Offensive item in news report (8)
I believe the answer is:
bulletin
'news report' is the definition.
(bulletin is a kind of news report)
'offensive item in' is the wordplay.
'offensive item' becomes 'bullet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bullet'+'in'='BULLETIN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bulletin that I've seen before include "Broadcast summary of news" , "Regular report" , "Short statement on the news as it comes in" , "Newsletter, report" , "Regular newsletter" .)