claims the presenter contacted the family in recent days. our media editor katie razzall has more. 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, we ve also been in touch with external authorities, in line with our protocols. those new allegations. the devastating story in the sun newspaper yesterday that a male presenter had paid an individual £35,000 over three years in return for sexually explicit images beginning when that person was 17. a possible criminal offence. today s newspap
good evening. the bbc has suspended an unnamed presenter, and contacted the police, over allegations he gave tens 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. and in the last few minutes, the sun newspaper has printed claims the presenter has tried to contact the family in recent days. our media editor, katie razzall is here. more katie razzall is here. revelations, what are they saying? more revelations, what are they saying? we more revelations, what are they sa in: ? ~ . ., more revelations, what are they sa in? ~ ., ., ., saying? we are on day three of the story broken saying? we are on day three of the story broken by saying? we are on day three of the story broken by macro saying? we are on day three of
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object discovered on radar, this time flying high over canada. it s not clear when or where it was first picked up. nor read saying in a statement quote military aircraft are currently operating from alaska and canada in support of north american aerospace defense command. norad confirmed with pond positively identifies an airborne object over northern canada. refusing to offer specifics, the second object detected in the arctic s since thursday night. senior u.s. official tells fox the object was not detected until it had already successfully penetrated u.s. airspace over alaska and shot on flight and of 22 after launched from air force base in anchorage. right now u.s. army helicopters like this on skis are combing the area of the rugged north coast of alaska. the temperature right now in the frozen tundra, minus 20 degrees. norad says limited daylight rough weather limited search. the object shot down home of north america s largest oil field. alaska also home to u.s. air