Ofcom chief executive Melanie Dawes said there could be a risk that the public will lose confidence in the broadcaster.

The duo announced their retirement from skating together in 2024, 40 years on from their Olympic gold success.

Resident doctors in England are set to walk out for five consecutive days from 7am on July 25 amid a pay dispute with the Government.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander would not directly rule out tax rises in the next budget as she toured the broadcast studios on Sunday morning.

Donald Turrell, 100, Dorothea Barron, 100, and Eugeniusz Niedzielski, 101, are set to travel to Scotland in August.