Brazil breached rules with rats claim

Alan Brazil breached broadcasting rules for suggesting that a Glasgow rat infestation was the fault of Asian immigrants storing rice.

The Talksport presenter and former footballer made the comments on Alan Brazil’s Sports Breakfast.

Brazil said that in Glasgow “things have changed” and there are now newly arrived people “from Asia” in the city.

The former Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United and Scotland international forward related information from an acquaintance, saying that these new arrivals were to blame for a rat problem.

Brazil has been found in breach of Ofcom rules regarding the broadcast of offensive material. Talksport told Ofcom that “there was absolutely no intent to cause any offence”.