October 2018: List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google's search results
Neil McIntosh
Managing Editor, BBC Online
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Since a European Court of Justice ruling in 2014, individuals have the right to request that search engines remove certain web pages from their search results. Those pages usually contain personal information about individuals.
Following the ruling, Google removed a large number of links from certain search results, including some to BBC web pages, and continues to delist BBC Online pages from some search results. These pages are not removed from the Google index entirely, or from BBC Online.
As a contribution to public policy and debate, the BBC has decided to make clear to licence fee payers which pages have been impacted by publishing this list of links.
Each month, we’ll update the list, with the latest removals added at the top. Removals made in 2018 are listed below and those made in 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 can be found here.
You can also find out more about the BBC’s archive policies in my first blog post on this topic published in June 2015.
One important caveat: when looking through this list it is worth noting that we are not told who has requested the delisting, and we should not leap to conclusions as to who is responsible. The request may not have come from the obvious subject of a story.
October
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8640148.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-12248666
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-21199681
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-37496646
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-34846007
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34385698
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/3283037.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/england/8640148.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-15825822
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-37496646
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/640/cpsprodpb/93E1/production/_85875873_85875872.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/A8B9/production/_84439134_anzac1.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/304/cpsprodpb/A903/production/_85876234_029392695-1.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/270/cpsprodpb/E90E/production/_85426695_besim.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/270/cpsprodpb/DCE8/production/_91025565_gettyimages-523914744.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/270/cpsprodpb/B2CD/production/_91037754_gettyimages-599548798.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/235/cpsprodpb/10791/production/_102837476_mediaitem102837473.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/200/media/images/82554000/jpg/_82554875_82554873.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/200/media/images/82402000/jpg/_82402066_ozpolice.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/200/media/images/81172000/jpg/_81172306_81172305.jpg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34423984
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01x81lg
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-34423431/anzac-day-terror-plot-family-shocked-and-devastated
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7015765.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11990757
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976x549/p01dfl7v.jpg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/love_and_hate/gallery/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00t2cj3
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fpxh3/clips?page=394
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16857896
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21775519
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21417058
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21372768
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18189668
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01dfl9r
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2011/10/paper_monitor_1298.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/10358658
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-36469952
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/8118399.stm
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/media/images/51501000/jpg/_51501530_cashinbox.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/304/media/images/51330000/jpg/_51330640_neilayres.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/304/media/images/51513000/jpg/_51513281_anglegrinder304.jpg
September
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8324660.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8325534.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19886569
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/8552625.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4091918.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6741159.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6753933.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7673554.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/northamptonshire/7790206.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/northamptonshire/7792589.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/4209030.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-31438290/serious-fraud-office-never-really-investigated
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-leeds-36143053
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7348398.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-wales-north-east-wales-37318464
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wales-north-east-wales-37318464
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6950189.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6950189.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-37318464
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/19830682
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/21195955
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19052247
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-39959932
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40605305
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-40844026
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26755718
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-28462986
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7163174.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-39881304
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/21195955
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-13668860
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-tayside-central-35006678
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21199681
August
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35385242
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/7998935.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/videonation/articles/o/oxford_toothfairy.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6183823.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-31754949
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7398426.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12248666
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-13140452
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/low/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_8195000/8195470.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5324334.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/4219198.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/2013178.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3664561.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-26245865
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/3003956.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3639611.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7152566.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2653803.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7363419.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-12045141
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-33559880
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/626591.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4268344.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2280191.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1640860.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3653961.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-12306191
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-12222017
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-31583386
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-28266308
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12306191
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-12300939
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-26245865
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-wales-31442787/sfo-s-monocle-vision-in-bringing-case-eric-evans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-18009039
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/8353366.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3225039.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4678164.stm
July
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-27321906/problem-debt-affecting-more-than-one-million-families
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22507000
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13140452
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/6317551.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-38716243
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/uk_your_views/html/3.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/5073146.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8040335.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4189086.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2013178.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3564533.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4341897.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4361537.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4389883.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4871858.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4362081.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3225039.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/4358247.stm
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-39792483
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4223725.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7592627.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/5092770.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4219198.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4219198.stm
June
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078wzb
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7105598.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24340091
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-15656128
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/4956636.stm
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-14106242
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/5324334.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/3003956.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4420495.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-cambridgeshire-36017384
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18648918
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21575600
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21737627
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25813323
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25814537
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28675376
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23505726
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24516626
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4025739.stm
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-32944254
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/640000/images/_642604_karl150.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/642604.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6585105.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6585105.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-36984153/abuse-survivor-this-inquiry-has-to-happen
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-30779029
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6950189.stm
May
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1829377.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12222017
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-12300939
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8528690.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7263303.stm
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-19987463
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7271602.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4482622.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3034833.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-33273538
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-33551522
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4351344.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4250150.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4403264.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7098099.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4482622.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6950189.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-32944254
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8528690.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/blackcountry/low/people_and_places/music/newsid_8538000/8538844.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25672182
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3199617.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4239972.stm
April
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6270899.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/6767019.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-27715391
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/3219877.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-13973612
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-14106242
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/x-ray/2012/02/waiting-for-work.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/x-ray/2012/03/work-on-hold.shtml
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-16417032
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6177557.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-34858117
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-norfolk-35261557
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4510284.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-21198144
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-12581809
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-29156702
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-33273538
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27029136
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/274557.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/276090.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/7431145.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7237667.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7226751.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-35060798
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21042267
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-31435644
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7592049.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/24_04_07_johnston.pdf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7220063.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6270899.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6767019.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8551283.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3653961.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/fromthewebteam/2009/08/monday_24_august_2009.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/x-ray/2010/03/fraud-gang-stole-dead-childs-i.shtml
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-wiltshire-35806292
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16615061
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6435411.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7098099.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7861420.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-18110688
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-15656128
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-30999529
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/8364729.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19332801
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11821084
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-19328838
March
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-13042197
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/uk/2001/bowyer_woodgate_trial/default.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/1711377.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-30999529
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-london-14496561
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/8219314.stm
February
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7402627.stm
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-10854820
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15557888
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-15892402
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5242564.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5075352.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5074164.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23029195
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39774783
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/35718683
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/911106.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/6748893.stm
January
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5357246.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3526651.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-10703108
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-11604244
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-30956625
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15875547
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6175583.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5357246.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14496561
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-12248181
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/6518119.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3526651.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/6379683.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-lancashire-12045141
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