The death of the local newspaper, bbc.co.uk

Complaint

A reader of this online article complained that it had been inaccurate in stating that the Manchester Evening News had implemented redundancies a month after the Manchester Arena bombing and that, although the statement had since been removed, the error had not been acknowledged or corrected.


Outcome

The redundancies in question had in fact been announced and implemented before the bombing, and the error should have been corrected as well as removed.
Upheld


Further action

The article was amended to identify and correct the error.