August 2020: 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 2020 are listed below and those made in 2019, 2018, 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.
August
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-20979816
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4317166.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-35941524
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-manchester-12776109
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-36017915
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6766841.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/760521.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/12_04_07_johnston_petition.pdf
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/16_04_07_johnston_1.pdf
July
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21320992
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19842608
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/somerset/8493725.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4348553.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4389883.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/01/2009_13_fri.shtml
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-20979816
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-43370325
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-46452924
https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/geral-39220271
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10242023
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/228752.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/7481792.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-jersey-44194235/page/4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-23288446
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-23202314
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/8493725.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7481792.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/760521.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28148071
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8236157.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/2299631.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-32430329
https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2014/05/140502_vaticano_abusos_lk
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-43044067
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-27238412
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45126702
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45140713
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/6766841.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7033935.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-29654011
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8344227.stm
June
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-bristol-45146184/page/6
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6947959.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24229262
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/4033467.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-20528301
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-21443145
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-43044067
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41798404
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/42718484
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-43370325
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8124059.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-26715306
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/world/africa/7015765.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8609193.stm
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/E1E9/production/_85833875_hi029369952.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/208/cpsprodpb/BAD9/production/_85833874_hi029369952.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/BAD9/production/_85833874_hi029369952.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/BAD9/production/_85833874_hi029369952.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/3008182.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4071088.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-24625392
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-43278136
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/surrey/low/people_and_places/newsid_8234000/8234509.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10969506
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-10989318
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/5182064.stm
http://www.bbc.com/news/mobile/10969506
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20528301
May
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/7928462.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4361537.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-wales-south-west-wales-43698367
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3542520.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8481371.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1977284.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12975060
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-24093858
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3164021.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3481685.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3725935.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4043071.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3258423.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-birmingham-48355665
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/15466810
http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/have_your_say/archive/2004/clubs/3.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7752619.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7754512.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45182868
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-england-london-34302274
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38275391
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34403023
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/AFF0/production/_105804054_mediaitem105804053.jpg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-oxfordshire-34317183
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-47358028
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-16974072
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03ldpyf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-17256406
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7961890.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16397824
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-17217510
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45111213
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45169488
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45181211
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-bristol-45123248/ben-stokes-trial-cctv-footage-of-fight
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cyg1pkn0dvnt/ben-stokes-affray-trial
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45082248
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45097840
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45126702
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45140713
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45182868
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/media/images/66238000/jpg/_66238066_missing_student_224.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/3041698.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-21689884
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-21695282
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-43698367
April
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45111213
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45169488
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45181211
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/C192/production/_102845594_capture.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/17ECA/production/_102949979_hi048653363.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/5C6A/production/_102885632_stokes-ali.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/C192/production/_102845594_capture.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/CA18/production/_102963715_hi048663044.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/17ECA/production/_102949979_hi048653363.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/C192/production/_102845594_capture.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/CA18/production/_102963715_hi048663044.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/17ECA/production/_102949979_hi048653363.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/C192/production/_102845594_capture.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/CA18/production/_102963715_hi048663044.jpg
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45097840
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/7812167.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21695282
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3035111.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/2953591.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45147422
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45147422
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-29560800/terror-suspects-they-are-good-guys-says-school-friend
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27133878
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/86/a4457586.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/mid/6988121.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-45082248
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/D2B6/production/_102924935_hi048594205.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/208/cpsprodpb/D2B6/production/_102924935_hi048594205.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/D2B6/production/_102924935_hi048594205.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/D2B6/production/_102924935_hi048594205.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/720/cpsprodpb/D2B6/production/_102924935_hi048594205.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/D2B6/production/_102924935_hi048594205.jpg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7920091.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4685557.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6151786.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-20103290
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-34459476
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-32251271
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-37494501
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-47358028
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42577505
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-47772799
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-41904933
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-35294090
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-35875686
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12899083
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/3041698.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-43922613
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4808618.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-35373234
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-12886996
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-15479896
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38390442
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4685557.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12899083
March
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-43043752
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-35373234
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/6596085.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7920091.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-43043752
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/4532248.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39145781
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/20993671
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46506995
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46523610
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46565844
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-46595484
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/3701130.stm
https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-41450639
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7042663.stm
February
http://www.bbc.co.uk/derby/content/articles/2007/03/08/shahid_quayum_big_brother_2007_feature.shtml
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13632970
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-13906001
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-42545468
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46903951
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2044907.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04yy0f1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05171ct
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06ll073
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p073zfnt
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-33352047
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-33740059
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/12D2D/production/_84610177_028390343.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/208/media/images/83667000/jpg/_83667075_83665694.jpg
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-19993165
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-20036061
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2595401.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6444737.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18056971
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24757049
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19993165
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20036061
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-31763824
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/mobile/uk_news/6767019.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-30243936
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/mobile/uk/6767019.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-31763824
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/4294357.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-16549916/norfolk-breast-implant-woman-set-to-protest
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-25736437
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20316308
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-34425079
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8330202.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3896921.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/3901631.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/4297503.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/4444475.stm
January
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12776109
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7896931.stm
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/media/images/67574000/jpg/_67574042_67568808.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/media/images/69022000/jpg/_69022033_zpt4p93j.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/media/images/72452000/jpg/_72452458_pajamaican.jpg
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22507000
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25813323
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-23505726
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17231997
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46565844
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-23731300
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17908938
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3894529.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3896213.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41941904
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/6596085.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33626984
http://www.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8349753.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-england-london-13140452
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/46507149
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/46603376
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46565844
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-33154488
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-33740059
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/cpsprodpb/12D2D/production/_84610177_028390343.jpg
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/410/media/images/83667000/jpg/_83667075_83665694.jpg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-21443145
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7676117.stm
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-33626984
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3701473.stm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/46568494
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46506995
