but i think in the fullness of time, there will need to be a careful review about the chronology of this — what happened, when. and i'm not going to cast aspersions because i don't have all that information. but time is of the essence. we'll be live at new scotland yard with the latest. also this lunchtime... a secondary school in gloucestershire is put into lockdown after a teacher was stabbed. a teenager has been arrested. presidentjoe biden is in the uk for talks with the prime minister and the king. mr biden says relations between the two countires are rock solid. and reigning wimbledon champion novak djokovic back on centre court this afternoon, just one set away from the quarter—finals. and coming up on bbc news... so near for britain's charley hull, who ties for second at the women's us open, equalling her highest—ever finish in a major.

good afternoon. bbc managers are expected to meet the police today to discuss the case of the bbc presenter, who's been suspended over claims he paid a teenager for explicit pictures. the sun newspaper is reporting the presenter called the young person involved twice after it published its story. meanwhile, thejustice secretary has said there may need to be an investigation into how the bbc has handled the claims. charlotte gallagher reports. another day of allegations, another day of pressure. notjust for this male presenter but for the bbc itself. today bosses from the corporation are meeting with the police. but we understand no formal allegation has been made yet.

fresh claims in the sun newspaper, too. it says the presenter made a panicked phone call to the young person, saying, "what have you done?" and asking them to ring their mother to stop the investigation. the family also say they're upset with the bbc, claiming no—one rang them for a proper interview after that initial complaint. the presenter is now suspended. but, if an allegation was made in may, why did it take so long for that decision to be made? the big question for the bbc, i think, is are your processes fit—for—purpose? when did this question come in? was it escalated fast enough? why was it, when new information came out on thursday, it took until sunday for the bbc to suspend the presenter? to be fair to the bbc, they would say, "look, this is a complex nuanced environment, lots of questions, lots of issues." let's take a look at the time line so far. friday the 19th of may. this is when a young person's family

first complained to the bbc about a presenter�*s behaviour. then, seven weeks later, allegations of a different nature are put to the bbc, according to the director—general, tim davie. on friday, the sun publishes claims that a bbc presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos. then yesterday, the bbc confirms a presenter has been suspended and the corporation is in touch with police. today, bbc managers are due to meet with the police. the government says, who knew what and when needs to be established. i think in the fullness of time there will need to be a careful review about the chronology of this. what happened when? and i'm not going to cast aspersions. i don't have all that information. time is of the essence because it's not fair on victims, it's not fair on people who could be implicated and it's not fair on the bbc, which does an importantjob. and i'm not here to, as it were, bash the bbc

but i do think they need to get their house in order and they need to proceed promptly, otherwise you will have plenty of collateral victims. for presenters falsely accused on social media, it has been tough. it was a distressing weekend, i can't deny it, for me and others falsely named. today, i'm having further conversations with the police in terms of malicious communication and with lawyers in terms of defamation. this is a crisis for the bbc, with its reputation and the trust people have in it at stake. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. our media editor, katie razzall, is here. katie, several days after these claims were published, the presenter involved is still not being named? it is absolutely right. the bbc hasn't named the presenter and the sun hasn't named the presenter question for legal reasons. there is a risk of defamation, the law protecting someone�*s reputation from

the massive harm caused by lies. there are issues around privity, people have the right to keep names out of the public domain if they had not been charged with a crime. that is to protect people who have done nothing wrong but happen to find themselves at the centre of unproven allegations. bbc director—general tim davie said in an e—mail to staff, he said the expectation of privacy as he put it was making the situation more complex. it is reputation of a difficult for the bbc which depends on trust from the public. anything like this has potential to erode that trust. tim daveyis potential to erode that trust. tim davey is under intense pressure about what the bbc knew and when. we understand he only found out about the allegations on thursday but what did the bbc do when faced with the original complaint two months ago? who knew? did they consider taking him off their back then? the bbc say it was only last thursday they found out about the allegations of a different nature. that appears to

