‘Strictly is an inclusive show’: BBC defends show’s first drag performance after complaints

Strictly Come Dancing received over 100 complaints after viewers criticised the show’s first ever drag performance.  On Saturday night, male professional dancers Johannes Radebe, Gorka Marquez and Giovanni Pernice wore headdresses, tasselled dresses and high heels for a medley of hits from the musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert.  And the BBC defended the dance on … Read more

Strictly Come Dancing drag performance gets 100+ Ofcom complaints

Strictly Come Dancing has received over 100 complaints after viewers criticised the show’s first ever drag performance.  On Saturday night, male professional dancers Johannes Radebe, Gorka Marquez and Giovanni Pernice wore wigs and high heels for a medley of hits from the musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. Some outraged viewers questioned why such a dance should … Read more

Strictly Come Dancing receives over 100 complaints for drag performance

Strictly Come Dancing has received over 100 complaints after viewers criticised the show’s first ever drag performance.  On Saturday, professional dancers Johannes Radebe, Gorka Marquez and Giovanni Pernice were praised by a majority of viewers for donning wigs and high heels for a medley of hits from the musical Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. However a … Read more

Swissport’s email hotline for complaints over severance pay

Airport baggage handler Swissport forced to set up email hotline to handle complaints over severance pay By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 Airport baggage handling giant Swissport has been forced to set up an email hotline to handle complaints over severance … Read more

Complaints over cold call crooks double during lockdown

Complaints over cold call crooks DOUBLE as the scammers cash in on coronavirus lockdown By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 Telephone pests are stepping up their efforts to harass, pressurise and steal money from the elderly with a deluge of ‘nuisance’ … Read more

EXC: I’m A Celeb hit with 11,000 complaints over live animals

I’m a Celebrity bosses are under pressure to stop using live animals in trials after nearly 11,000 viewers lodged complaints, MailOnline can reveal. Animal lovers have inundated the RSPCA with a record number of protests against celebrities ‘cruelly’ using live creatures for entertainment during the programme’s popular trials, which have included insects being devoured in … Read more

Travel company complaints up 500 per cent amid Covid-19 pandemic

Furious holidaymakers make six times more complaints than usual about travel companies after their trips were ruined by coronavirus and they were denied refunds on flights and hotels The ACCC received a 497 per cent surge in complaints amid the pandemic 109,466 complaints were filed to the watchdog from January to October 2020 More than … Read more

Mural of Winston Churchill attracts complaints from woke brigade

Mural of Winston Churchill wearing stockings and suspenders attracts complaints from woke brigade – about the wartime leader giving his ‘V’ sign Mural of Winston Churchill was painted on a wall of a guest house in Brighton Guest house owner received a call from the council who told him to alter it But council called again claiming ‘decision … Read more

Coronation Street is hit with 59 Ofcom complaints over Sarah Platt scene

Coronation Street is hit with 59 Ofcom complaints over its ‘discriminative’ scene where Sarah Platt called Adam Barlow a ‘smug Scottish g*t’ By Olivia Wheeler For Mailonline Published: 15:15 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 15:37 GMT, 19 November 2020 Coronation Street has been hit with 59 Ofcom complaints over a ‘discriminative’ scene involving Sarah Platt … Read more

Currys PC World faces a barrage of complaints from frustrated customers

Hundreds of frustrated Currys PC World customers are being fobbed off by the firm with many not receiving refunds, struggling to contact customer services and missing orders. Since This is Money first reported cases of frustrated customers in May, more than three hundred people have emailed to say they are having problems with the tech … Read more