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. bbc news impartially covers stories about the wider corporation and like other news organisations is seeking further clarification on the story. the department for culture, media and sport has called the allegations deeply concerning and said that the culture secretary will be speaking to the director general later today. in a statement, it said as a public service broadcaster in receipt of public funding, senior officials have stressed to the bbc that the allegations must be investigated urgently and sensitively, with the department kept informed. the culture secretary will be speaking to tim davie later today. today s front pages contain new serious allegations against a top bbc presenter. the star is accused of allegedly paying a teenager tho
this week on the travel show. ..mont saint michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. there s the shadow of mont saint michel on the sand. oh, yeah! the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring. one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking. yeah, he s thinking about it. all right. we ll give him some time. here he comes. i m beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5 million people take each year. i m kind of getting an idea of how popular this place must be because it s off season, it s super cold, but this bus is packed. you can see it. i ve just got a glimpse of the abbey. it does look pretty special. this is mont saint michel, one of france s most visited sites. it s an island off the coast of brittany in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary
the bbc says it became aware of a complaint in may. the statement adds that the bbc investigations team has been looking into this since it was raised and has been actively following up . according to the bbc statement, new allegations of a different nature were put to the corporation on thursday. the bbc says it is in touch with external authorities and the metropolitan police has confirmed it has been contacted. the bbc s director general says the bbc is in touch with the family referenced in media reports. helena wilkinson has more. the bbc has this afternoon confirmed one of its presenters accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos has been suspended. it is understood the bbc has also been in touch with the police. these developments follow further serious allegations today about an unnamed high profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, re
has been suspended. the bbc says it became aware of a complaint in may. the statement adds that the bbc investigations team has been looking into this since it was raised and have been actively following up . according to the bbc statement, new allegations of a different nature were put to the corporation on thursday. this the bbc says it is in touch with external authorities which are understood to be the police over the matter, in addition to its own enquiries. and the director general says the bbc is in contact with the family referenced in media reports. helena wilkinson has more. the bbc has this afternoon confirmed one of its presenters, accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos, has been suspended. it s understood the bbc has also been in touch with the police. these developments follow further serious allegations today about an unnamed high profile bbc presenter. in new claims, the youngster s mother told the sun on
scheduled to be on air in the coming days. bbc news impartially covers stories about the wider corporation and like other news organisations is seeking further clarification on the story. in the last few moments the department for culture, media and sport has called the allegations concerning a bbc presenter deeply concerning and that the culture secretary will be speaking to the director general later today. in a statement, it said as a public service broadcaster in receipt of public funding, senior officials have stressed to the bbc that the allegations must be investigated urgently and sensitively, with the department kept informed. the culture secretary will be speaking to tim davie later today. our correspondent lizo mzimba told us the details we know so far. these serious allegations have been made in the sun newspaper over the weekend concerning somebody that they describe as a top bbc staff. the newspaper says that the well known name paid more than £35,000 to