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as further allegations against the presenter emerge tonight, we'll ask where this crisis goes next. and there are further questions for the sun — including — why will no one from the newspaper talk to us? today, the bbc�*s director—general did speak. clearly these are damaging to the bbc. it is not a good situation. also tonight. the government faced down mps who wanted to dilute its illegal migration bill. but could there be more challenges to come? we'll talk to a conservative former minister who wants downing street to compromise. and — in the last few minutes the govern...

contacted anonymously by the bbc presenter via a dating app and claims the presenter then sent menacing messages. our special correspondent lucy manning has the story — and she's with me now. to be clear, this is a different young person to the one the sun has reported about. this individual was first contacted by the mail presenter on a dating app and after the two had connected on the app, the two had connected on the app, the conversation moved to private messaging and the young person has told bbc news they were surprised to find out who the presenter was when he revealed his i...

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 cl...

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 com...

the presenter — what next? here is the news from bethan holmes. the bbc director—general — tim davie — is to face questions for the first time since an unnamed bbc presenter was accused by the sun newspaper of paying tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager for explicit photos. mr davie will answer questions at the unveiling of the corporation's yearly report. a lawyer representing the now 20—year—old at the centre of the story says the allegations are "rubbish" — but the sun says it's seen evidence to back the claims made by the young person's mum. mortgage costs have...