Dominique Strauss-Kahn possible charges | Contaminated land
• Writing about Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a story mentioned that a French writer had accused the former head of the International Monetary Fund of attempting to rape her in 2003. "But", the report went on, "French prosecutors decided there would be no charges as [by 2011, when the accusation became public] the time limit for prosecution had passed". The prosecutors in fact said that for a rape prosecution, sufficient evidence was lacking. It was on another charge they were contemplating, sexual assault, that they explained they found themselves unable to proceed because of a three-year limit (Security, a side door and a scuffle: Strauss-Kahn's visit to Cambridge, 10 March, page 3).
• In an article on new guidelines concerning contaminated land, we omitted to say that we were referring to Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, under which local authorities must identify and inspect potentially contaminated land. This legislation does not cover planning or building on contaminated land, though officials' findings may go on to affect the planning or building process (Rules relaxed for building on contaminated land, 7 February, page 8).