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it isa it is a fresh start for some of this morning. a day of sunshine and showers. the heaviest across scotland, northern england. wherever you are it will be blustery. details coming up later in the programme. good morning. it's wednesday, 12thjuly. further allegations have been made against the unnamed bbc presenter who's been accused of paying a teenager for explicit photographs. another young person has told bbc news they were sent abusive messages by the male star, while the sun newspaper claims the presenter broke covid restrictions to meet another individual he met on a datin...

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...

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...

for talks on defence, including the plan for australia to get us nuclear subs. britain's chancellor warns uk tech companies are at "serious risk" from the collapse of the silicon valley bank, and says ministers are doing everything they can to protect them. and the countdown to the oscars begins — but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood's biggest event of the year? the controversy over bbc sports presenter gary lineker — and his tweets criticising the uk government's policy on asylum seekers — shows no sign of abating. yesterday, it led to widespread disruption of the c...

Over a u turn on student debt. Christopher nolan tells the story of the dunkirk evacuation, will take a look at that film in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Director General of the bbc, tony hall, says work is already underway to tackle the Gender Pay Gap at The Corporation. His comments come after some of the bbcs best known female personalities signed an open letter calling for urgent action. The presenters claire balding, fiona bruce and jane garvey, are among the more than a0 signatories. Our Media Correspondent David Sillito reports. Alexjones of the one show. M...