The BBC has upheld complaints from viewers over the controversy that surrounded newsreader Martine Croxall earlier this year .

Back in June, Martine was fronting a report about an expected heatwave in the UK, and read from her autocue: “London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has released research which says that nearly 600 heat-related deaths are expected in the UK.

“Malcolm Mistry, who was involved in the research, says the aged, pregnant people…”

At this, she paused, made a face, and said “women”, which raised eyebrows at the time, with some suggesting her choice to say “women” rather than “pregnant people” excluded transgender men and non-binary people who may also be affected by the heatwave if they were to be pregnant.

Others from the so-called “gender critical” move

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