The Swindon Advertiser may have caused concern among readers when it carried the headline: “Houses damaged as parts of UK struck by volcanoes”.

The headline wasn’t quite right – and a 250-word explanation/apology appeared a couple of days later.

It said: “We would like to clarify that the headline above Tuesday’s story was the result of a headline-writer having the word “volcanoes” pop into their mind when they meant to write ‘tornadoes’.

“We realise that the headline we printed might have given the impression that Swindon and the rest of the country were in the process of being consumed in a maelstrom of superheated doom.

“We apologise for any distress or confusion this may have caused.”

The misunderstanding was compunded when the correction referred to the original piece being in Tuesday’s paper, while a picture caption mentioned Wednesday’s paper.

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