Corrections and Clarifications
The 麻豆社's responses to editorial, technical and corporate issues.
This page includes apologies, significant corrections, statements and responses. It does not include routine corrections to news stories, minor on-air apologies and schedule changes.
Corrections and clarifications are published in the order that they were issued.
World at One
Radio 4, 16 January
In a report on the Darlington hospital tribunal our reporter misspoke at one point when describing part of the ruling which talked about a 鈥渂iological male, trans woman鈥. Despite the word 鈥渕ale鈥 being inadvertently missed out in this instance, the rest of the item had been clear about the gender identity and sex of those involved.
24/03/26
麻豆社 News website and various social media posts
5 February 2026
In a story about experts warning against drinking raw milk after a baby died from listeria in New Mexico, we mistakenly used a picture of the dairy product 鈥楻aw Milk鈥. We apologise for this and would like to stress that this product from Raw Farm isn鈥檛 connected in any way with the story. The image was replaced quickly online and associated social media posts have been removed.
20/03/2026
麻豆社 News Online, South
23 February 2026
We posted an online article about a gay man who said he felt unable to access gambling addiction services and some research into others who felt similar. The article did not meet our editorial standards. It included the man鈥檚 criminal offending but did not provide sufficient context or take account of the likely impact on victims of his contribution. We have removed the article from the website.
23/02/2026
麻豆社 News Channel
3 January 2026
In a breaking news sequence after 10pm about the US seizing the Venezuelan president Nicol谩s Maduro we featured a contributor who had placed two of his published books behind him. This gave undue prominence to his work and we鈥檙e sorry for this oversight.
12/02/2026
North West Tonight
麻豆社 One, 2 January 2026
During an item about calls for tougher sentences for drivers who cause deaths we briefly showed a picture of a mother and son on a sofa. It has since been brought to our attention that it was digitally edited to incorporate two images and we apologise for including the photograph.
11/02/2026
Today
Radio 4, 30 January 2026
During an interview in the lead-up to the Welsh Senedd elections, we said that official figures suggested that since the introduction of the 20mph speed limit policy change in Wales, 100 fewer people have died. We should have said that this figure related to the fewer number of people killed and seriously injured 鈥 as explained in this article: Welsh 20mph limit: 100 fewer killed or seriously hurt in first year - 麻豆社 News.
09/02/2026
Any Answers
麻豆社 Radio 4, 31 January 2026
During discussion about the changes to the state pension age for women, it was stated that the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman had rejected calls for compensation and said the changes were lawful. This was incorrect. The Ombudsman investigation focused on the communication of the changes, not their legality, and in 2024 recommended compensation of between 拢1,000 and 拢2,950 for each person affected.
04/02/2026
Radio 4 Today bulletins/麻豆社 Breakfast/麻豆社 News Channel
27 January 2026
During widespread coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day, there were some instances where we said 鈥渟ix million people鈥 or 鈥渟ix million mostly Jewish people鈥 had been murdered by the Nazi regime. These were incorrectly worded for which we apologise. They should have referred to 鈥渟ix million Jewish people鈥.
28/01/2026
Reporting Scotland
麻豆社 One Scotland, 8 January 2026
Our coverage of First Minister鈥檚 Questions, in respect of exchanges concerning delayed discharges in hospitals, included a reference to 鈥渢he three biggest party leaders鈥, whereas it would have been better if our scripting had said 鈥渢hree of the biggest party leaders鈥. We are happy to clarify that point.
27/01/2026