up their processes. it looks like these issues were raised in may, and we re now injuly and the presenter stayed on air. that s not good enough. there is no doubt the bbc is in a serious crisis. the corporation has many questions to answer, including what investigations went on when the family contacted the bbc in may? was the presenter made aware the allegations had been made? and should the investigation have been more thorough? the bbc s director general said he was taking the allegations incredibly seriously and that they were in touch with the family who have made the complaint. mr davie added that they would ensure the process is handled fairly and with care. helena wilkinson, bbc news. live now to news correspondent charlotte gallagher, who is in the newsroom.
around £35,000 to a 17 year old over a three year period in return for explicit photos. the young person s mother told the paper her child, now 20, used the money to fund a crack cocaine habit. the family told the sun they complained to the bbc about the presenter in may, but became frustrated that the star remained on air. earlier a government minister urged the bbc to move quickly. these are very, very serious allegations and the bbc needs to act swiftly. it needs to follow its procedures that it says it has in place. but i m a former minister for safeguarding and i worked for 20 years in the criminaljustice system and so in all of this and in our conversations about it, we have to remember that there is a person, a young person at the centre of this. there s been pressure too from politicians on all sides. the bbc do need to speed
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people don t really understand this, but anybody who s tweeting and speculates about names tonight, they could also be sued. that s the first law there which effectively acts as a brake on newsrooms because if people don t know the facts or are unsure about the facts, it prevents them from broadcasting. the second is the emerging law of privacy. over the last 20 years or so, there have been more and more privacy cases before our courts. one of the most famous involved sir cliff richard, who successfully sued the bbc in i think 2018, when it reported that the police had searched his home. it turned out that the allegation the police were looking into was wholly false, it was an untrue allegation, he was an entirely innocent man, but the damage had already been done to his private life and, therefore, the courts awarded the case against the bbc. so privacy is in there as well as defamation. the two laws taken together, they don t necessarily effectively preventjournalists from undertakin
president biden is travelling to the uk he will meet with rishi sunak ahead of 3 nate summit. could the ashes fightback be on? england win the third test australia lead the series 2 1. hello, i m rich preston. the bbc says an unnamed male presenter who is alleged to have paid thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for explicit sexual images has been suspended. bbc news impartially covers stories about the corporation and like other news organisations is seeking further clarification. these are the key details we have so far. the male presenter, who is accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, has been suspended.