BBC regrets Moyles jokes on Auschwitz

The BBC expressed regret today over jokes by DJ Chris Moyles about Auschwitz concentration camp and gay singer Will Young.

Moyles, 34, said on his breakfast show he had gone to Ireland for the BBC1 family history series Who Do You Think You Are? He said: "Unlike a lot of the shows I didn't go to Auschwitz ... pretty much everybody goes there, whether or not they're Jewish."

He marked Young's birthday by singing new words to his song Evergreen in a camp voice: "It's my birthday, gonna wear my new dress tonight." The BBC said the comments were "misjudged".