Channel 4 newscaster to be taken off air for a week after calling NI minister a 'c***'

Krishnan Guru-Murthy. File Picture: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Channel 4 has announced that newscaster Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be taken off air after swearing at the UK's Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker. 

In a statement this morning, Channel 4 said it has "a strict code of conduct for all its employees, including its programming teams and on-air presenters, and takes any breaches seriously."