'Human error' at fault for Press Association's Auschwitz photo gaffe

In a curious first, Cambridge News today published an image of Nazi death camp Auschwitz. Eyebrows raised? As well they should, but the finger of blame points at Press Association, which pumps news to a number of local sites – including those of Iliffe News & Media, owner of Cambridge News – around the UK. An "unfortunate human error" at the news agency led to a story about an angry Welsh mum's railway track protest being illustrated with the famous picture of Auschwitz. And the reproduction didn't stop in Cambridge. It didn't, in fact, stop at Iliffe – "a number" of sites were affected, the Guardian understands: PA humbly owned up, saying: "We apologise for any offence cause by this unfortunate human error. The photograph was removed from the story as soon as we realised the mistake and we have taken steps to ensure this does not happen again in the future." The news agency were quick to replace the image on its own site, though the offending image of Auschwitz lingered longer on the websites of bemused local papers.