase in the number of children under the age of 16 admitted to hospital with self-harm in just the last five years, and so the small budget for mental health services is being focused on that.” Apologies. (“Prescriptions for Ritalin more than double in a decade”, News, last week, p10).
A piece on Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli remarked on “the old friend from Inter who now apparently acts as his gopher”. Gopher: a burrowing rodent with fur-lined pouches on the outside of its cheeks. Gofer: a person who runs errands. (“Impossible to solve a problem called Mario”, Sport, last week, p11).
Xi Jinping is president of the People’s Republic of China, not premier (“Eight reasons why China’s economic tremors will affect us all”, In Focus, last week, p26). Li Keqiang is the premier.
For the past two weeks, our results page has inadvertently shown the end of season 2014/15 standings in Scottish League One and Two, rather than the current 2015/16 position. Apologies.
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