we start with breaking news this hour. at the centre of the allegations over paying another young person for explicit pictures. bbc news has spoken to a young person in their early 20s who says they felt threatened by the same bbc presenter who is currently this young person was first contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app and claims the presenter then sent menacing messages. helen know wilkinson is in the studio with me right now watching the development of the story, just take us through this second set of claims. fix, take us through this second set of claims. , ., take us through this second set of claims. ,, , ,., take us through this second set of claims. ,, , .,, ., take us through this second set of claims. , ., “ claims. a young person has told bbc news that they claims. a young person has told bbc news that they felt claims. a young person has told bbc news that they felt threatened - claims. a young person has told bbc news that
to nato membership, so long as the conditions are met. what does that mean? when might that happen? and who is driving the future of men s golf? the leaders of the pga tour have been grilled by us senators today over the deal they struck with saudi arabia. what impositions will that place on the game s biggest stars? all that to come. we start with that major development in the story about that bbc presenter who is accused of sending money for sexually explicit photographs. the bbc has now made contact with a second person, in their early 20s, who says they felt threatened by the same presenter. this second person was first contacted by the presenter through a dating app, and claims that subsequently the presenter began sending menacing messages. they re not believed to have made a complaint to the corporation. let s speak to charlotte gallagher. charlotte, tell me about this latest allegation and where this takes the story and what sort of position this puts the bbc in. this
all the events so far. on friday, 19th may, according to the sun newspaper, the young person s family complained to the bbc about one of its presenters. on thursday, 6thjuly, allegations of a different nature were put to the bbc, according to director general tim davie. the next day, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. on saturday, 8thjuly, the sun on sunday publishes more details of the presenter s alleged actions. and today, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation is in touch with police, with the met confirming an initial contact has been received. our legal correspondent dominic casciani has answered some of the questions about this case. effectively, if you go on social media this weekend, there have been two burning questions. firstly, has there been a crime that s been committed? and secondly, why hasn t this individual been named? so let s go through these in turn has an
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
as the bbc presenter explicit images. leaders of the g7 pledge security guarantees for kyiv, withjoe biden and rishi sunak both stressing ukraine willjoin nato. translation: i believe that we will be in nato l and we will be finished. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has made a brief after twelve people were killed in a raid by israel. and it s emmy season. the nominations are in, and hbo drama succession is in full force with 27 nominations this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. he s one of the most recognisable faces on british television, anchoring coverage of major national and international events. but now, huw edwards, the lead anchor of the bbc s news at ten, has been revealed as the man at the centre of allegations, over the payment of thousands of pounds, to a young person for explicit pictures. he was identified in a statement on his behalf by his wife, who said he s now receiving inpatient hospital care, having suffered a serious