which were read out by the lawyers questioning them, and transcribed on screen live and in full. the bbc mews channel showed an on screen warning, with the presenter breaking into the coverage several times along these lines. this is an extract from your letter to the inquiry dated the 7th of may. you re watching bbc apologies for the coarse language being used in these text messages. this is a live stream coming in from the uk covid inquiry. so some coarse language is being used. the ripeness of the language surprised heaven s gate trading, who wrote. but chris the dj had this response. for its part, bbc news said. but several viewers told us they thought the on air apologies and explanations were overdone. here s amanda roy. that strong language was indeed bleeped out when the story was covered on bbc one s evening bulletins. you called ministers useless bleep, morons, bleep, in emails and whatsapps to your professional colleagues. dave briggs was watching that report on