The BBC has been cleared over broadcasting the word "shagging" before the 9pm watershed. The BBC Trust ruled that it was acceptable to air the word "in some contexts" after a viewer complained of "appallingly sexually explicit language" in an episode of Holby City last year. One character said to another "you're just shagging her", while later another said the same character was "scared of women. Remind him that you have the power to cut his balls off, metaphorically speaking." The Telegraph reports that the trust's editorial standards committee ruled that there was sensitivity over the word "shagging", but regular viewers would not have found it unacceptable in the context. However, the Telegraph can't quite bring itself to print the words "shagging", opting for "s-------" instead and telling readers that it is "a vulgar term for sexual intercourse". "B----" doesn't make the cut either – it makes Monkey wonder how the paper manages to cover Wimbledon.
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