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Kirstie Allsopp reported to social services for allowing son, 15, to travel Europe solo | UK News

Kirstie Allsopp has been reported to social services for allowing her 15-year-old son to interrailing around Europe.

The Location, Location, Location presenter allowed her son, Oscar, to go travelling across Europe with a 16-year-old friend this summer but had since been contacted by a social worker who informed her that a file had been opened after child protection concerns were raised.

She told The Mail on Sunday: “I just felt sick – absolutely sick. Then I was cross. I was very, very cross.

“It was just so extraordinary. I was in a parallel universe where they were actually taking this seriously.

“I have broken no law and nothing about allowing my child to travel around Europe is neglectful.”

It comes after Allsopp tweeted earlier this week about Oscar returning from a nine-day train trip around Europe, writing on X she was “proud of him”, adding: “If we’re afraid our children will also be afraid, if we let go, they will fly.”

But she has come under fire for allowing the teen to travel independently.

Allsopp says the social worker “wanted to know what safeguards you put in place for your son’s travel” but she became “incandescent” and informed the official it was none of her business and that she was ending the call.

Allsopp said officials did not understand that she had been targeted by someone falsely alleging neglect. She has not been told how the referral had been made, or by whom.

A file was opened on Oscar and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC), her local council, said it could be kept open “in case there was another referral and we needed to come to your house and look into this further”.

She told the Mail: “For me, that was the sucker punch – the idea this file might continue existing.

“What (the official) said to me was, ‘if in six months there was another referral and we needed to come to your house and look into this further, it would be important that we had kept a note of the first referral’.

“That was the Orwellian moment. The fact it was maliciously done wasn’t coming home to her.”

A spokesperson for RBKC told the paper: “Safeguarding children is an absolute priority. We take any referral we receive very seriously and we have a statutory responsibility for children under 18 years of age.”

They said it was “standard practice” for records to be retained until a child’s 25th birthday.

Southport attack misinformation fuels far-right discourse on social media | UK News

Information abhors a vacuum.

So when the police and media, for legal reasons, put out only a few details about the Southport attacker – that he was 17 years old and born in Cardiff – misinformation rushed in instead.

As far-right groups then began reposting the false claims and organising on messaging app Telegram, it made for a violent outcome.

The misinformation started almost as soon as news of the knife attack on a Taylor Swift dance workshop for children broke on Monday, 29 July. Accounts on X, formerly Twitter, quickly began promoting false narratives about the attacker’s nationality and religion.

Anti-migrant sentiment goes viral

One account, European Invasion, which has more than 360,000 followers, said the suspect was “a Muslim immigrant” – a tweet that earned nearly four million impressions.

Andrew Tate, the controversial influencer, follows that account, and amplified that false narrative, saying that the attacker was an “illegal migrant”.

The misinformation spread quickly, and social networks were quickly inundated with a tidal wave of similar content, almost immediately after the attack.

And then a very specific piece of misinformation appeared: that the attacker was called “Ali Al-Shakati”, and had arrived in the UK illegally on a boat last year. None of this is true, according to police statements and Sky News’ investigation.

Data from social media monitoring tool Talkwalker shows that on 29 July, there was a surge of engagements on posts that mention “Southport” and Islam-related terms, including “Asylum”, “Muslim”, “Islam”, “Islamic” or “Sharia”. Engagements on posts mentioning the fake name also ticked up.

The name was initially posted on X in a now-deleted post. But it became popularised when an account called Channel 3 Now picked it up.

Channel 3 Now appears to produce clickbait articles to drive advertising revenue. The only author listed on its site links to a Facebook page with four friends, one of which is a spam account, another posting exclusively about Channel 3 Now.

Its social media pages have either been repurposed from previous names and branding or are relatively new and have few followers.

Producers of spam content frequently repurpose, buy and sell accounts, and this alone is not evidence of a concerted effort to spread disinformation.

After Channel 3 Now, larger outlets repeated the false name – including the Russian state-controlled news channel RT.
The false name went viral – not as much as the general anti-Muslim sentiment, but this was a much more narrow claim. And it helped to solidify the narrative that an immigrant was to blame for the attack.

