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Corrections and clarifications are published in the order that they were issued.
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Thursday 13 December 2018
It was said on the programme that the EU Referendum of 2016 was "the biggest vote in our countryβs history".
In 2016 33.57 million votes were cast, including rejected papers.
More votes were actually cast in the 1992 General Election - a total of 33.61 million.
21/12/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Monday 15 December 2018
In a report about African Penguins and why their numbers are in decline we said conservationists say their natural habitats are being hit by rising tides caused by climate change. While studies show climate change is having an impact on penguin numbers, it is because of rising sea temperatures affecting fish stocks, rather than rising sea levels. Other factors include commercial fishing practices, which are making it more difficult for African Penguins to find enough to eat and survive. We apologise for the error.
13/12/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ London News
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One London, Tuesday 4 December 2018
In a report on plans for a new Holocaust memorial in Westminster, we referred to Adampol as a βPolish labour campβ.
We regret any upset this resulted in - a clearer description should have been used, to explain that it was a Nazi German camp located in Poland.
10/12/2018
World at One
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Thursday 2 August 2018
In a report on the history of the European Union, we said 10 new countries joined the 12 countries already in the EU in 2004. In fact there were 15 existing members by 2004, as Sweden, Finland and Austria had all joined in 1995.
29/10/2018
Today and Newshour
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, Tuesday 30 October 2018
In a report about municipal elections in Jerusalem it was reported that Ramadan Dabash was on the ballot representing a Palestinian party and that this was a first. In fact this is not the case. A Palestinian candidate representing a Palestinian party also appeared on a ballot paper for the municipal council in 1998 and did not pass the voting threshold to win a seat.
22/11/2018
Mediterranean with Simon Reeve
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two, Sunday 21 October 2018
While visiting Sicily, it was stated that San Cataldo church in Palermo had previously been a Mosque. This was not accurate. The site of the Palermo Cathedral would have been a better example to choose to illustrate the diverse history of the city.
15/11/2018
Reporting Scotland
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland, Monday 12 November 2018
Reporting Scotland carried the story that Edinburgh Airport is helping police with their enquiries into sexual misconduct claims against Alex Salmond. The programme also said that a Police Scotland investigation into the former First Minister was launched after the Scottish National Party passed two complaints of sexual harassment to the authorities. This part of the story was incorrect. The complaints were made to the Scottish Government, not to the SNP. We apologise for this error.
15/11/2018
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Saturday 18 August 2018
In a discussion about the Nord Stream gas pipeline which runs between Russia and Germany, Today reported on controversial plans to expand the pipeline which have been criticised by the US and some other countries in Europe. It was also reported that the existing pipeline, Nord Stream One, travels through Poland and Ukraine. In fact this is not correct, the pipeline runs from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, and Poland and Ukraine are among the countries opposed to the expansion plans.
13/11/2018
Victoria Derbyshire
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Monday 13 August 2018
During an item about homelessness, the Victoria Derbyshire programme interviewed a homeless man called Ashley who told us that he had been forced to leave home by his father because he is gay. His family subsequently contacted the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ. They deny that Ashleyβs sexuality was the reason why he became homeless and say it was for other reasons. We apologise that this was not reflected in the programme and for any distress caused.
17/10/2018
Today and World at One
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Monday 8 October 2018
Today and World at One both examined the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report which urges limiting temperature rises to no more than one and a half degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. On some (but not all) occasions we inadvertently referred to this as β1.5 per centβ rather than β1.5 degreesβ in the course of our coverage. We apologise for the error.
10/10/2018
News bulletin
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Saturday 1 September 2018
A report referred to βthe war that led to the creation of Israel". In fact, Israel declared its establishment after a UN vote recommended the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states. The Arab-Israeli war of 1948-49, also known as the Israeli War of Independence, followed this.
08/10/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ London: Late News
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One London, Friday 28 September 2018
During a report about Grenfell fraudster, Jenny McDonagh, we incorrectly identified an individual standing in a group outside court as McDonaghβs husband. This was wrong and we apologise for the mistake.
