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LBC presenter Nick Ferrari has demanded the BBC "sack" the reporter responsible for the corporation's Holocaust Memorial Day coverage on BBC News. The news outlet sparked backlash on Tuesday (January 27) after their morning reports notably failed to mention the Jewish community while marking the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. During the Today programme, broadcaster Caroline Nichols delivered the latest news bulletin where she discussed the UK's plans to mark the annual memorial up and down the country.

She began: "Buildings across the UK will be illuminated this evening to mark Holocaust Memorial Day to commemorate the six million people murdered by the Nazi regime more than 80 years ago." Just 30 minutes later, Caroline changed the script from "the six million people murdered by the Nazi regime" to "the six million mostly Jewish people murdered by the Nazi regime."

It didn't take long before their coverage sparked outrage online, with many viewers and listeners demanding to know why the Jewish community wasn't mentioned during the news report.

Now, the 66-year-old has hit out at the news corporation for their report and has demanded that they hold the person responsible for the report accountable. On Wednesday (January 28), the broadcaster opened his morning show with his view on the matter online.

He fumed: "Wrong, wrong, wrong. The six million were the Jewish people. It is more than eight million [who were killed]. How can you be so factually incorrect?

"Having totally omitted it at News at Six, because coastal erosion in Suffolk and Carol Kirkwood's departure is far more important than eight million people in the Holocaust, six million of whom were Jewish people, it did just about stagger onto the News at Ten."

Later on in the show, Ferrari clarified: "[In their report, they changed it to] 'six million Jewish people' from 'six million people', but two and a half million people also killed in the Holocaust, were totally ignored.

"That is a journalistic fail on just about every single level, and the person who wrote it should be fired. Just gone." He wasn't the only person who was infuriated by the outlet's coverage, as listeners flocked to X - formerly known as Twitter - to share their thoughts online.

One user penned: "Omitting key groups from historical coverage erodes trust and fuels misinformation. Accuracy matters." Another agreed: "Well said, Nick. It's all so awful, worse than embarrassing." A third chimed in with: "Exactly, Nick Ferrari. What will it take before a foot comes out of the sky on top of the BBC? Well overdue. Disgraceful behaviour."

When approached for comment, a BBC spokesperson released a statement following backlash over the Holocaust Memorial Day coverage. They told us: "This morning's BBC programming commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day.

"The Today programme featured interviews with relatives of Holocaust survivors, and a report from our Religion Editor. In both of these items, we referenced the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust.

"The Chief Rabbi recorded the Thought for the Day. BBC Breakfast featured a project organised by the Holocaust Educational Trust in which a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust recorded her memories.

"In the news bulletins on Today and in the introduction to the story on BBC Breakfast, there were references to Holocaust Memorial Day, which were incorrectly worded, and for which we apologise. Both should have referred to 'six million Jewish people', and we will be issuing a correction on our website."