BBC sorry for Olympian’s anti-Irish slur over tattoo

The BBC has apologised to viewers after decathlon great Daley Thompson made an anti-Irish joke.

Thompson is understood to have damaged his hopes of lighting the Olympic cauldron after he was accused of racism.

The Olympic champion, 53, was on BBC1’s The One Show when he made the remark about a torchbearer with a tattoo that read “Oylmpic”.