BBC refuses Top Gear apology

THE BBC has refused the Argentine ambassador’s demand for a public apology following the row over a Top Gear special filmed in the South American country.

The show’s crew had to leave the country after trouble erupted when it emerged they were using a Porsche with the registration number H982 FKL, which some people suggested could refer to the Falklands conflict of 1982.

Alicia Castro, the country’s ambassador to the UK, demanded the apology during a meeting with the BBC’s head of television, Danny Cohen, earlier this month.