the presenter what next? here is the news from bethan holmes. the bbc director general tim davie is to face questions for the first time since an unnamed bbc presenter was accused by the sun newspaper of paying tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager for explicit photos. mr davie will answer questions at the unveiling of the corporation s yearly report. a lawyer representing the now 20 year old at the centre of the story says the allegations are rubbish but the sun says it s seen evidence to back the claims made by the young person s mum. mortgage costs have hit their highest level for 15 years after the rate on a twp year fixed deal surpassed the peak in the aftermath of the mini budget. the average rate on such a deal is now over 6.6% a level not seen since august 2008 and the financial crisis. mps are to vote on changes to the illegal migration bill. amendments put forward by ministers include limits on the detention of unaccompanied children who will be gr
less circulation, less cash coming from the reader and more from advertisers and advertisers are vital, the advertisers are less interested in being involved with or tacky sleaze stories and so the purpose of sort of cleaned up their act because that is another source of the income so it has really changed a great deal, yes. and journalism itself has changed. it used to be a sort of slightly rough neck hack, sort of guys out there smoking lots and having lots of drinks and making lots of allegations and so on, and it has changed. journalists and media exchange itself. one thing we have not mentioned, the elephant in the room, a social media. social media has been a big part of that, you know this because you have social media over the story, privacy and defamation and so on, it is being undone by the horrendous mess of social media, and the trouble with
stories top of that a whole load of sleaze stories as top of that a whole load of sleaze stories as they were called. that combined stories as they were called. that combined to give a sense of this government was in terminal decline, there government was in terminal decline, there was government was in terminal decline, there was a government was in terminal decline, there was a sense of decay setting in. there was a sense of decay setting in that there was a sense of decay setting in that is there was a sense of decay setting in. that is the thing borisjohnson has to in. that is the thing borisjohnson has to be in. that is the thing borisjohnson has to be worried about, people don t has to be worried about, people don t necessarily think he s doing all he don t necessarily think he s doing all he could to help with the cost of living crisis and at the same cost of living crisis and at the same time cost of living crisis and at the same time a sense that mps
some fairly standard and that might go some way to resolve this. the proper h eye some way to resolve this. the proper h eye system, proper complaints system h eye system, proper complaints system. they have a grievance system at the system. they have a grievance system at the house system. they have a grievance system at the house of commons but what we have seen at the house of commons but what we have seen over the last few days suggests have seen over the last few days suggests this is quite a clunky and slow process. it is suggests this is quite a clunky and slow process slow process. it is a big week this week, we slow process. it is a big week this week. we have slow process. it is a big week this week, we have imported - slow process. it is a big week this week, we have imported few i slow process. it is a big week this j week, we have imported few days coming up, local elections, how will all this translate? tbs, coming up, local elections, how will all this tr