BBC News viewers were left worried the show had been targeted by hackers after an scathing insult about Manchester United appeared on the on screen ticker, as well as an abrupt weather forecast.
Everything was going to plan on the rolling news channel when Lydia Campbell was commentating on tennis coverage from Paris, until the insult about United flashed up on screen and stayed there for a few seconds. It read 'Manchester United are rubbish.' After the statement baffled and amused those watching in equal measure, things that took another turn when a weather forecast declaring: 'Weather rain everywhere' followed it on screen moments later.
As Lydia was signing off her report from Paris, Twitter was awash with comments about what people had just seen, with many assuming that someone had hijacked the live feed, with others speculating someone was having some fun on their last day at the BBC. One Twitter user joked: "BBC News ticker went in HARD this morning," next to a clip of the Man United insult.
