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
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This hour, we continue to monitor the repulsive antiisrael protests on around the country. Last night, far left riotersit in new york city burned an american flag. They also vandalized a worldno war one memorial. Meanwhile, new yorks governor, kathy hochul, was caught on tape saying, well, something downright degradinggradin about African Americans. Were going to play that tape coming Ug Africay Thatp in. As democrats try to demagogue abortion. Well, guesabortions what . Were going to introduce you to one of the most prolife senatorsroduce to grace the halh of capitol hill. That persons name, joe biden. Weve got the record now, of course, joe has since flushed his deeply held, quote, catholic beliefs down the drain to appease the radical base that now makes his party just like he abandoned israel to appease the Radicatl Marxistsis that make up the radicals that run the party. Run the now, the full story is p up straight ahead. We do Begin Tonighstraightt Witn In A Manhattan courtroom w
Weather has been playing havoc. have a look down here. these are the sorts of plants people would normally at this time of the year going to pick their own strawberries. but these plans are pretty bare. this is clermont farm in worle. it is not alone in experiencing this. it is down to the increasingly erratic british weather. we had a cool spring, a very hotjune, which brought the strawberry is on far too early. and now we are having a soggyjuly. strawbridge do not like soggy weather. basically, if you re thinking of taking the kids for the traditional pick your own outing during the upcoming school holidays, you might be a sweltering head first, because a number of places are now having to say it is not forthcoming because we have not got any strawbridge left. those grown in poly tunnels are doing a little bit better. but at the moment the pick your own business, the season has been turned on its head by this increasingly freakish weather. so, yeah, we still love strawberries, you ca