suggest the original complaint was not as serious, perhaps the potential criminality was not as obvious at that point but we do not know that. the family has told the sun paper they are extremely upset. these are allegations and we do not know the truth and the presenter may be wholly innocent.— be wholly innocent. thank you very much. our correspondent, helena wilkinson, is outside scotland yard. what do we know about the meeting between the bbc and the metropolitan police? we know that a meeting is going to take place. there is quite a bit we do not know, like where, when, who from the bbc will be at the meeting and also who from the metropolitan police in terms of which unit will be at the meeting itself. at the meeting, if the bbc has any information which it feels is relevant to police, you would expect that information to be handed over today, if it has not been already.

what we are not going to get is a running commentary. if there is a significant development, then we expect of course to be told. that could come in the form of a police investigation. the reason that the bbc has contacted the police is because potential criminality in relation to the allegations, against a bbc presenter, and in the law, under the protection of children act 1978, it is a crime to take make make, share or possess indecent images of people under 18. the allegation from the mother of this young person is that the bbc presenter paid this young person thousands of pounds for explicit pictures in exchange for those pictures in exchange for those pictures and the mother claims that her child was 17 years old at the time. . ~' ,, , . a teenager has been arrested after a teacher

was stabbed at a secondary school in gloucestershire. the tewkesbury academy was put into lockdown. the teacher involved — a male member of staff — was taken to hospital. ali vowels is at the school for us. what's the latest? well, i am outside the academy as you can see. around me, behind the camera man there are hundreds of parents waiting to see when they can see their sons and daughters. the school is still in lockdown as a precaution. parents are being reassured they are safe and well. there are 2000 pupils on the roll call. police were called at around ten past nine this morning to report that a teenage boy had stabbed a male teacher. as you say, that teacher has been taken to the gloucestershire royal hospital and is being treated for stab wounds. the teenage boy thought to be 15 has been arrested. parents have been asked to move to a nearby garden centre where they are being told the

police will give them the latest information. my colleague who is fair has said parents have told them peoples have sent them videos from inside the school. they obviously want to get them out as quickly as possible. the head teacher has written to parents this morning, saying, reassuring then everything is safe and well and they are doing everything to get pupils out. the nearby primary school has also been locked down again as a precaution. this is an ongoing situation and we are hoping the peoples, very soon. thank you. president biden has just arrived at windsor castle, where he is meeting the king. his brief visit to the uk comes ahead of a nato summit in lithuania tomorrow. earlier, he met prime minister rishi sunak at downing street, with the war in ukraine high on the agenda. they were expected to discuss mr biden�*s controversial decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports.

downing street was rolling out the red carpet for the american president, who swept ten in traditional style. president, who swept ten in traditionalstyle. it president, who swept ten in traditional style. it is the first time joe traditional style. it is the first timejoe biden has been to number 10 since he took office. the prime minister and the president have seemed rather a lot of one another recently. this is the fifth time they have met in five months. a traditional handshake on the steps mark the moment. last month in washington they announced the atlantic decorating that working together in areas like artificial intelligence by 5g and civil nuclear power. 0ver intelligence by 5g and civil nuclear power. over a proper in the downing street garden, it was a topic the prime minister was to return to. the words from the president a show unity. words from the president a show uni . ., ., , , , unity. our relationship is excellent. _ unity. our relationship is excellent. -- _ unity. our relationship is excellent. -- rock- unity. our relationship is excellent. -- rock solid. | unity. our relationship is - excellent. -- rock solid. our relationship _ excellent. -- rock solid. our relationship is _ excellent. —— rock solid. 0ur relationship is rock—solid, he said. there were some awkward manoeuvring to take place. it was days after the us agreed to send cluster bombs to the uk, a weapon in the uk has

