revert to an internal inquiry. why has it taken so long for these allegations to come out? should the bbc be looking more closely into into the dynamics between well paid presenters and junior staff? we will talk later in the programme about nato, the end of a two day summit, where all the talk was about a country that is not yet a member. this is bbc news. so the bbc presenter accused of a series of misconduct claims has been named as huw edwards. his identity was revealed by his wife. the statement from vicky flind said. the statement came shortly after police confirmed they have ended their inquiry into the sun s allegations against him. the police said they d found no evidence indicating a criminal offence had been committed. but there is reporting within the bbc today that he had made contact with three other employees here two of them have since left the corporation and there is an allegation from at least one, that inappropriate and suggestive messages were sent. w
to nato membership, so long as the conditions are met. what does that mean? when might that happen? and who is driving the future of men s golf? the leaders of the pga tour have been grilled by us senators today over the deal they struck with saudi arabia. what impositions will that place on the game s biggest stars? all that to come. we start with that major development in the story about that bbc presenter who is accused of sending money for sexually explicit photographs. the bbc has now made contact with a second person, in their early 20s, who says they felt threatened by the same presenter. this second person was first contacted by the presenter through a dating app, and claims that subsequently the presenter began sending menacing messages. they re not believed to have made a complaint to the corporation. let s speak to charlotte gallagher. charlotte, tell me about this latest allegation and where this takes the story and what sort of position this puts the bbc in. this
to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager thousands of pounds for a sexually explicit photos. we ve just had an update on that story and we can cross to our culture correspondent. lizo, what is the update? cross to our culture correspondent. lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that i lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that detectives lizo, what is the update? we ve ust been told that detectives from h lizo, what is the update? we ve just been told that detectives from the l been told that detectives from the metropolitan police s specialist crime command met with representatives from the bbc on the morning of monday the 10th ofjuly, that s today. the meeting took place virtually. they are assessing the information discussed at the meeting and further inquiries are taking place to establish whether there is evidence of a criminal offence being committed. there is no investigation at this stage. that follows from what we heard
when an investigation is under way, starting with the cliff richard case, the bloomberg case fairly recently as well, and they will be thinking very carefully about the fact that this is clearly doing some harm and has potentially done irreparable harm to an awful lot of people, not least huw edwards. that will affect any potential claim going forward, obviously a legal claim might be the last thing on his mind, he ll be wanting to get himself well, everyone involved will want some support. but it s been reported very carefully for a number of different reasons, he s not been named, and a lot of confidence hasn t been shared, we will find out why that might be over the course of the days and weeks to come, but we will see may be more speculation. these allegations will unfortunately carry across social media and we certainly haven t heard the last of this issue. . ~ certainly haven t heard the last of this issue. ., ,, , ., ., , this issue. thank you, david, last few seconds. this is