Daily Mail agreed with the Press Complaints Council to publish an apology and clarification. Asian hopscotch lessons In February 2011, Littlejohn wrote in his Daily Mail column that Haringey Council was using taxpayer funds for hopscotch lessons for Asian women. This was an urban myth first propagated in 1995 by the former Conservative Party chairman Brian Mawhinney, who took the name of the Hopscotch Asian Women's Centre literally. The centre offers "support services for Asian women and their families on a wide range of issues including domestic violence, benefits, housing, education, immigration and health matters [and provided] advocacy and support to people with learning disabilities". Lucy Meadows In December 2012, Littlejohn wrote an article criticising the decision of Accrington teacher Lucy Meadows to return to the same school after undergoing Gender Reassignment Surgery. Littlejohn repeatedly misgendered Meadows and stated: "he's not only trapped in the wrong body, he's in the wrong job". In March 2013, Meadows was found dead with police reporting no suspicious circumstance, suggesting suicide. Littlejohn's article was later removed from the Daily Mails website following Meadows' death. Trans Media Watch, a charity for transgender people, said: "We are deeply saddened that this inquest should ever have been needed." A petition drive was launched demanding Littlejohn be sacked. Two petitions signed by over 240,000 people were handed over to the Daily Mail offices. At the inquest into her death on 28 May 2013, it was reported Meadows had contacted the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over press harassment citing Littlejohn. Blackburn and Hyndburn Coroner Michael Singleton stated that press coverage of her gender reassignment was "ill informed bigotry" and that Littlejohn in his article had "carried out what can only be described as a character assassination, having sought to ridicule and humiliate Lucy Meadows and bring into question her right to pursue her career as a teacher". Jack Monroe In 2013, Littlejohn was accused of taking insufficient care to check the facts before publishing an article critical of cookery writer and poverty campaigner Jack Monroe. Littlejohn suggested that Monroe chose to give up her job. Monroe's young son was unsettled with a range of different carers. As Monroe had grown up in a home with foster children, she is aware of the potential for harming him. Monroe tried unsuccessfully to negotiate flexible hours so she could work and look after her baby, but gave up her job so she