Public BBC responses to complaints

These are the BBC’s public responses to significant complaints of wide audience concern. We do not list or respond in public to all complaints. Corrections and clarifications are in ‘Further information’.

    Ashley Cain’s social media posts

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    Newsnight, apology, BBC Two, 2 June

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    BBC News, bodycam footage in the Henry Nowak case, June 2026

    BBC Question Time, Restore Britain, BBC One, 4 June

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    BBC News website, Prince Harry article, 14 May 2026

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    BBC News, coverage of a potential Labour leadership contest, May 2026

    BBC News, coverage of the Golders Green attack, April and May 2026

    BBC News, coverage of legal advisers helping migrants to pose as LGBTQ+ or suffering domestic violence, April 2026

    Further Information

    BBC reports

    Fortnightly complaints reports

    Executive Complaints Unit findings

    Executive Complaints Unit archived reports

    Public BBC responses to complaints

    Procedure for self-initiated investigations of potential breaches of editorial standards

    Useful links

    BBC Complaints Framework

    Procedure for fast-tracked editorial complaints

    Corrections & Clarifications

    BBC Editorial Guidelines

    Commercial BBC services complaints

    Archived BBC Trust complaints appeals

    TV Licensing complaints

    Ofcom

    Ofcom website

    Ofcom complaints bulletins