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The BBC charter section 6.4:
"...the BBC should accurately and authentically represent and portray the lives of the people of the United Kingdom today, and raise awareness of the different cultures and alternative viewpoints that make up its society"
![screenshot of the wiktionary entry for the word "soil", as of current revision by wiktionary user Jberkel as of 21:44, 17 September 2026.
The dictionary entry for the english verb "soil" lists the reflexive sense of "to dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed". Under this are the sample quotations: "The child was so scared she soiled herself." and an excerpt from an article from The Guardian from the 17th September 2026 by Martin Farrer that is as follows: "The Australian athlete who caused a storm by winning a Hyrox event in China despite soiling herself during the race has apologised to the <quote> "people of China" <unquote> and rival athletes in a statement online."
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![photograph of a female peacock coquette in flight. It looks like it's hovering while foraging for nectar sticking its beak in some foliage. The bird is mainly brown with cream dappling and an amazingly vivid flash of iridescent green across its back It also has a cute big black beady eye which looks very focused on the task at hand. [alt text concluded]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zy7x7mhqab33ilagzc2hdjas/bafkreie43oysuv2f6v6gqzphctuvnwmr3aobgnwrniupovn3ox5zldwyjy)