“Enough is Enough”

The febrile, anti-migrant and anti-Islam atmosphere collided with another separate, but related online movement.

Posters calling for a protest to take place in Southport on Tuesday, 30 July began circulating widely.

Merseyside Police specifically blamed the English Defence League (EDL), founded by Tommy Robinson, for causing trouble.

They said: “a large group of people – believed to be supporters of the English Defence League” began throwing items at the police.

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Rioters clash with police

Online commentators – including Robinson – have said the EDL is defunct. Robinson said on X: “The riots are by local residents fed up. Nothing to do with the EDL which closed down over a decade ago.”

The EDL is largely defunct but the contemporary far right, which shares an ideology and includes many of the same individuals, still operates in clusters and networks under various banners.

On Tuesday morning, ahead of the protests, one poster titled “Enough is Enough”, bearing a handprint and a silhouette of figures holding hands, was shared by a known-far-right activist with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA). The group is a successor organisation to the British National Party (BNP). Members of PA were identifiable in footage taken at the eventual demonstration.

A poster that was shared on Telegram by a known far-right activist with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA).
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A poster that was shared on Telegram by a known far-right activist with links to Patriotic Alternative (PA).

The poster was then reposted on X, where posts are amplified by bigger accounts. This is not uncommon with material of this kind, which frequently originates in closed groups or fringe platforms such as Telegram, before being disseminated to mainstream audiences on larger sites.

The most viral post disseminated this way contained a poster originating from a TikTok account with 144 followers. The user who reshared it has over 90,000 followers on X, and attracted over 485,000 views.

This began to play into an even wider, more mainstream ecosystem.

The chatter grew louder – specifically the question about what we are being told by authorities, who again, could not offer more detail due to legal reasons.

A writer from the Spectator posted on X saying that a police officer told him what the public was being told was ‘managed’.

Tommy Robinson, the anti-Islam activist, cited that tweet approvingly, among the many posts he made about the murders and subsequent riot.

Then an elected MP, Nigel Farage, posted this to X as well, in the evening of July 30, saying: “I just wonder whether the truth is being withheld from us. I don’t know the answer to that: I think it’s a fair and legitimate question.”

The police could not tell the public everything – it would risk collapsing any future trial, potentially meaning any accused could walk free – but the truth was not being withheld.

But that is the background to the protests that quickly morphed into a riot in Southport in a matter of hours.

In a statement posted to their website on Wednesday, 31 July, Channel 3 Now issued an apology.

“I am writing to sincerely apologize for the misleading information published in a recent article on our website, Channel3 NOW. We deeply regret any confusion or inconvenience this may have caused”, wrote the editor in chief.

But the damage had already been done.

Violence erupts outside mosque. Pic: PA
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Violence erupts outside mosque. Pic: PA

It is a complex interaction, of immediate online speculation; then specific misinformation, done for monetary or geopolitical gain; far-right networks organising on Telegram and other platforms; mainstream accounts encouraging people to believe the truth is being hidden.

The result? Chaos and violence on the streets of Southport.


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Social media firms told algorithms must not recommend harmful content to children | UK News

Social media platforms must do more to stop their algorithms from recommending harmful content to children, Ofcom has said.

The regulator has published its draft children’s safety codes of practice laying out the new standards it will expect tech giants to follow to protect children under the Online Safety Act.

But two mothers who believe their children died as a result of copying dangerous social media challenges say they feel “belittled” by Ofcom over its failure to listen to grieving parents.

Sky News has spoken to the mothers of Archie Battersbee, who died aged 12 after a “prank or experiment” went wrong at their home and Isaac Kenevan, 13, who is believed to have died after taking part in a choke challenge on social media.

“They should be listening to us as bereaved parents,” said Isaac’s mother Lisa.

“Ofcom have got the power, the policing, and we feel like we’ve been belittled, they’ve said certain things but there’s just no action at the moment.”

Archie’s mother Hollie explained: “I’ve seen a handful of parents that are now going through what we’re going through and it’s heartbreaking… in a civilised society, this should not happen.”

