Oasis' Noel Gallagher has won an apology from The Mirror newspaper.

The tabloid accused him of lying to a divorce court claiming that he was dating current girlfriend Sara Macdonald before he split from Meg Mathews (his wife).

The paper alleged Noel had lied about the situation but now agrees that this is incorrect and will publish an apology on Monday (28 May) reading:

"Noel Gallagher, in his divorce papers, makes it clear that the adultery alleged by his former wife, Meg Mathews, took place after their separation. Yet in an article we published on January 19, 2001 we said that Noel had lied to the court in this respect.

Noel's lawyer was concerned because he feared that the Judge may throw the petition out and charge Noel with contempt of court.

Having been shown the divorce papers we can confirm that Noel always made it clear that the adultery took place after he separated from Meg Mathews and we accept that Noel would not and did not lie to the court."