it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who s been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a dating site. charlotte gallagher has the latest. another day of damaging headlines for the bbc and a male presenter who is still unnamed. this morning s front page of the sun bbc star broke lockdown to meet another young stranger . this individual has told the newspaper the presenter travelled to another county to meet them in february 2021. this was during the third national lockdown. the sun says
ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges powers. the number of migrant crossings in the central mediterranean is up sharply according to the eu s border agency. we have the latest from italy. lets head to the bbc sport centre. thank you very much indeed. we know the identity of the first semifinalist at wimbledon, and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegula, the fourth seeded american in the last few moments. this is what transpired on court number one, withjessica pegula reaching the quarterfinals of wimbledon for the very first time, losing to wondrous over. this is the other match taking place, with a iga swiatek in trouble, the poland number one seed playing against elina svitolina, a former semifinalist at this competition, one that iga swiatek is not reach the quarterfinals of the poor, they are on serve though at the second set, having won the first set svitolina by seven games. they are on se
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
we start with breaking news this hour. at the centre of the allegations over paying another young person for explicit pictures. bbc news has spoken to a young person in their early 20s who says they felt threatened by the same bbc presenter who is currently this young person was first contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app and claims the presenter then sent menacing messages. helen know wilkinson is in the studio with me right now watching the development of the story, just take us through this second set of claims. fix, take us through this second set of claims. , ., take us through this second set of claims. ,, , ,., take us through this second set of claims. ,, , .,, ., take us through this second set of claims. , ., “ claims. a young person has told bbc news that they claims. a young person has told bbc news that they felt claims. a young person has told bbc news that they felt threatened - claims. a young person has told bbc news that
director general tim davie conceded that the allegations had been clearly damaging . the bbc has been asked to pause its investigation by police while they make further inquiries. tim davie was speaking to bbc radio 4. things did certainly pick up from when the sun reported last thursday but when you look at the time line, the question is partly because the bbc said the san s report contains new allegations, what was the initial complaint? in new allegations, what was the initial complaint? new allegations, what was the initial complaint? in terms of the situation we initial complaint? in terms of the situation we got initial complaint? in terms of the situation we got on initial complaint? in terms of the situation we got on our initial complaint? in terms of the situation we got on our hands, i l situation we got on our hands, i want to say upfront, you are balancing serious allegations, duty of care, privacy issues and legitimate public interests and how do you n