• An analysis of Britain’s nuclear weapons programme said: “The Trident missiles could be fired from land or air, but it is argued that submarines are harder to detect.” Those particular missiles are too big to be fired from the air. It should have said: “Nuclear-armed missiles could be fired from land or air …” (Jobs and security in a troubled era, or outdated technology? 18 July, page 6).
• In an article giving leading historians’ views of David Cameron, one of them wrote: “Never forget that the constituency that Cameron represents is South Oxfordshire”. South Oxfordshire is not a parliamentary constituency but a local government district, and Cameron’s constituency is actually Witney, which since 2010 has been congruent with the local government district of West Oxfordshire (How will history judge David Cameron?, 16 July, page 23). The same piece said of Cameron’s EU referendum gamble: “Like Humpty Dumpty, it predictably fell off the wall; but unlike Humpty Dumpty, it can’t be put together again.” Nursery rhyme aficionados will have realised that it should have said “… and like Humpty Dumpty, it can’t be put together again”.
• Other recently corrected articles include:
Jeremy Corbyn vows to vote against Trident renewal as Labour divisions deepen
Preventable blindness in children on the rise in poorer countries
More heads roll in next round of Theresa May’s ‘ruthless’ reshuffle
