And coming up on bbc news harry kanes due for a medical at bayern munich. The german champions and tottenham agree a 100 million euro deal, as the transfer edges closer. Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. Junior doctors have begun another four day strike in england, as part of their long running pay dispute. Nhs leaders have warned it means more significant disruption to the Health Service, with thousands of appointments and procedures postponed. The government says its pay offer, which averages 8. 8 , is fairand final. In a moment well look at exactly whatJunior Doctors earn, but first this report from our Health Correspondent dominic hughes. No ifs, no buts, no doctor cuts for the fifth time in this dispute Junior Doctors in england have taken to picket lines. From oxford to truro, london to salford, the striking doctors seem determined to continue their Industrial Action despite the governments refused to budge on its latest pay offer. We want this budge on its latest pay off
Ministers questions. It is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. He has vacated the chair for the Deputy Speaker. She will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his Budget Statement. He will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for Aboutan Hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. We will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the Chief Secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the Treasury Team and her shadow for labour. Here isjeremy hunt. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the Prime Minister reminded us of the Prime Minister reminded us of the need the Fight Extremism and heal divisions. I start today by r
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 inappropriat
things did suddenly pick up and kick in from last thursday when the sun reported it, but when you look at the timeline, the question is partly because the bbc said the sun s report contained new allegations what was the initial complaint? in terms of the situation we ve got on our hands, i want to say one thing upfront, which is you are balancing serious allegations, duty of care, privacy issues and legitimate public interests, and how do you navigate that fairly, calmly and do due diligence? i ve given a bit of context to a few people in terms of the numbers of issues we get coming into our corporate investigations unit. over six months, that will be about 250 and you take those and they are the serious complaints that are coming through of all different types. what happens is we have an outstanding corporate investigations team, they re very experienced, they assess the complaint. i m not going to go into the absolute specifics because of privacy concerns. i understand th
allegations. this young person was first contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app who claims the presenter sent menacing messages. early i spoke to our correspondence correspondence lucy. this is a different person correspondence lucy. this is a different person to correspondence lucy. this is a different person to the - correspondence lucy. this is a different person to the one . correspondence lucy. this is a| different person to the one the correspondence lucy. this is a - different person to the one the sun has reported about. this individual was in her early 20s and was contacted a not to be micro. have to two had connected on the up the conversation moved to private messaging. the young person has told the bbc news that they were surprised to find out who the presenter was when he revealed his identity and the presenter told the young person not to tell anyone. the young person not to tell anyone. the young person not to tell anyone. the young pe