Suspended Ross warned: 'Never again'

The BBC was hoping today that a three-month unpaid ban for star presenter Jonathan Ross and the resignation of Radio 2’s boss would draw a line under the obscene phone calls furore.

Ross has been suspended from his TV and radio shows without pay until mid-January, and told he would not be able to bring the BBC into disrepute again. As the corporation’s highest-paid star on £6m (€7.6m) a year, the move will cost him around £1.5m (€1.9m).