Ian Huntley was a school caretaker, but not at the school attended by Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman as an article suggested (Botanist tells how nettles helped solve Soham murders, 30 June, p27).
An article misnamed Shoreham-by-Sea, in West Sussex, as “Shoreham-on-Sea” (‘We’ll be at it till 10pm Thursday’: no slacking for Labour in final campaign days, 30 June, p6). Also, a reference to the possibility of a “Tory win” sending shockwaves through the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency should have been to a Labour win.
A profile of Amit Gudka said the 2021 collapse of Bulb Energy, the company he co-founded, left taxpayers “holding what looked to be a £6.5bn bill”. But an editing cut meant we did not go on to clarify that, under the terms of a takeover deal, Octopus Energy will repay the government’s costs, meaning it is expected to be fiscally neutral. Also, Gudka raised £200m for his new battery storage company, Field Energy, not £100m, and that venture has a battery site in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, not only in Oldham, Greater Manchester, as we implied (30 June, p58).
An article said that the writer Oscar Wilde penned the poem Two Loves to Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas. In fact, it was Bosie’s composition to Wilde (Fame, lust and hard drugs: Wilde’s Dorian Gray is back – as a genderfluid rock star, 30 June, p28).
Other recently amended articles include:
Wider use of physician associates will increase inequality, say UK doctors
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