Former culture secretary Maria Miller said the BBC had to improve the way it dealt with "larger than life characters".

Neil Taylor, managing partner of The Writer, a language consultancy business, says use of the word peaked in 1945, and has dropped off since then. "It's a nicely non-specific word," he says, "although you do get the sense of something physical - without anything being confirmed."

He had also exchanged suggestions on Twitter with Top Gear co-hosts Richard Hammond and May about films that could be aired in place o Sunday's planned episode.

A lawyer for Mr Tymon said his client "intends to await the outcome of the BBC investigation and will make no comment until that investigation is complete".

"Fracas" has French roots but it is originally from the Italian "fracassare", to cause uproar.

Over 8,000 Russian army artillery personnel began exercises in Crimea, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Armenia as well as other areas on Thursday, the Southern Military District's press service announced.

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來源：Bbc 更新時間：2016-03-12 10:29:24 分類：News