'Inappropriate' Humphrys taken to task

The BBC has reprimanded veteran BBC presenter John Humphrys after a video leaked to The Timesshowed him deriding senior Labour cabinet members. His comments prompted a BBC investigation, and in a statement director general Mark Thompson said Humphrys' turn of phrase was 'inappropriate'.

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