BBC chiefs to slap swearing ban on Ross

JONATHAN ROSS is to be given a set of rules banning swearing and sexual language when he meets BBC bosses today ahead of his return to work next month.

The 48-year-old presenter, who was suspended earlier this year after he and Russell Brand left obscene messages on the voicemail of actor Andrew Sachs, 78, is due to resume his £6 million-a-year job at the end of January.

But in his first meeting at the BBC since his suspension, Ross, his agent, and producers of his talk show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross will be formally told by senior executives that he is returning on the condition that he cuts out all smutty language.

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross is set to face new scrutiny after it emerged that during the phone prank row, Ross breached guidelines when he used sexually explicit language during an interview with Gwyneth Paltrow.