BBC apologises over use of racist term in news report

BBC apologises over use of racist term in news report

More than 18,000 people complained to the BBC over the broadcast.

BBC director-general Tony Hall has apologised for a news report which contained a racist term.

More than 18,000 people complained to the BBC over the broadcast, which saw social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin repeat a racial slur allegedly used in a suspected racially-motivated attack in Bristol.

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