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
more than 9% injune of last year. it is a sign of the federal reserve s moves to raise interest rates to slow down inflation seems to be working. but analysts still think america central bank will raise interest rates one more time at their next meeting. it is good news for consumers but also good news for us president joe biden who counted the administration s efforts to bring prices down. he is facing re election next year and being able to control inflation without pushing the repeat into recession, it will be key in montana for years at the white house. the chief economist says he is wondering whether this is a turning point. other central banks around what asking themselves, has the us peak? we are, consumers can get the stuff they want to buy. one of the things they are concerned with is even that he had numbers is down to 3%, waved down from nine, the core inflation excluding the food and energy components are still pretty high, nowhere near the 2% target. i think w
there. jake thoughts. after two speaking to us there. jake kanter. our media and arts correspondent still with us, david, this is been a huge story for the media, about the media and reflections on what we seeing for today. . i media and reflections on what we seeing for today. seeing for today. , i think most eole, seeing for today. , i think most peeple. there seeing for today. , i think most people, there are seeing for today. , i think most people, there are many - seeing for today. , i think most - people, there are many presenters whose names could ve been out there and they would ve said, well, that is something but huw edwards occupies a different place in the media landscape and i was thinking back and presented the bbc election coverage in 2019, the last time was a change in thatjob was a0 years. though these moments where the bbc become something else of discrete moments of elections, of state occasions, relevance, he was the face and name and the repres
connection we have with that person. whilst i m making no allegations whatsoever against any of the individuals and this must be investigated with rigour and fairness, the absence of any criminal charges is very, very significant. so the bbc must investigate, and must investigate whether huw broke any of the editorial guidelines or any of the principles of the bbc s employment contracts under which he works. i hope the bbc will do that thoroughly and rigorously and i hope they will also do it quickly. what it does now begin to suggest that what we ve got here is a much more nuanced situation that originally appeared to be this case what might others have done wrong in order trying to extract things for him? , ., order trying to extract things for him? , ., ., ., ., him? let s re oin laura trant in the newsroom. the sun made a statement in the past hour. as the sun made a statement in the past hour. , ,, ., the sun made a statement in the past hour. ,,4~ ,, 4 the sun