A grassroots organisation working to combat antisemitism has accused the BBC of inaccurate reporting after the corporation said a new hotline had been established to deal with Jew-hatred.

BBC online published a story on Sunday morning about the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) initiative.

It suggested a CAA telephone service would be set up for people to report incidents and attacks on Jews.

That led to criticism of the CAA for setting up a helpline attempting to rival those operated by the police and the Community Security Trust (CST), which records and monitors antisemitism in Britain.

But the CAA claimed the BBC report was wrong and that its telephone line simply played a recorded message telling victims of antisemitism to contact the police and CST. The group said it had never planned to launch a separate helpline and accused the BBC of "completely incorrect reporting".

After the CAA complained to the BBC, the story was removed from the corporation's website.

On Monday, BBC London's Inside Out programme broadcast a feature on antisemitism, which included an interview with the CAA's Jonathan Sacerdoti, who was shown discussing the group's work. No reference was made to the helpline proposal.

The CAA is holding an induction session next month for volunteers who it asks to help them "turn the tide" on antisemitism.