Fiona Lamdin: Last News

Love Island’s Amber Gill are among the celebrities that have come together to support Sideman after he quit his radio show.The Radio 1Xtra presenter decided to quit his show after the BBC used a racial slur during a news report.On July 29, correspondent Fiona Lamdin said the N-word during a report on a racially motivated attack in Bristol, repeating the term as it was allegedly used during the incident.The broadcaster eventually cut the segment from the BBC News Channel but was immediately stung by a downpour of angry complaints – a total of 18,656.

BBC Radio 1xtra presenter Sideman has announced he is quitting the corporation over a news report which contained a racist term.

BBC Radio 1xtra presenter Sideman has announced he's quitting the corporation, branding the use of a racist term in a news report an "error of judgement".

More than 18,000 complaints have been made to the BBC over news reports which featured racist terminology.Many viewers were shocked to hear social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin repeating a racial slur during a report last week on a suspected racially-motivated attack in Bristol.The reporter was repeating the term as it was allegedly used during the incident.In total the corporation received a total of 18,656 complaints about the report, which was later cut from the BBC News Channel.On the day of the broadcast a spokeswoman for the BBC said the report related to a "shocking unprovoked attack on a young man".She added: "His family told the BBC about the racist language used by the attackers and wanted to see the full facts made public."A

There are few words more painful or so deeply ingrained in the racism that Black people have suffered for centuries than the n-word. It’s filthy, disgusting and, if there ever were a rulebook on what racist comments not to say, the n-word would probably be number one. Surely, even most children know it’s a word you just don’t say. So how on Earth did a white adult at BBC News – one of the largest news corporations on the planet – think it was acceptable to use this dirty, derogatory word in the middle of a Wednesday morning in 2020? In a segment, presenter Fiona Lamdin discussed a racially-motivated attack on a Black man. ‘Just to warn you, you’re about to hear highly offensive language,’ she said in a voiceover.