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Ken Morley has been removed from the Celebrity Big Brother house following his use of "unacceptable and offensive language".

Show bosses have announced that the former Corrie star will no longer appear in this series and Tuesday's eviction is cancelled as a result.

A statement read: "Ken Morley has been removed from the Celebrity Big Brother house for using unacceptable and offensive language following his formal warning.

"Tuesday’s eviction is now cancelled and lines are now closed. Anyone who has already voted will be able to apply for a full refund and details will be available on the Big Brother website within 24 hours."

This comes after news emerged that hundreds of people had complained to communications watchdog Ofcom about the latest series less than a week after it began, with Ken being the main focus of viewers' anger.

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Ofcom said 233 people complained about the actor, who was given a formal warning by show bosses for using "unacceptable language" after he called US singer Alexander O'Neal a "n***o".

O'Neal responded angrily, telling Morley: "I'm just giving you some information - it's just 'black', we don't use 'n***o' anymore."

Ofcom also received two complaints about offensive language used by Katie Hopkins and another four about former Baywatch star Jeremy Jackson, who was removed from the show after pulling former glamour model Chloe Goodman's bathrobe open.

Jackson, 34, was kicked off the Channel 5 show after former Page 3 girl Goodman, 21, claimed he drunkenly tried to look at her breasts while the pair were alone in the toilet.

The alleged incident, which was not shown on camera, came after Goodman went to Jackson's assistance as he vomited after drinking rum and vodka.

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Hertfordshire Police, the force covering Borehamwood where the show is filmed, confirmed they are working with its producers to probe what happened.

The complaints about the latest series, which began last Wednesday, are being assessed by Ofcom.

Last year's series was the second most complained-about show of the year with 1,874 people contacting Ofcom about it.

The only programme with a worse record was the main Big Brother series which received 3,784 complaints, many of them centred on the behaviour of its eventual winner, Helen Wood, who was accused of bullying other contestants.

Meanwhile, Alexander's wife Cynthia has labelled Ken's behaviour as "disgusting" and "despicable".

She added: “This man is not stupid, this man is ignorant. Those words would not come out of someone’s mouth unless they were racist."