banned. ~ . . , the uk, a weapon in the uk has banned. ~ . ., , . ., ., . banned. we had a very close alliance with the americans, _ banned. we had a very close alliance with the americans, the _ banned. we had a very close alliance with the americans, the prime - with the americans, the prime minister and the president have met five times in the last five months alone. . , . , five times in the last five months alone. . ,., , , . alone. that is a very constructive relationship _ alone. that is a very constructive relationship on _ alone. that is a very constructive relationship on any _ alone. that is a very constructive relationship on any count. - alone. that is a very constructive relationship on any count. i - alone. that is a very constructive relationship on any count. i think we are both partnered and allied in our fight to we are both partnered and allied in ourfight to support we are both partnered and allied in our fight to support the ukrainians against putin. next stop for the president, windsor. the main reason for his visit to the uk, a meeting with the king. the monarchy and the president were expecting to discuss climate change and the environment. tonight he is up again with rishi sunakfor a nato tonight he is up again with rishi sunak for a nato summit tonight he is up again with rishi sunakfor a nato summit in lithuania. it has been a short visit but for rishi sunak, one that has been symbolic and timely. in a minute, we'll speak to our royal correspondent daniela relph in windsor but first let's cross to westminster and our chief political correpondent nick eardley. president biden saying relations

between the uk and the us are rock solid. d0 between the uk and the us are rock solid. ~' ., between the uk and the us are rock solid. ~ ., ., .,, solid. do we know what was discussed? _ solid. do we know what was discussed? i— solid. do we know what was discussed? i would - solid. do we know what was discussed? i would not - solid. do we know what was l discussed? i would not expect solid. do we know what was - discussed? i would not expect much of substance, no big announcements to come out of today. they did discuss things like economic cooperation and, of course, the war in ukraine. 0n cooperation and, of course, the war in ukraine. on that latter point of the war in ukraine, the president is en route to lithuania. he stopped off in london. what happens next with ukraine is going to be a key talking point. what is the reaction to the us decision to send those cluster bombs to kyiv? i have to tell you, number10, there cluster bombs to kyiv? i have to tell you, number 10, there is some discomfort at that. the prime minister said he would discourage the ukrainians from using them. then the ukrainians from using them. then the question of when ukraine might be able tojoin the question of when ukraine might be able to join nato. president biden said it would be to seem to have any sort of vote on that happening in the future after the

conflict with russia is over. fundamentally, today is about soft power, about having the president walk up here, sit in the garden of downing street and see the relationship is rock—solid. he couldn't have a close ally van rishi sunak. when he hears phrases like that, the prime minister will be delighted. 0ur chief political correspondent. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph is in windsor. the president has arrived there not long ago. yes, that is right. nick was talking about soft power. this is where the p°mp about soft power. this is where the pomp and pageantry side of the soft power was seen today. the president arrived at windsor castle and was offered a royal salute, a guard of honour. the national anthem, the american national anthem was played in the quadrangle of windsor castle by the welsh guard, who are based here in this town. it was that show of soft power that is so important.

double edged when on show in the uk. 0ften politics in downing street and the pomp and pageantry of the royal side at buckingham palace or as it was today at windsor castle. the two men are inside the castle for a private meeting. we are told they are taking tea for half—an—hour or so where they will have time to discuss issues important to them. some time to see elements of the royal archive linked to the united states here at the castle and an important meeting about the climate before president biden leaves later this afternoon.— the kremlin now says president putin met the leader of the recent armed mutiny in russia after it failed. it says mr putin had three hours of talks with yevgeny prigozhin and some of his commanders from the wagner mercenary group. according to the president's spokesman, they told mr putin they unconditionally supported him. let's get more on this from bbc monitoring's russia editor, vitaly shevchenko.

