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of thousands of pounds to a teenager in return for sexually explicit photographs. the corporation, which was told by the young person s family about the allegations back in may, says new information came to light on thursday, and it s now investigating all the claims. the bbc is now in touch with the family. the sun newspaper has printed claims the presenter contacted the family in recent days. our media editor katie razzall reports. for the best part of 48 hours, the bbc has been splashed across many of the front pages. today was an attempt to prove it hadn t been slow to act in the face of a serious complaint, an effort to take control of the narrative. this afternoon, the bbc announced it has suspended the still unnamed presenter at the heart of the allegations and also contacted the police. the bbc first became aware of a complaint in may, it said in a statement. new allegations were put to us on thursday of a different nature. and in addition to our own inquiries, ....
which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal was signed by then british prime minister tony blair and irish prime minister bertie ahern here in the picture along with senator george mitchell, the american chairman of the talks. the agreement played a major part in bringing to an end 30 years of conflict, known as the troubles. the current british prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified in northern ireland to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ....
Trust that is earned. the bbc has faced a series of crises in recent months. for some, its reputation is already tarnished. we can only fullyjudge how damaging this latest crisis will be when the full facts of the story are known. 0ur news correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. we have heard more revelations from the sun newspaper. this was the newspaper that first reported it a few days ago. they are saying this person contacted the young person, made a panic phone call saying what have you done? and asked them to ask their mother to put a stop to the investigation. the mother as well has told the sun newspaper that she is upset with the bbc. she is saying the bbc never contacted herfor a proper interview when she first made those allegations back in may. so, more claims, more revelations in the sun newspaper tomorrow and in other newspapers. now, lots of people ....
Is already tarnished. we can only fullyjudge how damaging this latest crisis will be when the full facts of the story are known. 0ur news correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. we have heard revelations from the sun newspaper. they are saying that this unnamed presenter made a panicked phone call to the young person involved, saying what have you done? and tried to get this young person to tell their mum to stop this investigation. the mother of this young person has also told the sun newspaper they are very upset with the bbc statement today, saying that the bbc at no point after they made this complaint in may contacted them for a proper interview. so, more revelations. a lot of people are asking why are we ....
Allegation has been made. it will, it says, require additional information before determining what further action should follow. the bbc has said it expects to be able to provide a further update on this story in the coming days. but as a publicly funded corporation, it depends on trust. trust that is earned. the bbc has faced a series of crises in recent months. for some, its reputation is already tarnished. we can only fullyjudge how damaging this latest crisis will be when the full facts of the story are known. that report by our media editor. 0ur news correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. a few key developments today. firstly, the unnamed male presenter has now been suspended by the bbc. secondly, the police have been contacted by the bbc though the police say that no formal allegation has been made yet. also we have ....