When the government passed the Online Safety Act last October, it came with new enforcement powers for Ofcom.

Both Hollie and Lisa campaigned tirelessly to get the bill passed and both are frustrated by how painfully slow the process is proving to be.

Ms Kenevan said: “This law has been put in place but nothing has really changed, which is frustrating for us, it’s almost like an insult to us because we’ve put in so much work.

“It is too late, our boys have gone… but Ofcom should really step up and hold their feet to the fire… step in fast to stop the content being in there in the first place.”

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Taming algorithms

Ofcom’s draft code of conduct includes robust age checks, improved complaints procedures and a commitment from social media platforms to take action to tame algorithms which recommend harmful content to children.

Fail and they could in theory be fined 10% of their global turnover.

Ofcom chief executive, Dame Melanie Dawes, told Sky News: “In less than a year, we will be able to enforce against these codes and what I’m saying to the tech industry today is don’t wait for that moment.

“Over the next few years, we will see that change and we are going to drive it forward with every possible tool that we’ve got.”

‘Big step change for the industry’

Ofcom denies excluding people from its consultations, insisting victim groups and bereaved families have been among the 15,000 children and 7,000 parents it has already spoken to.

Dame Melanie insisted: “Those families who’ve lost children through what’s happened to them online, we ask them please do carry on working with us.

“What we’re proposing today is such a big step change for the industry, please work with us and talk to us, so that we can get this right.”

Dread over children at risk

For the parents of Archie and Isaac, ever-present is the dread over how many children remain at risk.

Ms Kenevan said: “While these laws are trying to be put in place unfortunately there are more and more children dying and that’s the most frustrating thing because we’re in a club that we don’t want to be in and we don’t want anyone else joining that club.”

To prevent every parent’s worst nightmare, change can’t come soon enough.

Home Office launches social media ads in Vietnam to deter small boat migrants | UK News

The Home Office is launching social media adverts to deter Vietnamese nationals from travelling to the UK illegally in small boats.

According to the government, an increasing number of migrants arriving illegally in the UK via the Channel are from Vietnam.

New ads, building on similar ones already used in Albania, will be written in Vietnamese and feature testimonies from people who were misled by the claims of people smuggling gangs.

One migrant, referred to as K, recalls sleeping in a camp in Calais for five nights under the supervision of armed guards before crossing the Channel in a small boat.

He says: “Never again would I risk my life in a small boat even if you bribed me.”

Another, G, says: “I was lying to my family back home. I’m still in debt.”

Someone referred to as A adds: “We still owe £5,500 for the journey.”

Provisional figures have revealed 514 migrants travelled in 10 small boats across the Channel in a single day on Wednesday.

So far this year, illegal small boat arrivals stand at 4,043 – 10% higher than at the same point in 2023.

It comes as video footage, released by the charity Lighthouse Reports, appears to show a French border force boat using aggressive tactics to physically force a migrant boat to turn around.

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‘Aggressive tactics’ used by French border force

Debunking myths about life in the UK as an illegal migrant

The new Home Office adverts aim to debunk myths circulated by criminal gangs – both about the journey and living illegally in the UK when they arrive.

They warn that the Channel is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, so small boats often risk being hit by larger vessels.

They also say that many boats disintegrate during the journey, leaving passengers at risk of dying by drowning or of hypothermia within minutes.

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On life as an illegal migrant in the UK, they say those who make the journey risk getting into debt with criminal gangs, being forced into modern slavery, and living in inhumane accommodation.

Immigration enforcement and Border Force employee testimonials are also included.

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Home Secretary James Cleverly said: “This is a powerful campaign which demonstrates first-hand that life for people arriving here illegally is a far cry from the lies they have been sold by the gangs on the other side of the Channel.

“Last year, similar work contributed to a 90% reduction in small boat arrivals from Albania, and overall numbers are down by a third, but there is more to do.

“Expanding our campaign to Vietnam, another key partner in our work to tackle illegal migration, will help us to save more lives and dent the business model of the criminals who profit from this vile trade.”

