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
wrong in your opinion? element to be perfectly honest, . perfectly honest, i m trying to kee- perfectly honest, i m trying to kee it perfectly honest, i m trying to keep it polite. perfectly honest, i m trying to keep it polite. if perfectly honest, i m trying to keep it polite, if you perfectly honest, i m trying to keep it polite, if you want - perfectly honest, i m trying to keep it polite, if you want to i perfectly honest, i m trying to| keep it polite, if you want to know the truth. i think the problem is. did they double check their sources? let me put that to neil? it s a good one, double checking sources. neil, as an editor, would this have happened? as an editor, would this have ha-oened? , , ., , ., , happened? this story will have been checked and happened? this story will have been checked and checked happened? this story will have been checked and checked and happened? this story will have been checked and checked and checked . checked and checked and checke
silenced. against you. it is too easy to be silenced. the press are usually hit by privacy silenced. the press are usually hit by privacy injunctions about stories that once by privacy injunctions about stories that once were commonplace, so what i do that once were commonplace, so what i do know that once were commonplace, so what i do know about the story is that these i do know about the story is that these people went, these parents went to these people went, these parents went to the sun in desperation after not getting any satisfaction about going not getting any satisfaction about going to not getting any satisfaction about going to the bbc and making a very serious going to the bbc and making a very serious complaint. to going to the bbc and making a very serious complaint. serious complaint. to go to the sun. serious complaint. to go to the sun- maybe serious complaint. to go to the sun. maybe they serious complaint. to go to the sun. maybe they are - se
sport, people werejust regularly get. show business and sport, people were just name then that you regularly get top footballer, silhouette, top actor, silhouette. so what has changed? the demand silhouette. so what has changed? tie: demand for silhouette. so what has changed? tte: demand for privacy is changed and the realisation of how damaging these claims can be in the paper has made people react and fight more for privacy and also the legal professions take more of an interest, so no privacy is big business and protecting people is big business. 0n the downside sometimes injunctions have taken anything afterwards that was the rich asserting their privilege, but on the good side it does protect people from deformation, which has to be right. the landscape has changed and we are very clear about that, everybody knows that. in the old days the attitudes to be, is it true? well the super smack and if they do, can we afford it? and that they do, can we afford it? and that the saudi new
private matter between the family, the victim and in this case the bbc. we have trial by media going on all the time and there seems to be an insatiable need to buy the public to know every detail of everybody else s lives and business and people are so judgmental and else s lives and business and people are sojudgmental and it is else s lives and business and people are so judgmental and it is so damaging. ithink are so judgmental and it is so damaging. i think we should all shut up damaging. i think we should all shut up and stop demanding to know the detail of this. let the bbc get on with it and do what they have to do and protect everybody. with it and do what they have to do and protect everybody. wisdom. colin in dover? i agree and protect everybody. wisdom. colin in dover? i agree with and protect everybody. wisdom. colin in dover? i agree with that and protect everybody. wisdom. colin in dover? i agree with that previous i in dover? i agree with that previous lad . i in