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BBC explains why ‘Nigel Owens is a gay’ appeared on subtitles during Six Nations coverage

Published 16:45 27 Feb 2018 GMT

Updated 16:46 27 Feb 2018 GMT

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BBC explains why ‘Nigel Owens is a gay’ appeared on subtitles during Six Nations coverage

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It did not go unnoticed during coverage of Scotland’s victory over England on Saturday.

The BBC has offered an explanation as to why the line ‘Nigel Owens is a gay’ appeared on subtitles during the station’s coverage of the Six Nations clash between Scotland and England. Viewers tuning into the BBC coverage spotted subtitles which read: 'Yellow card. Nigel Owens is a gay penalty and yellow card' in the 66th minute of the game after Sam Underhill was cautioned by the well-respected referee. Image via BBC iPlayer https://twitter.com/Nathanbrown995/status/967478712651452416 https://twitter.com/SirKompany/status/967464761976909835 The subtitles were immediately corrected to read: 'Nigel Owens is saying penalty and yellow card.' Explaining the incident to Wales Online, a BBC spokesperson said: “Our live subtitling service produces accuracy levels in excess of 98% but, as with all broadcasters, there are instances - particularly during live broadcasts - when mistakes happen. "On this occasion the voice recognition subtitling software made an error which was spotted and corrected immediately."

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BBC explains why ‘Nigel Owens is a gay’ appeared on subtitles during Six Nations coverage