Former MasterChef host Gregg Wallace is facing criticism from charities and groups working with disabled people after he appeared to link claims of misconduct he is facing to his autism diagnosis.Several dozen people have come forward to BBC News with allegations about Wallace,

Gregg Wallace has been banned from working at the BBC after the corporation ruled that he was not safe to have in the workplace. In a letter of dismissal, the corporation told Wallace that he had made inappropriate jokes in the workplace, and executives do not “have the confidence that you can change what seems to be learned behaviour”.