04/10/2018
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Tuesday 4 September 2018
In this edition of Today it was stated that the IHRA definition of antisemitism had βbeen accepted by almost every country in the worldβ. In fact, 31 member countries of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) supported the adoption of a non-legally binding Working Definition of Antisemitism to guide the organisation in its work on 26 May 2016.
To date, according to the IHRA, the working definition has been adopted and endorsed by the following governments and bodies: The United Kingdom (12 December 2016), Israel (22 January 2017), Austria (25 April 2017) Scotland (27 April 2017), Romania (25 May 2017), City of London (8 February 2017), Germany (20 September 2017), Bulgaria (18 October 2017), Lithuania (24 January 2018), and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (6 March 2018).
19/09/2018
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Saturday 23 June 2018
In a discussion about the impact of Brexit on the economy of the North East of England, we said Treasury forecasts suggested the regionβs economy would shrink by 11% even if thereβs a comprehensive trade deal.
In fact, the Treasury paper says the North East economy is forecast to grow 11% less over 15 years with a trade deal than it would do if the UK were to remain in the EU.
12/09/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Look North
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One Yorkshire, Wednesday 6 June 2018
On 6 June 2018 ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Look North Presenter Amy Garcia introduced a studio guest to discuss a piece about US tariffs on steel using the phrase "as if Brexit wasnβt bad enough". We are sorry for the impression which may have been conveyed by this brief unscripted remark. Her intention was to convey the sense of the complexity of Brexit adding to the complications of tariffs from Donald Trump not to comment on its merits.
07/09/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at One
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Wednesday 22 August 2018
In reporting on an improvement in Scotland's public finances - with an increase in revenue and a reduction in the deficit - we said the Scottish government spent nearly thirteen and a half billion pounds more than it raised last year. This was incorrect - that figure covers all public sector expenditure in Scotland, including areas controlled by the UK government and other public bodies. We apologise for the error.
23/08/18
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Look North
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One Yorkshire, Friday 20 July 2018
In our morning and lunchtime bulletins we mistakenly referred to Josh Warrington as the first boxing champion from Leeds. In fact, Michelle Sutcliffe became the cityβs first WBF title holder in 2000.
Later editions correctly described Josh as the first male champion from Leeds.
13/08/2018
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Wednesday 4 July 2018
In this edition of Today it was stated that the EU currently buys three quarters of our fishing catch. In fact, this is the total proportion that is exported worldwide, not just to the EU.
02/08/18
HARDtalk
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Tuesday 17 July 2018
Ravi Shankar Prasad, India's Minister for Law and Justice told the programme that 90% of retired senior civil servants who signed an open letter criticising the Government had campaigned against Prime Minister Narendra Modiβs election in 2014.
We have been contacted by the signatories of that letter since the interview was broadcast. They say they did not exist as a group until 2017, they have no party political affiliation and it is absurd to suggest they made an appeal to influence the 2014 Parliamentary Elections.
27/07/18
Thought For The Day
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Tuesday 29 May 2018
In this edition of Thought for the Day it was stated that 796 bodies of premature babies and young children were discovered at a mother and baby home in Ireland. At the time of broadcast, βsignificant human remainsβ had been found, but the Mother and Baby ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔs Commission of Investigation had not confirmed the number of children involved.
17/07/18
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Saturday 23 June 2018
In the introduction to a Nature Notes item about bees we referred to a Facebook post from Sir David Attenborough. However we quoted from a fan page on Facebook and not a site connected with Sir David personally. We should not have quoted the remarks or its statements about bee populations. We apologise for the error.
09/07/18
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ North West Tonight
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One North West, Sunday 3 June 2018
On Sunday 3 June 2016 the 6.50pm bulletin of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ North West Tonight reported on disciplinary action taken by Wigan Warriors Rugby League club against its players Joel and Sam Tomkins, following circulation on social media of an incident involving the brothers.
The report included in error a still picture of Wigan Warriors player Morgan Escare. We would like to stress that Mr Escare was not involved in the incident and apologise for any distress caused.
04/06/2018
Sunday Politics
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One Yorks & Lincs, Sunday 11 March 2018
In a regional edition of Sunday Politics, it was stated that Russia was the second largest supplier of the UKβs imported gas.
