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
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
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
brian: it s 7:00 a.m. on the east coast which is where we are located right now. wednesday, january 31st, and this is fox & friends. fox news alert. we begin, president biden will finally visit east palestine, ohio after a year of waiting. remember that toxic train derailment took place. carley: sure do. insane video migrants appearing to attack police officers in new york city. and as the city reels from the border crisis, lawrence spokes exclusively with denver s democrat mayor who had found some common ground with texas governor. i do understand why he is busing them. i think his take is that no one state should have to carry the entire weight of this newcomer population. you will hear more from them in a minute. in the meantime, an 11-year-old is safe this morning after terrifying doorbell camera showed her escaping somebody who apparently was trying to kidnap her. he is in jail now. we will tell you the entire story because the second of fox & friends star