The head of the bbc has said he cant see Huw Edwards working at the corporation again after the presenter was given a six month suspended prison sentence, for making indecent images of children. Tim images of children. Davie confirmed that the bbc Tim Davie confirmed that the bbc is trying to claw back £200,000 that was paid to edwards after he was arrested. Tim davie said the matter was in the hands of legal teams. Edwards was sentenced yesterday, monday. He willalso be placed on the sex offenders register. He admitted having 41 images that were sent to him on whatsapp, including some showing a victim aged seven and nine. Colin patterson is with me. Just take us through his comments. To me. Just take us through his commem me. Just take us through his comments. ,. , comments. To explain the points of this it is comments. To explain the points of this it is the comments. To explain the points of this it is the first comments. To explain the points of this it is the first time of this i
contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app and claims the presenter then sent menacing messages. our special correspondent lucy manning has the story and she s with me now. to be clear, this is a different young person to the one the sun has reported about. this individual was first contacted by the mail presenter on a dating app and after the two had connected on the app, the two had connected on the app, the conversation moved to private messaging and the young person has told bbc news they were surprised to find out who the presenter was when he revealed his identity and a presenter told the young person not to tell anyone. but the young person has told us that they felt they were put under repeated requests and pressure to meet up. they did in fact never meet up. later, the young person alluded online to the fact that they were having contact with the bbc presenter and they implied that online, they might name him at some point. the presenter reacted by
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
titanic tourist submersible died while diving towards the ship s wreckage. we ll have the latest on the investigation into this disaster. also ahead president joe biden welcomes indian prime minister modi to the white house. we ll have a look at last night s state dinner and what the visit means for u.s. foreign relations. plus, tomorrow marks one year since the overturning of roe v. wade, and new polling shows a majority of americans do not approve of the supreme court s decision. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, june 23rd. we made it. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. some sad news to report. all five people aboard the missing titan submersible are believed to be dead after debris found near the titanic was found to be consistent with a catastrophic implosion according to the united states coast guard. part of titan s pressure chamber along with other pieces were found by a remote operated vehicle about 1,600 feet from