This in fact referred to EU imports, and there are no pipelines that allow Russian gas to flow to the UK from Norway (the biggest source of imports).
According to UK government figures: βThe European transit system for gas is complexβ but the UK has βlittle or no direct reliance on Russian gasβ.
21/05/2018
Victoria Derbyshire
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Friday 19 January 2018
During an item about the film Pad Man the programme used a graphic that said β90% of Indian women use rags, ashes or newspapers instead of sanitary products.β
This figure was taken from a 2011 survey and more recent studies give a different picture. For example in 2016 one survey of girls showed 74% use cloths and a different survey of teenage girls published in India in 2017 showed over 90% used either sanitary pads, cloths or tampons.
17/05/2018
Victoria Derbyshire
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Tuesday 20 March 2018
During an interview about the availability of high cost credit, Ed Miliband MP said that βthe FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) the people in charge of this, have fined BrightHouse nearly Β£15m and made them pay back money to customers because of the sharp practices. Theyβve said they were not responsible lenders.β
In fact BrightHouse was not fined. Following discussions with the FCA, it agreed to pay back over Β£14.8 million to 249,000 customers who should have had refunds or who were not assessed properly to make sure they could afford the loans in the first place.
15/05/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at Ten
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Wednesday 14 February 2018
In a report about the economic performance of the EU, we said that βnearly 50%β of British exports go to the EU. We would like to clarify that UK exports of goods and services to the EU were 43% in 2016, and 44% in 2017. Exports of goods alone were 48% in 2016 and 50% in 2017. The share of UK exports of goods and services going to the EU has fallen over time, from 54% in 2006 to 44% last year.
10/05/2018
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Monday 23 April 2018
Today mistakenly said Carwyn Jones had been forced to stand down as First Minister in Wales and Labour leader because of the controversy over the suicide of one of his colleagues, Carl Sargeant, more than five months ago.
In fact, Mr Jones is in fact still in post and intends to go in the autumn, saying his departure would give his family, his party and his country a βfresh startβ.
23/04/2018
Question Time
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One, Thursday 12 April 2018
Following a discussion on QT two contributors made reference to comments attributed to Ken Loach where he is reported to have said: βUnless we get Labour MPs who believe in that manifesto last year we won't get in power. If they've been going to the demonstration against him [Jeremy Corbyn] outside Westminster... those are the ones we need to kick out.β
Both contributors interpreted these comments from Mr Loach as referring to a recent anti-semitism demonstration at Westminster. Mr Loach has subsequently contacted the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ to request the following clarification:
βReports of a meeting in Bristol last week do not fairly reflect what I said about accountability of Labour MPs and recent demonstrations. For the record, this is my view, which I made clear at the meeting: re-selecting an MP should not be based on individual incidents but reflect the MPβs principles, actions and behaviour over a long period. Being an MP is not a job for life. Candidates should be selected for every election and party members should be able to make a democratic choice."
20/04/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at Six
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Tuesday 3 April 2018
In our studio introduction to a report about Jeremy Corbynβs attendance at a Jewdas event, we said it βhas argued that there's no problem with anti-Semitism in Labour.β We accept this was an inaccurate summary of events - we should have said that Jewdas had referred to the recent row about anti-Semitism in Labour as being politically motivated.
19/04/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at Ten
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Sunday 15 April 2018
In last night's ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at Ten, teatime bulletin and online we confused the identities of identical twin girls in a report on Syria.
One twin, Malaz, was shown being sprayed with water inside a hospital in Douma after surviving an alleged chemical weapons attack. She was incorrectly named as her identical twin sister Masa. This was followed by an interview with Masa recorded in the last few days.
The video shows both sisters required urgent medical treatment and were together in the hospital. The impression was left by our report that the pictures and interview related to the same child. We apologise for this error.
The family have now reached a refugee centre in northern Syria.
16/04/2018
Newsroom Live
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Monday 26 March 2018
During an interview about a call from Citizenβs Advice for a cap to be put on home credit loans, our use of pictures may have been taken as a sign that Citizenβs Advice were specifically referring to BrightHouse which was not the case and we are sorry this happened.
