THE BBC will take no further action against a DJ who has had 45 complaints against him upheld by Ofcom.

Alex Dyke caused outrage when he said on air that breastfeeding in public was “unnatural”.

The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom found that his comments on August 12 were in breach of rule 2.3 of its regulations which says potentially offensive material must be justified by context.

An Ofcom spokesman said: “We found this radio discussion broke our rules regarding offensive content.

"The presenter’s statements were highly offensive, stereotyped women who breastfed and were likely to be perceived as misogynistic.

“The BBC took various steps after the broadcast, including the presenter broadcasting an apology, further compliance training for the presenter and tightening its compliance processes.

“However the presenter had been permitted to broadcast highly offensive comments, with minimal editorial oversight.”

Mr Dyke, who lives on the Isle of Wight and presents BBC Radio Solent’s 10am to 1pm weekday show, was briefly suspended after his comments sparked an online petition which gained 6,000 signatures, although he was later reinstated on August 20.

During his show, Mr Dyke, said that “librarian-type, moustached” women should not breastfeed in public as well as: “It is 2015. Ladies, mums, we don’t like breastfeeding in public, honestly we don’t.

“I experienced this yesterday. I was on a bus and there was a lady on this bus. She was quite a big girl and she had a toddler with her.

“She starts to breastfeed her baby on the bus. I didn’t know where to look. She’s putting me in an embarrassing situation.

“I didn’t really realise what was going on. I just thought she was cuddling a baby and then I looked over and I realised.

“I wanted to look away but the bus was packed. Breastfeeding is unnatural.”

A BBC spokesman confirmed no further action would be taken.

He added: “We take the Ofcom and BBC Trust findings very seriously indeed. Alex was told at the time in no uncertain terms that his comments were unacceptable and he apologised for any offence caused on and off air.”

Mr Dyke again made headlines across the country last month when he invited 95-year-old Bill Palmer, from Southampton, on to his show after the pensioner phoned in saying how lonely he was.