scheduled to be on air in the coming days. bbc news impartially covers stories about the wider corporation and like other news organisations is seeking further clarification on the story. in the last few moments the department for culture, media and sport has called the allegations concerning a bbc presenter deeply concerning and that the culture secretary will be speaking to the director general later today. in a statement, it said as a public service broadcaster in receipt of public funding, senior officials have stressed to the bbc that the allegations must be investigated urgently and sensitively, with the department kept informed. the culture secretary will be speaking to tim davie later today. our correspondent lizo mzimba told us the details we know so far. these serious allegations have been made in the sun newspaper over the weekend concerning somebody that they describe as a top bbc staff. the newspaper says that the
he has assured me that the bbc are investigating swiftly and sensitively. given the nature of the allegations, it is important that the bbc has now given the space to conduct its investigations, establish the facts and take appropriate action. i will be kept updated. just appropriate action. i will be kept udated. , . ., updated. just a reminder that the alle . ations updated. just a reminder that the allegations are updated. just a reminder that the allegations are that updated. just a reminder that the allegations are that a updated. just a reminder that the allegations are that a male - allegations are that a male presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit images. the young person s family made the complaints of the bbc in the 19th of may. to remind you what the bbc said on friday, the bbc said we treat any allegations very seriously and we have processes in place to proactively deal with them and if we receive information that requires a further investigation on examinat
in the near future. but the pressure for the corporation to explain how it is handling this crisis is continuing. helena wilkinson, bbc news. just of the statement be got at the top of the programme saying that the culture secretary lucy fraser is going to be meeting with the bbc director general tim davie later today of what they call these deeply concerning allegations. they said, as a public service broadcaster in receipt of public funding, senior officials have stressed to the bbc that the allegations must be investigated urgently and sensitively with the department kept informed. sensitively with the department kept informed. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. we re going to see some sunny spells and scattered showers today. now, like yesterday, some of those showers could be heavy, perhaps thundery, but there won t perhaps be quite as intense or as frequent as they were yesterday. but it s been a fine start
has been assured by the bbc s director general tim davie that the corporation is investigating the allegations on this unnamed presenter. these allegations at the presenter. these allegations at the presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit images and they are investigating them swiftly and sensitively. that is coming through from the pa news agency that the culture secretary lucy fraser. as i mentioned, the issue has taken a political turn with the uk s culture secretary saying they will speak to the bbc s director general tim davie today. with more on this is our political correspondent peter saull: we also had labour talking about this earlier on today, haven t we? yes, and the culture secretary suggested the conversation is now taking place between the director general and lucy fraser. interesting that she decided to put the line out earlier on today about how concerned she was about these allegations and the fact that she wanted to have a chat with tim
high profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, ready for her child to perform for him. in an email to staff this afternoon, the director general, tim davie, said they became aware of a complaint in may and the bbc investigations team have been looking into it since it was raised and have been actively following it up. the bbc said they were alerted to new allegations of a different nature on thursday. there has been mounting pressure on the corporation to act. today, culture secretary lucy frazer held urgent talks with the bbc director general, tim davie, and said she was assured the corporation was investigating swiftly and sensitively. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn t naming the presenter for legal reasons. it s claimed the bbc star paid