BrightHouse says it follows the rules and all credit applicants are subject to robust affordability checks and vulnerable customer procedures, and that it was authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority on this basis.
We did not include any response from BrightHouse in our item which was a mistake for which we apologise.
14/04/2018
The Andrew Marr Show
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One, Sunday 5 November 2017
In the introduction to an interview it was mistakenly stated that the Balfour Declaration had spoken of the establishment of a home for the Jewish people in Israel. The Declaration actually referred to the creation of this home in Palestine.
12/04/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at Six
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Wednesday 7 February 2018
During a report on the resignation of the Chief Constable of Police Scotland, we incorrectly said that there had been a delayed response to a 999 call following a crash near the M9. The call had in fact been to 101.
11/04/2018
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Friday 27 October 2017
In an item on Syria on 27 October 2017, Today interviewed Reza Afshar. We said he was head of the Syrian team at the Foreign office and works at the organisation Independent Diplomat. We should have also made it clear he works with the Syrian Opposition.
11/04/2018
Human Planet
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One, 2011
The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ has been alerted to a breach of editorial standards in an episode of Human Planet from 2011 which concerns the Korowai people of West Papua. During the making of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Twoβs upcoming documentary series, My Year With The Tribe, a member of the tribe discusses how they have built very high tree houses for the benefit of overseas programme makers.
The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ has reviewed a sequence in Human Planet depicting this and found that the portrayal of the tribe moving into the treehouse as a real home is not accurate. Since this programme was broadcast in 2011, we have strengthened our mandatory training for all staff in editorial guidelines, standards and values.
04/04/2018
Afternoon Live
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Thursday 25 January 2018
Our correspondent misspoke on two occasions in the course of a live report. He said Holocaust Memorial Day was being βcelebratedβ when he intended to say βcommemorated.β And he meant to give the figure of six million victims, not six thousand.
23/03/2018
Newsnight
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two, Thursday 25 January 2018
During an interview with Jon Lansman, we stated that David Watson had been suspended from the Labour Party for anti-Semitic views and remarks.
Mr Watson has been suspended pending an investigation of unspecified breaches of Labour Party rules, with press reports at the time attributing this to allegations of anti-Semitism.
The Labour Party investigation is still ongoing and Mr Watson denies any claims of anti-Semitism, stating his suspension is βwithout justificationβ and that he has opposed racism and anti-Semitism all his life.
We are sorry we did not make this clear.
22/03/2018
Today
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Tuesday 20 March 2018
During an interview with Professor Richard McLaren, presenter Rob Bonnet stated UK Anti-Doping wants a total ban on Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs). However this is not the case, UK Anti-Doping believes there is a need for TUEs within anti-doping.
21/03/2018
This Week
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One, Thursday 5 March 2015
During an episode of This Week broadcast by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ on 5 March 2015, the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ made a number of statements about Dr Haitham al-Haddad. One was that Dr al-Haddad believed that Jews were descended from pigs. Dr al-Haddad has made clear to the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ that he has never stated that Jews were descended from pigs and that the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ had referenced an incorrectly attributed sermon. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ accepts Dr al-Haddad's assurance that he has not stated that "Jews are descended from pigs". It has withdrawn this allegation and confirms that it will not repeat it.
14/03/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at Ten
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Thursday 18 January 2018
In the introduction to a report on global temperatures, it was incorrectly stated that 2017 was the hottest year on record. In fact, it was the hottest year on record without the additional warming effect of a formally recognised El NiΓ±o event. The error did not occur in earlier bulletins.
09/02/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News at Six
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ One and ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News Channel, Tuesday 9 January 2018
A report on News at Six mistakenly used the annual figure, rather than the weekly one, for waiting times in A&E departments in Scotland.
The weekly figure for patients not seen within four hours was 5686. This was used in all subsequent bulletins and coverage.
15/01/2018
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live Breakfast
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live, Wednesday 3 January 2018
During a phone-in on the programme a contributor, Danielle Tiplady was introduced as a staff nurse. We should have established and made clear on air that she was a political activist.
08/01/2018