0ckenden this has all been pretty murky, what is emerging. according to the statement _ murky, what is emerging. according to the statement by _ murky, what is emerging. according to the statement by the _ murky, what is emerging. according l to the statement by the spokesperson of president putin, the president of russia offered suggestions for future ways of employment and use for the wagner group so this suggests that the kremlin sees a future for the group. according to earlier statements from the kremlin yevgeni progression and at least some wagnerfighters are yevgeni progression and at least some wagner fighters are meant to move to belarus, and what this latest statement does not qualify is where yevgeny prigozhin is. vitaly, thank you. an nhs trust has admitted to failing families after a large expansion in a maternity inquiry made it the largest in the history of the health service. around 1,700 families

who received maternity care from the nottingham university hospitals nhs trust will have their cases examined by the independent midwife, donna 0ckenden. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan joins us from nottingham. this is going to be a really comprehensive inquiry? it is indeed. when knew already _ comprehensive inquiry? it is indeed. when knew already dozens - comprehensive inquiry? it is indeed. when knew already dozens of - comprehensive inquiry? it is indeed. j when knew already dozens of babies had died or suffered avoidable harm because of poor maternity care and we knew that mothers had died and suffered life changing injuries again because of poor maternity care about what we have learnt now is that a large number of cases will now be added to the review because of a decision made by nhs england on saturday and the essence of that is that the families will have to contact the inquiry if they do not want their cases to be examined. it is known as opt out, previously it was opt in, they had to contact them to say they did want their care

examined, the opt out similar is similar to what was used in shrewsbury and telford were not maternity inquiry was conducted. as well as this we have heard today from the trust themselves who have held their annual general meeting and the chairman says they were determined to embark on a new and honest and transparent relationship with families who have been filled by the trust maternity care because they said not only have they failed with care but also doubled and worsened the experience by erecting a brick wall is what they call that when they refused to engage and listen to their concerns. a lot of work to be done, around 1700 cases and school remains for that number to be increased because the review team are still willing to accept new cases. michael, thank you. the time is 18 minutes past one. our top story this afternoon. bbc managers are expected to meet the police today to discuss the claims that one

of its presenters paid a teenager for explicit pictures and coming up... shareholders in thames water agree to invest an extra £750 million in the network. coming up on bbc news... novak djokovic looks to complete the job against hubert hurkacz on centre court — the late finish yesterday adding to growing calls, including from britain's andy murray, for organisers to look at scheduling to finish before the curfew. all police forces in england and wales will begin using a new approach to rape and sexual assault investigations from this week in an attempt to increase the low number of prosecutions. official figures show that between april and december last year, less than two per cent of the 50,000 reported rapes have so far resulted in a prosecution. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. he pushed me into cupboards, strangled me, and sort

of came to a head with the rape and strangulation, again, to the point that i passed out. and then beyond that, he was threatening to kill me. and that's when he was finally arrested. emma, and this is a pseudonym, reported her former partner to the police last year. the man, himself an ex—officer, wasn't charged with anything. it took... well, really seven or eight months for them to come back to me specifically on the rape and say, well, it's your word against his and there's not enough to charge. it feels very much like they are... it's down to the victim to prove themselves beyond reasonable doubt that this happened before the police will do anything about it. from this week, all 43 police forces in england and wales will be part of operation soteria, aimed at transforming the response to rape. nearly half of forces have already adopted it. it's a partnership of police, prosecutors and academics, and the focus should be on the perpetrator

rather than the victim. two years ago we may have focused on the victims _ two years ago we may have focused on the victims account. we focused on their behaviour but now we focus on their behaviour but now we focus on the suspect — their behaviour but now we focus on the suspect. what did they date that night, _ the suspect. what did they date that night, why— the suspect. what did they date that night, why did they buy the drinks? rape prosecution rates remain very low. they're better in areas which have been involved in operation soteria the longest. but even here, fewer than one in 12 complaints has so far resulted in a prosecution. louise, and this is not her real name, saw her case get to court. the man she accused was acquitted. as she was about to go into the courtroom, she was told her 999 call to the police would not be played to the jury. tearfully: i felt like i was kind of being thrown to the lions. - ijust felt like i don't

