Ukip leader 'appalled' at false Hillsborough claim on his website
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has said he is "appalled and very sorry" at a false claim on his personal website that he lost close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster.
Ukip claim 'cock up not conspiracy' after picture showed supporters in Bolton and not Stoke
Ukip has claimed "cock-up rather than conspiracy" after it tweeted a photo said to show campaigners in Stoke when they were actually in Bolton.
The party's Twitter account pictured its "people's army" gathered in a car park with "Vote Ukip" placards, adding they were in the West Midlands city to aid leader Paul Nuttall's bid to become MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central.
But other Twitter users insisted the location was more than 50 miles away near the Macron Stadium, home to Bolton Wanderers and the venue for Ukip's spring conference on Friday.
Ukip said the error was caused following a mix-up with its digital team, with a spokesman stating the photo was taken before activists set off to Stoke.
The controversy comes after a week in which Paul Nuttall was forced to apologise for claiming he knew victims in the Hillsborough tragedy.
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Fararge defends Banks after Hillsborough comments
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Nuttall's website offline after false Hillsborough claim
Paul Nuttall's website has been taken offline days after criticism for posts which wrongly claimed he lost close friends at Hillsborough
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Nuttall aide keeps job after false Hillsborough claim
Paul Nuttall has kept on a colleague who took the blame for a false claim he lost "close personal friends" in the Hillsborough disaster.