The number of complaints made about the BBC to broadcasting regulator Ofcom decreased in the year to March, according to a report.

There were 500 fewer complaints to the watchdog about the public service broadcaster than between April 2023 and March 2024, data in Ofcom’s annual report on the BBC showed.

Published on Friday, the report comes at a time of “significant crisis” for the BBC “involving editorial decision-making at the heart of its news and current affairs output”, Ofcom said.

Director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resigned in the wake of a leaked memo from former editorial adviser Michael Prescott which raised concerns that a speech by US president Donald Trump, featured in a Panorama episode in 2024, was selectively edited.

In the report, Ofcom reiterat

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