take us through what the police are actually saying here. the? take us through what the police are actually saying here. actually saying here. they have arrested up actually saying here. they have arrested up to actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people - actually saying here. they have arrested up to 20 people from | actually saying here. they have - arrested up to 20 people from those riots that happened a week ago monday. 0n the 22nd of may. let me just run through the story again really, because we first got wind that something was happening in the west of cardiff in a neighbourhood called belief, one of the most deprived areas of whale. we heard that there was a ride happening. there was a live stream coming from the riot and you could see about 30 to 40 the riot and you could see about 30 to a0 young men, mostly really having the best part of a fight with riot police, really hurling missiles and set
he said the affair only began years after meeting the young man who was 15 at the time. he said he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he has been talking to the bbc. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show contrition and he wanted to correct some of what he sees as the false narratives in the public domain over the past week. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. schofield described the enormous toll recent days have taken on him. it is relentless. it is day after day after day after day. if you do that. if you don t think that is going to have the most catastrophic effect on someone s mind. do you want me to die? because that s where i am. i have lost everything. schofield says he is extremely concerned for the welfare of the young man with whom he had an extramarital affair.
after he first met the young man, who was 15 at the time. mr schofield strongly denies grooming him, but says he regrets the relationship and lying about it when itv tried to investigate. he s been talking to the bbc s amol rajan. last week, if my. ..daughters hadn t been there. ..then.i wouldn t be here. and they ve. .. ..guarded me. um. and won t let me out of their sight. it s like a weird.numbness. i know that s a selfish point of view. but you come to a point where you just think, how much are you supposed to take? if all of those people that write all of that stuff. do they ever think that there s actually. ..a person at the other end? and so. ..hereiam, um. are you feeling 0k to do this? are you feeling strong enough to do this interview? yeah, i have to. why? why do you want to do this interview? because there is an innocent person here who didn t do anything wrong. who is.vulnerable. ..and probably feels like i do. and. ..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, wi
but this is also a story about the workplace culture at britain s biggest commercial broadcaster. so let s take a look at what s happened so far. two weeks ago, schofield announced he was leaving this morning after 20 years. he suggested resigning had not been his choice. in a statement he said, i understand that itv has decided the current situation can t go on . a week later, he admitted to the affair with the younger colleague, and left itv completely. two days after that, his co star, holly willoughby issued a statement, saying she had asked schofield about the allegations when rumours emerged in 2020, but he had denied they were true. and now we understand that next week mps are to question itv executives over the developments, to see how the issue had been handled by the organisation. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual and he strenuously denies claims that he groomed
i m in singapore where officials are discussing the top security challenges. the main subject is the tension between the us and china. speaking in finland, the latest country to join nato, us secretary of state antony blinken calls russia s invasion of ukraine a strategic failure . hello, i m ben thompson. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of live news, interviews and reaction. we begin in the uk where one of the nation s best known presenters phillip schofield says he s lost everything after admitting to lying about an affair with a young colleague. the anchor who hosted the popular daytime show this morning has been in the headlines after admitting to an unwise but not illegal relationship with a younger male colleague.