unnamed mall paid a allege an unnamed mall paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds and the bbc is facing questions over its handling of allegations. us presidentjoe biden will arrive in the uk this evening to meet with the prime minister, rishi sunak, amid a disagreement over the us decision to stand controversial cluster bombs to the ukraine. and, goodbye yellow brick road. sir eltonjohn plays his last ever show in stockholm. this is bbc news. there are new allegations concerning a bbc presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs beginning when he was aged 17. the claims in the sun newspaper allege the
to answer and the pressures on the human resources department to get to the bottom of this but what we have at the moment is a that could seriously dent the reputation of the bbc. us presidentjoe biden will arrive in the uk later today ahead of the meeting with the prime minister rishi sunak. the two allies have disagreed in public over the decision to send cluster bombs to the ukraine. the issue has dominated the buildup to the visit. jonathan blake reports. mr president, thank you. a, mr president, thank you. a presidential visit will always focus minds and offer an opportunity to do business. that afternoon. jae opportunity to do business. that afternoon. that afternoon. joe biden arrives in that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the uk - that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the uk a - that afternoon. joe biden arrives in the uk a month\ that afternoon. joe biden - arrives in the uk a month after he and the prime ministers find a new agree
it does not mean that the enquiries will stop. but there are some very serious questions for the bbc. who was in charge of that investigation? what happened to the investigation? did they speak to the family? did they speak to the presenter? who knew about accusations about the presenter? what it has left is a social media feeding frenzy where, on social media, people have been trying to guess and make false accusations and allegations about other bbc presenters. some of those that had to say, look, no it s not me. we had tyland, gary lineker, jeremy vine, saying it was not them for. nikki campbell and jeremy vine threatening legal action against people on social media and it must be very, very disconcerting for them to be connected, falsely, to these allegations,
final tour in stockholm. yesterday we had the really intense storms for parts of the uk and localised flash flooding. today it further heavy and thundery downpours. all the details throughout the programme. there are new allegations, concerning a bbc presenter, accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17. the sun newspaper claims the unnamed male presenter was pictured in his underwear, on a video call to the teenager. it s understood the corporation is investigating the allegations and the star is currently not scheduled to be on air in the coming days.