BBC forced to issue apology after Sally Nugent's 'infamous' remark on BBC Breakfast spark outrage

The BBC has been forced to issue an apology after Sally Nugent's mistake live on BBC Breakfast sparked outrage. The moment came as the presenter was back at the helm of the BBC One news programme alongside Jon Kay.

During the live broadcast on Wednesday (August 2), Sally referred to the Dambusters Raid as "infamous". The hosts were sitting on the red sofa at the time and were discussing a flypast done in May by World War II bombers who had been involved in the mission.

"Eighty years after 19 Lancaster bombers took part in the infamous Dambusters Raid, tonight a special anniversary flypast will take place over Lincolnshire," Sally said on the mid-week edition of the breakfast programme.

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Following the blunder, the complaints flooded in and the BBC has been forced to issue a statement by posting a correction on the BBC Complaints website.

It read: "When highlighting what was coming up on the programme, we did inadvertently refer to the Dambusters Raid as 'infamous'. Later, when the main item aired, we referred to the 'famous' raid. In live programmes, such as Breakfast, errors do occasionally slip through, and we're sorry for this mistake, and any offence caused."

Sally's use of the phrase was also assessed by the BBC's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU). The statement continued: "The ECU assessed the complaint against the standards for due accuracy and impartiality set out in the BBC editorial guidelines," wrote a spokesperson.

"The ECU agreed the original broadcast was not duly accurate. Though the raid is not without its critics, the use of the word 'infamous', with its strongly negative connotations, was not appropriate.

"But