diff --git a/app/presenters/content_item/withdrawable.rb b/app/presenters/content_item/withdrawable.rb
index 1df4af1d7..86a0cda2f 100644
--- a/app/presenters/content_item/withdrawable.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/content_item/withdrawable.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@ def withdrawal_notice_title
     end
 
     def withdrawal_notice_context
-      I18n.t("content_item.schema_name.#{schema_name}", count: 1)
+      I18n.t("content_item.schema_name.#{schema_name}", count: 1, locale: :en)
     end
 
     def withdrawal_notice_time
-      content_tag(:time, display_date(withdrawal_notice["withdrawn_at"]), datetime: withdrawal_notice["withdrawn_at"])
+      content_tag(:time, english_display_date(withdrawal_notice["withdrawn_at"]), datetime: withdrawal_notice["withdrawn_at"])
+    end
+
+    def english_display_date(timestamp, format = "%-d %B %Y")
+      I18n.l(Time.zone.parse(timestamp), format: format, locale: :en) if timestamp
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/presenters/content_item/withdrawable_test.rb b/test/presenters/content_item/withdrawable_test.rb
index d321c7d6d..5862f60e5 100644
--- a/test/presenters/content_item/withdrawable_test.rb
+++ b/test/presenters/content_item/withdrawable_test.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ class ContentItemWithdrawableTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   def setup
     @withdrawable = Object.new
     @withdrawable.extend(ContentItem::Withdrawable)
+    I18n.locale = :cy
+  end
+
+  def teardown
+    I18n.locale = I18n.default_locale
   end
 
   test 'content item is withdrawn' do
@@ -60,7 +65,30 @@ def content_item
       end
     end
 
-    assert_equal @withdrawable.withdrawal_notice_component[:title], "This news article was withdrawn on <time datetime=\"2016-07-12T09:47:15Z\">2016-07-12T09:47:15Z</time>"
+    assert_equal @withdrawable.withdrawal_notice_component[:title], "This news article was withdrawn on <time datetime=\"2016-07-12T09:47:15Z\">12 July 2016</time>"
     assert_equal @withdrawable.withdrawal_notice_component[:description_govspeak], "<div class='govspeak'><p>It has been superseded by <a href='https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-area-walking-and-cycling-in-england-2014-to-2015'>Local area walking and cycling in England: 2014 to 2015</a>.</p>\\n</div>"
   end
+
+  test 'notice title presents only in English, even if locale is set to another language' do
+  # This is to prevent the withdrawal notices on translated editions
+  # displaying a combination of languages in their titles.
+    class << @withdrawable
+      def schema_name
+        'publication'
+      end
+
+      def content_item
+        {
+          'title' => 'Proportion of residents who do any walking or cycling (at local authority level) (CW010)',
+          'withdrawn_notice' => {
+            'explanation' => '<div class=\'govspeak\'><p>It has been superseded by <a href=\'https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-area-walking-and-cycling-in-england-2014-to-2015\'>Local area walking and cycling in England: 2014 to 2015</a>.</p>\n</div>',
+            'withdrawn_at' => '2016-07-12T09:47:15Z'
+          },
+          'locale': 'cy'
+        }
+      end
+    end
+
+    assert_equal @withdrawable.withdrawal_notice_component[:title], "This publication was withdrawn on <time datetime=\"2016-07-12T09:47:15Z\">12 July 2016</time>"
+  end
 end