Iphone podcast download errors

So I'm having issues regarding podast download, I can download them fine via itunes but when I try on my iphone 4s i get the message 'the podcast cannot be downloaded' yet it does download and goes on my iphone then I end up with it stuck in the download window as an error, see pics below:
as you can see there are 2 podcasts stuck there in my downloads as an error and I have no way to remove them, yet in the next picture as you can see it's downloaded and playing.
Now even when I sync my iphone with itunes it has no way to remove these errors so I have these podcasts stuck trying to download even though I have them on my iphone and playing, which in turn uses up my download allowance and it's constanlty trying to download the podcasts but then also errors itself.
Any idea's as this is very annoying and also using up my monthly download limit?

The Iphone 4 has been having trouble with ios 7. I have heard of it being slow while performing certain tasks

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