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(edit)Although the programme was on Radio 1, pictures were also relayed to online listeners via a webcam. And while Barrowman's genitalia were not actually shown, the crude comments which accompanied the incident made it clear what had happened.(edit) Grimshaw said: 'You're famous, we're told, for getting your willy out in interviews. Is this going to happen today? Should Annie be careful?' Barrowman asked: 'Is the webcam on?' When told it was, he declared: 'All right, I'll get it out for you then, no problem.' The webcam had been swiftly covered up but listeners heard Annie Mac screaming: 'Oh my God!'...

A BBC Radio presenter has been sacked following a 'racist' call to a taxi firm, in which she requested a 'non-Asian' driver. Sam Mason told the operator that 'a guy with a turban would freak her daughter out'   insisting they send an English driver instead.The ex-glamour girl, 40, called the firm to order a taxi for her 14-year-old daughter off-air, while presenting her BBC Bristol radio show.After the operator branded her request 'racist', Mason insisted, claiming it wasn't the first time she had made the request.She said: 'A guy with a turban is going to freak her out. She's...

Anger as BBC sets up a rival to Facebook... for six-year-oldsBy PAUL REVOIR - More by this author » Last updated at 23:34pm on 24th January 2008  MyCBBC is being launched at a time when up to 1,800 staff are being axed  The new site will be aimed at children too young for Facebook The BBC is setting up a Facebook-style social networking site for children as young as six. The MyCBBC service is aimed at those who are too young for Facebook and other commercial rivals such as MySpace and Bebo. These sites have a lower age limit...

BBC may be prosecuted for offering £40,000 to 'child-smugglers'By MICHAEL LEIDIG and GLEN OWEN - More by this author » Last updated at 23:01pm on 28th July 2007 Reporter Angita Sangita The BBC was dragged into a fresh row over standards after police claimed it broadcast a misleading investigation into child-trafficking. The report, which led BBC1's Ten O'Clock News on Thursday, purported to expose Bulgarian criminals offering toddlers for sale to British couples for £40,000 each. But Commissioner Veselin Petrov, head of police in the Bulgarian city where the undercover report was filmed, has insisted that there is no evidence...

BBC rules on impartiality were broken during a report on the Ten O'Clock News, the corporation's governors said. The complaint surrounded Guto Harri's report about the night's edition of Question Time, a month before the General Election last year. Governors said rules were broken when Harri said the then Conservative leader was booed, but did not mention the same thing had happened to Tony Blair. The omission breached BBC guidelines on accuracy and impartiality, they ruled. Interviews However, they also said that overall the report gave a "fair and balanced" account of the event, and did not uphold the broader...

Blair ... fury at report Picture: REUTERS PM rages at Beeb war slurBy DAVID WOODINGTONY Blair blitzed the BBC on Friday over its twisted coverage of the Iraq war. The PM was furious after a newsman claimed terror in Baghdad is worse than under Saddam. War reporter Andrew Gilligan said on Radio 4’s Today programme: “Baghdad’s people are passing their first days of liberty in a greater fear than they’ve ever before known. RELATED STORIES Sun Says “The old fear of the regime was habitual, low-level. This fear is sharp and immediate.” Mr Blair was furious at a War...

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