Vape ads on social media ‘need to stop’ as regulator announces crackdown | UK News

Vape ads across social media platforms “need to stop” and advertisers pleading ignorance is not an excuse, the advertising regulator has warned.

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) – which regulates non-broadcast adverts – launched a crackdown on e-cigarette advertisers, warning the law prohibits them from marketing vapes containing nicotine that are not licensed as medicines on most social media.

It is currently illegal for retailers to sell disposable vapes to under-18s and the devices can not be displayed across almost all media or targeted at children.

Therefore, brands or retailers cannot promote them in paid-for posts or in non-paid-for posts on non-private accounts, such as on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook.

Vape ads will be permitted online in limited spaces like company websites, provided they do not target or appeal to children. They can only contain factual claims about the products.

CAP said it had sent enforcement notices to vape manufacturers and retailers with clear rules and underlining that ignorance was not an excuse, adding it would not hesitate “to apply sanctions” against those “unwilling or unable to comply”.

Advertisers have until 28 March to fall in line with the rules.

After this, CAP said it would carry out enhanced monitoring and would take action if it found ads that were breaking the rules.

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Last year, the regulator issued an enforcement notice to e-cigarette manufacturers and retailers requiring them to stop paid promotions on TikTok.

Using AI-assisted monitoring, CAP found that the companies promoting vapes or incentivising others to do so through social media were “typically small traders” who were “most likely in ignorance” of the rules and the law.

CAP secretary Shahriar Coupal said: “Our enforcement notice leaves traders in no doubt about their obligations under both and makes clear that e-cigarette promotions through social media channels need to stop.

“For those that fail to do so, we and our enforcement partners won’t hesitate to sanction them.”

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The crackdown comes ahead of a spring budget in which Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is considering a “vaping products levy” which would be paid on imports and by manufacturers of vapes to make the habit unaffordable for children.

Rishi Sunak announced plans to ban disposable vapes amid concerns about their growing use among children, especially following reports of nicotine dependency in school.

The Scottish and Welsh governments will also ban single-use vapes, which is set to be introduced by the end of 2025.

Wiley stripped of MBE after antisemitic social media posts | Ents & Arts News

The rapper Wiley has been stripped of his MBE after he made antisemitic posts on social media.

Often referred to as the ‘Godfather of Grime’, he received the honour for services to music in 2018.

But in 2020 he was banned from X, Facebook and Instagram after a series of posts in which he described Jewish people as “cowards and snakes” and also compared them to the Ku Klux Klan.

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Wiley with his MBE in 2018. Pic: PA

Wiley, whose real name is Richard Cowie, told Sky News at the time that he was sorry “for generalising” but refused to distance himself from most of the comments.

An official notice in the London Gazette has now confirmed his MBE will be “cancelled and annulled” for “bringing the honours system into disrepute”.

His honour was one of three withdrawn, with ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells also stripped of her CBE.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), which petitioned for the Wiley move, commended the forfeiture committee for “using its powers to make clear that anti-Jewish racists cannot be role models in our society”.

“Antisemites like Wiley must understand that we will work tirelessly to hold them to account,” it said.

“For four years, we have worked to ensure that Wiley faces ruinous consequences for his unhinged antisemitic tirade, for which he has shown no remorse. Today’s decision is a vindication of that effort.”

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Wiley, 45, was one of the pioneers of the grime scene and has had six top 10 tracks in the UK, including Wearing My Rolex and Heatwave.

In September 2021, he was charged with assault and burglary over an alleged break-in.

He was wanted by police the following year after he failed to show up for a court date related to the case.

In June 2023, he entered guilty pleas at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court for an assault on an emergency worker and for criminal damage to property valued under £5,000, said the Crown Prosecution Service.

He was given a one-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months for each offence and was also ordered to pay the assault victim £470 in compensation, the CPS added.

Pep Guardiola warns stars ‘you have to be careful’ on social media after burglary at Jack Grealish mansion | UK News

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said footballers should not post too much on social media after a burglary at Jack Grealish’s home.

