of thousands of pounds to a teenager, in return for sexually explicit photographs. the corporation, which was told by the young person s family about the allegations back in may, says new information came to light on thursday, and it s now investigating all the claims. the bbc is now in touch with the family. and in the last few minutes, the sun newspaper has printed claims, the presenter, contacted the family, in recent days. our media editor, katie razzall reports. for the best part of 48 hours. the bbc has been splashed across many of the front pages. today was an attempt to prove it hadn t been slow to act in the face of a serious complaint, an effort to take control of the narrative. this afternoon, the bbc announced it has suspended the still unnamed presenter at the heart of the allegations and also contacted the police. the bbc first became aware of a complaint in may, it said in a statement. new allegations were put to us on thursday of a different nature. and in add
of the animals guts cutting down on natural methane production. it s just one part of efforts to reduce the levels of greenhouse gases created by the farming industry. tom heap from the bbc s countryfile programme has the details. it s a fact of life. cows release a fair bit of gas. the government estimates around half the uk s methane emissions comes from cows, and globally that livestock produces around 14% of greenhouse gas emissions. it s one of the reasons there have been calls from climate campaigners to reduce livestock farming. scientists from the scottish rural college have now succeeded in extracting a chemical called haemanthamine from daffodils, and laboratory tests using an artificial cow stomach, have shown it could reduce methane by 30%. the scientific world is very focused on reducing emissions. so this is really exciting. that there is a compound that can potentially reduce methane emissions. it looks like a big step. now feeds with the chemical added are being test
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