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Weekly apologises over inaccurate article

A local newspaper printed an apology following a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission from a former district councillor.

Michael Shone, who previously served on Chichester District Council, complained that two articles in Johnston Press weekly title the Chichester Observer had inaccurately reported that he would not be standing at recent local government elections held in the area.

The matter was resolved when the newspaper printed an apology under the heading Micheal Shone: An Apology.

The correction concluded: “We would like to make clear that Mr Shone did, in fact, stand in the election, and apologise to him for this error. We regret that the matter was not clarified at an earlier stage.”