up its processes. it looks like these issues were raised in may, the presenter stayed on air and that s not good enough. there is no doubt the bbc is in a serious crisis. the corporation has many questions to answer including what investigations went on when the family contacted the bbc in may. was the presenter made aware of the allegations? and should the investigation had been more thorough? the bbc said. the bbc has not explained itself. well, the question is why hasn t the bbc explained itself? 0ne, because it s worried about the legal issues of any kind of detail which might point
to identity or any other potential offence in its trying to get through the process. the problem is it looks evasive. it doesn t look, in the jargon of the hour, transparent. 0ther bbc presenters, unconnected to the allegations who are themselves facing false rumours, have been forced to publicly deny they are the star in question, including jeremy vine, nicky campbell and gary lineker. the bbc says the presenter isn t due on air in the nearfuture, but the pressure for the corporation to explain how it s handling this crisis is continuing. helena wilkinson, bbc news. live now to our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, in the newsroom. what do we know so far? we know that the sun has what do we know so far? we know that the sun has been what do we know so far? we know that the sun has been publishing what do we know so far? we know that the sun has been publishing over- what do we know so far? we know that the sun has been publishing over the i the sun has been publishing ov
statement on our bbc live page. let s go back to our political correspondent. we have had that update from the bbc? correspondent. we have had that update from the bbc? that s right. as ou update from the bbc? that s right. as you say. update from the bbc? that s right. as you say, stressing update from the bbc? that s right. as you say, stressing the - update from the bbc? that s right. as you say, stressing the fact - update from the bbc? that s right. as you say, stressing the fact that l as you say, stressing the fact that this individual has now been suspended. the bbc also say that it has started the investigation looking into this back in may and then fresh information came to light earlier last week. they have now moved to instigate this formal suspension on the individual concerned and it has been quite a fast moving set of developments today, there was a phone call between the culture secretary lucy frazer and the director general tim davie and the language really quite
possible to establish the facts. it is important that his matters are handled fairly and with care, we have all been clear that if at any point new allegations information comes to light, this will be dealt with proactively and quickly followed up. the bbc first became aware of the allegations in may, new allegations of a different nature were put to us on thursday and in addition to our own inquiries, we have also been in touch with external authorities in line with our protocols. we can confirm a member of staff has been suspended. we expect to be in a position to provide a further update in the coming days as the process continues. the bbc board will continues. the bbc board will continue to be kept up to date. 0n the screen right now, was, the
those allegations might be but that seems to be a significant point by the bbc are trying to put in their defence against criticism that has been put against them in the last few days and they are saying that addition to their inquiries, they have been in touch with external authorities. we don t know who those external authorities are but tim davie, as i say, has written to all bbc staff and he started out by saying everyone will be aware of the allegations in the media about a male presenter working for us and i wanted to update you on what we are doing in regard to this. we take all allegations seriously, this is now mirroring the bbc statement we saw earlier. the bbc became aware of the complaint in may, the bbc investigations team has been looking into her since it was raised and have been actively following up. and then the point i was just making, and tim davie s e mail, he said new