Thieves raided the 28-year-old England star’s Cheshire mansion as he was in action for the Premier League title holders at Everton’s Goodison Park in Liverpool on Wednesday night.

Members of Grealish‘s family and his fiancee Sasha Attwood were at the property at the time when they heard a disturbance and raised the alarm, The Sun reported.

Nobody was harmed but £1m worth of jewellery and watches was reportedly stolen.

It is the latest in a string of raids on the homes of wealthy footballers, including former Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo, who was attacked during a burglary at his home in December 2021.

Manchester City's Jack Grealish during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Manchester City at Goodison Park stadium in Liverpool, England, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Jack Grealish’s home was raided on Wednesday

Chelsea star Raheem Sterling, former Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and ex-Manchester United players Paul Pogba and Angel Di Maria, have also been targeted.

Guardiola said: “They have security but unfortunately it’s happened. It’s happened many times.

“United players as well. I don’t know much about London but it’s happened (there), and not just in the UK – I know in Catalonia, where my family lives, many things happen.

“Today you have to be careful, definitely. Not much on social media – the less they know what you are doing the better. People are waiting (to see) where you are, what you are doing.

“Unfortunately it’s happened with Joao, which was so scary because the family was attacked.

“Jewellery, money, whatever – it’s tough – and the family being there is difficult to process. It’s tough for Jack, as it was with Joao before.”

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Guardiola said Grealish didn’t train on Thursday ahead of his side’s home game against Sheffield United on Saturday, adding: “He was with the family.”

Grealish helped City to a 3-1 win before he was informed of the raid on his home on Wednesday.

Police said officers, supported by dogs and a helicopter, searched the area around the property near Knutsford but there was no trace of the suspects.

Wembley will no longer light up to mark terror attacks and social causes | UK News

The Wembley Stadium arch will no longer be lit to show solidarity with countries in the wake of terror attacks and natural disasters.

It follows criticism for not illuminating the landmark in the colours of the Israeli flag after the Hamas atrocities.

The arch will now only light in colours directly linked to the stadium’s use as a sport and entertainment venue, Sky News understands.

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It is understood the arch will also no longer be used to highlight inclusion and diversity campaigns – in recent years, it has been lit in rainbow colours to support LGBTQ+ rights.

This removes the expectation the arch will be lit – and the need for the Football Association to assess sometimes complex geopolitical situations.

The arch could still be lit to mark the deaths of national figures such as a former England player or a monarch, as it was following the death of the Queen last year.

Over the years, the Wembley arch has adopted the colours of the flags of countries including France, Turkey and Ukraine within days of attacks.

But the FA decided not to light it in the blue and white of Israel after the Hamas massacres on a string of kibbutzim close to the Gaza border and a large outdoor music festival on 7 October.

The wave of attacks in southern Israel killed about 1,200 – the deadliest day of attacks against Jewish people since the Holocaust – and approximately 240 hostages were taken into Gaza.

But the unprecedented attack prompted Israel to launch a war to eradicate Hamas – killing thousands in Gaza with concerns about the high number of civilian fatalities.

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Against that backdrop – and an outpouring of pro-Palestinian activism within England and among footballers – the FA opted against a show of solidarity with Israel at Wembley.

Instead, the FA decided on a silence to “remember the innocent victims of the devastating events in Israel and Palestine” ahead of a men’s international last month between England and Australia at Wembley.

The lack of “specific tribute” to Israel led to the resignation of the chair of the FA’s Faith in Football network, Rabbi Alex Goldberg.

FA chief executive Mark Bullingham said: “I recognise that our decision caused hurt to the Jewish community who felt that we should have lit the arch and that we should have shown stronger support for them.

“This was one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make, and the last thing we ever wanted to do in this situation was to add to the hurt.

“We aren’t asking for everyone to agree with our decision, but to understand how we reached it.”

The Daily Telegraph first reported that the FA board ratified the new policy, which means the FA cannot be accused of taking sides on conflicts by no longer lighting the arc in relation to geopolitical issues or national tragedies.

