ON 20 August, we reported that funds given by BBC’s Children in Need to the Leeds Community School Charity were passed on to a neighbouring bookshop where two of the 7/7 bombers worked and it had been alleged that the money had then been used for propaganda videos.
We accept the assurance of Leeds Community School’s founder, Hanif Malik, that no Children in Need money was passed to the bookshop or the bombers nor was it used to pay for the propaganda videos.
We apologise to Mr Malik for the upset and distress caused.
In fairness, I think this story may well have started on Newsnight, but doubtless the Sun's hacks doubled checked it before running with it...
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Presume it was because a man with the name Hanif was involved?
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