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currently we have got some rain pushing across the south east, clearing through this morning. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and thundery in northern and central scotland. another breezy day. details later. the parents of a young person at the heart of allegations against a bbc presenter are standing by their account, according the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said their claims were rubbish. the newspaper first reported that the unnamed presenter had allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre of this. they ve called the allegations, by their mother, rubbish. their lawyer says, nothing inappr ....
Currently we have got some rain pushing across the south east, clearing through this morning. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and thundery in northern and central scotland. another breezy day. details later. the parents of a young person at the heart of allegations against a bbc presenter are standing by their account, according the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said their claims were rubbish. the newspaper first reported that the unnamed presenter had allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre ....
And concerning allegation is the one made by the young individual s mother through the sun that someone, a well known bbc presenter, paid more than £35,000 to a young individualfor more than £35,000 to a young individual for sexually explicit images, something the paper says through the family started when the person was 17 years old, so legally, still a child. now this has been disputed in the letter from the lawyer representing the young individual, who is now 20. the letter is adamant that nothing inappropriate or unlawful has taken place between their client and the bbc personality. and the allegations reported in the sun newspaper are rubbish. that has been responded to by the sun my saying, we have reported a story about two very concerned parents who made a complaint to the bbc about the behaviour of a presenter and the welfare of a child. their complaint ....
Exactly what it was on the 19th of may, to have escalated this up the chain of command, to prevent the situation that we re in now. yesterday, the bbc met with the metropolitan police. officers are now making inquiries as to whether there is evidence of a criminal offence, but say there is no investigation at this time. until it is clearer, until we have a greater knowledge from possibly the police, the bbc itself, the alleged victim, or the victim s mother in this case, it s very hard to know exactly what we re criticising the bbc for. today, the bbc director general, tim davie, is due to speak to journalists about the bbc s annual report. but the event is likely to be dominated by this developing crisis. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. we re joined now by lizo mzimba. ....
Into their loved one s head. they also accuse the bbc of lying, and claim they spent an hour telling the corporation about the allegations in may. this appears to contradict a previous statement, which said the family say no one from the corporation rang them for a proper interview after the initial complaint. there is still so much we don t know. bbc news has not seen the evidence the sun newspaper says it has. is this about an abuse of power and trust? a scandal at the bbc? a scandal in tabloid journalism? or none of these? it was almost two months between the first complaint and the presenter s suspension. many have questions over why that took such a long time. on the face of it you would think that there were enough red flags in that information without knowing ....