it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who s been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a dating site. charlotte gallagher has the latest. another day of damaging headlines for the bbc and a male presenter who is still unnamed. this morning s front page of the sun bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger . this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says
this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says it has seen messages that would suggest that, as well as visiting the 23 year old s home, the presenter in question sent them money and asked for a photograph. the individual says he sent a semi naked picture. it quotes the source as saying. the bbc has not been able to independently check these latest allegations. it was in may when the initial complaint about the presenter was made to the bbc from the parents of a young person who said their child received thousands for sexually explicit images. questions remain about the length of time it took to take action. the bbc boss says that
what sort of numbers do you want? how do i know who you are? and as soon as i put the phone down, i got a text through from the genuine bank asking me to ring them straightaway because somebody was trying to get into my account. what was so upsetting was the fact that they d actually rung the bank and tried to impersonate me. he didn t come into the home, but it might as well have done. thankfully, the criminals were stopped from stealing money from linda s account. but they stole her identity. they ve got everything. they ve got everything of me out there now. and i don t know what they could do in the future with it. if a criminal knocked on your door, you wouldn t welcome them in. come in. and give them your personal data. well, you d be surprised just how many of us are doing something similar to that. we are being targeted in our own homes by organised criminal gangs through our laptops and our phones. in the past year, there have been
those are the words of the economic regulator ofwat. but the reason that the company s in trouble is money. despite paying out healthy dividends for most of the last 30 years, the company has racked up debts of £14 billion, and it s now under pressure both to make interest payments, and to invest in its creaking infrastructure. this morning, mps will speak to thames water bosses in parliament. so what would the mermaids ask them? where is all that money gone? because it doesn t seem to me that it s gone into infrastructure, and it certainly hasn t gone into making our rivers much cleaner. and if the water industry says bills will have to rise to fix the system. are you ready to collectively pay more? no, absolutely not. i m even considering not paying my sewage bill for thames water. why? because they re not doing anything with my money other than paying their shareholders.
we have been talking this morning about the financial stability report. the bank of england has been telling us its assessment of how the economy is faring. and whether we need to be concerned about things like rising interest rates and inflation. some headlines in it that could make a difference for your money. ben is with us to explain what we now so far. money. ben is with us to explain what we now so far. what are the headlines? what we now so far. what are the headlines? well, what we now so far. what are the headlines? well, the what we now so far. what are the headlines? well, the bank- what we now so far. what are the headlines? well, the bank of- what we now so far. what are the - headlines? well, the bank of england committee has concluded that uk households and businesses are under pressure from higher borrowing costs. but crucially, they say the banks are in a good position to support people and businesses through that. they say they have tested the resilience of the