The FA will still back causes such as Rainbow Laces even if the arch will not be part of the activism.

Carol Vorderman thanks ‘bloody marvellous’ fans after leaving BBC show over social media guidelines | Ents & Arts News

Carol Vorderman has said she is “overwhelmed” by the support shown by her “bloody marvellous” fans after leaving her BBC radio show over the corporation’s new social media guidelines.

The former Countdown co-host announced she was leaving on Wednesday because she was “not prepared to lose [her] voice on social media”.

In a post on Instagram on Thursday, she said: “I want to say from my heart thank you.

“I am overwhelmed by all of your support, it’s just extraordinary.

“You know, we’re all in this together and we absolutely will make it right, ’cause you are bloody marvellous. You are.”

She said she recorded the clip when she got home on Wednesday night.

It comes as celebrities including Alan Carr and Dame Kelly Holmes expressed their “respect” for Vorderman.

In the comments section of her original Instagram post announcing her departure, comedian Carr wrote “big respect Carol” while Olympian Dame Kelly wrote: “You do you Carol! Much respect for sticking up for who you are and not allowing corporations to silence you!”

Elsewhere, presenter Cat Deeley told Vorderman “you are bloody brilliant” while comedian Joe Lycett joked: “I have informed the BBC I am available to replace you.”

In her statement, Vorderman explained she had decided to continue with her criticisms of the UK government following the implementation of the new guidelines.

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She said: “Since those non-negotiable changes to my radio contract were made, I’ve ultimately found that I’m not prepared to lose my voice on social media, change who I am, or lose the ability to express the strong beliefs I hold about the political turmoil this country finds itself in.”

She added: “I’m sad to have to leave the wonderful friends I’ve made at Radio Wales.

“I wish them, and all of our listeners, all the love in the world. We laughed a lot, and we will miss each other dearly.”

Vorderman has presented the Saturday morning show on BBC Wales for the last five years.

She has been vocal in her criticism of the government and engaged in arguments on X, formerly Twitter, with Tory MPs.

Under the BBC’s social media guidelines, presenters on flagship programmes have been banned from making attacks on political parties.

The guidelines were introduced following a row after Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker was taken off the air by the BBC after criticising the government’s asylum policy on social media.

Ms Vorderman previously told the Sky News Daily podcast she would “wait and see” what the guidelines were and “make a decision based on that”.

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“I’ve had all sorts of experiences in broadcasting, some of them not so good,” she said.

“The vast majority of them are wonderful. So I’m a very lucky woman. Life is what life is.”

A BBC spokesperson said: “Carol has been a presenter on BBC Radio Wales since 2018. We’d like to thank her for her work and contribution to the station over the past five years.”

Carol Vorderman leaves BBC radio show over new social media guidelines | UK News

Carol Vorderman has left her BBC radio show over the corporation’s new social media guidelines.

The former Countdown co-host said she was “not prepared to lose [her] voice on social media”.

Ms Vorderman said BBC Wales management had “decided [she] must leave” as she had “breached the new guidelines”.

She has presented the Saturday morning show on the station for the last five years.

Ms Vorderman said it had been explained to her that the new guidelines would apply to “all and any content” posted by her throughout the year.

This was “despite [her] show being lighthearted with no political content,” she added.

She said she did not want to lose the ability to express her “strong beliefs” on “the political turmoil this country finds itself in”.

“My decision has been to continue to criticise the current UK government for what it has done to the country which I love – and I’m not prepared to stop,” she said.

“I was brought up to fight for what I believe in, and I will carry on.”

Earlier this year, Match of the Day host Gary Lineker was taken off the air by the BBC after criticising the government’s asylum policy on social media.

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In a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter, Ms Vorderman thanked her listeners, saying: “You made me laugh so much.”

She also said she was “sad to have to leave the wonderful friends I’ve made at Radio Wales”.

“I wish them, and all of our listeners, all the love in the world,” she added.

A BBC spokesperson said: “Carol has been a presenter on BBC Radio Wales since 2018.

“We’d like to thank her for her work and contribution to the station over the past five years.”