yesterday, this one episode, the one called the germans, was taken off air by uktv.lebrating racism, they were making fun of it through comedy. so on twitter, he said "i would have hoped that someone at the bbc would understand that there are two ways of making fun of human behaviour. 0ne two ways of making fun of human behaviour. one is to attack it directly, the other is to have someone who is patently a figure of fun speak up on behalf of that behaviour". so that seems to have hit home, and uktv say the episode will be back on the screen shortly some sort of warning at the front to what viewers about potentially offensive wedding and behaviour in the episode. —— wording. british airways' treatment of staff during the coronavirus pandemic has been branded "a national disgrace" by a group of mps. a report by the transport select committee has accused the airline of taking advantage of the crisis by cutting up to 12,000 jobs and changing the terms and conditions of most of the remaining employees. 0ur international business correspondent, theo leggett, reports. briti

has come in for criticism, fawlty towers, that came off the u ktv fawlty towers, that came off the uktvough satire. it was taken off air because a crusty old major made racial slurs against the west indian cricket team. it has been taken off for now and there may be some language and there are some people may find offensive. under the day of warm sunny spells for most of us and some showers. the cloud has been bubbling up and we have already had some rather persistent crouch near the north sea coast. that's because we still have the easterly drift coming in the north sea, with the most humid air sitting across it. stop in again for some areas through the course of sunday. for many of us, lots of dry, settled, warm weather with big showers growing. the shower sitting near the north sea coast could be stubborn and not clear away. elsewhere after lots of sunshine first thing, the showers bubble up and come through. not as lengthy for the south east. there will be some heavy showers, potentially midlands, east anglia, some isolated ones for northern ireland and scotland as the cloud burns b

uktv, which is owned by the bbc, said it had temporarily removed the germans episode while it carriesplayed by john cleese, shouting "don't mention the war" in front of a group of german tourists with another character using offensive, racist language. it is 6:16am. it is friday morning. let's take a look at today's papers. the guardian's front page highlights the growing debate over statues of historical figures linked to racism and slavery. there's also a photo of the grime artist, stormzy, who has pledged to give £10 million to black british causes. the times reports on plans byjustice secretary robert buckland and home secretary priti patel, that could see protesters face a fast—tracked prosecution within 2a hours if they cause vandalism, criminal damage or assault police officers. the daily express reports that the 2m social distancing rule must stay to save lives. it says experts have warned that reducing it to 1m could risk a rise in new infections. the yorkshire post looks at the easing of lockdown restrictions in a different way. it quotes the chairman of the yorkshire dales