want to go in there. | but of course, i had to go in there. i felt destroyed after the trial. and i did have suicidal. thoughts after the trial. the trauma of the trial was probably worse than the trauma of what that person did. _ prosecutors and police acknowledge they still have much more to do. and the government says there has to be a transformation in rape investigations. june kelly, bbc news. the jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been sent out at manchester crown court to start its deliberations. she is charged with murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others at the countess of chester hospital. 0ur correspondent danny savage is there. thejury went the jury went out in the last few

minutes here at manchester crown court. lucy b who is 33, was a nurse at the countess of chester hospital faces 22 counts in total of murdering seven children, attempting to kill ten others, she denies all the charges. this is a trial that started in october last year, on going for nine months so that you may have had an awful lot of evidence in that time. the prosecution says lucy b was calculating and devious, and opportunist his favourite way of killing or trying to kill babies was by injecting them with air and the defence says there were a serious failures in care at the hospital which is really at the case. there is no direct evidence says the defence of lucy b actually doing any of the acts alleged against her, the reason for that is that is that she did not do this, that is the basis of her defence. thejudge did not do this, that is the basis of her defence. the judge told the jury of her defence. the judge told the jury you must reach a decision based on the evidence and determine in relation to each alleged offence whether they can be sure to pick up

at the defendant or not. they went out at 1pm and thejury at the defendant or not. they went out at 1pm and the jury have started their deliberations. out at 1pm and the “my have started their deliberations.— shareholders in thames water have agreed to invest an extra £750 million in the troubled firm — britain's biggest water company. thames water has faced recent criticism over sewage leaks across the uk and has debts of nearly £14 billion. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. is this a case of the shareholders coming to the rescue? it is crucial for thames _ coming to the rescue? it is crucial for thames water _ coming to the rescue? it is crucial for thames water to _ coming to the rescue? it is crucial for thames water to get - coming to the rescue? it is crucial for thames water to get the - for thames water to get the shareholders to stump up more cash and after days of speculation, they have agreed an extra £750 million. this is less than the £1 billion it is thought thames water had originally been expecting and there are certain conditions attached. thames water said today this was a

milestone and its interim co—chief executive katherine ross told the bbc there was no immediate threat to temporary nationalisation saying there is a very high bar before the government puts a firm into special administration and we are not absolutely —— absolutely not close to that. there were fears over how thames water would service its debts and fix its problems, thames water said today it will need another £2.5 billion from investors by 2030 and all this depends on the turnaround plan and the regulatory framework. in other words, what does it will be allowed to charge customers. emma, thank you. now a look at some other stories making the news today. spanish rescuers are searching waters off the canary islands for a boat carrying at least 200 african migrants who went missing more than a week ago. it's believed the boat sailed from senegal, 1,000 miles away.

ajury has heard an aspiring actor claim that he woke up in kevin spacey�*s flat to find him performing a sex act on him. the trial at southwark crown court has entered its second week with the hollywood star denying 12 sexual offences against four men between 2001 and 2013. easyjet has confirmed it has cancelled 1700 flights during july, august and september. the airline has blamed constrained airspace over europe and air traffic control difficulties and said 95% of affected passengers have rebooked onto alternative flights. in less than two weeks, voters in the north yorkshire constituency of selby and ainsty will choose their next mp. the by—election is one of three happening on the same day. it was triggered when the seats conservative mp nigel adams resigned, shortly after boris johnson announced his resignation from parliament. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been to the constituency to get a sense

of the political mood there. whistle. midweek in north yorkshire and a pre—season friendlies underway between home team tadcaster albion and darlington fc. cheering. in the stands, miles watches with his grandparents. whistle. they're from nearby selby and over the years they say the area's changed. industry's flattened. there's really not much left at all. and it really has become from a nice, small, homely market town. and the heart's been ripped out of it, really. actually, gettingjobs, like my granda said, it is very limited. i've gone to uni in leeds, i have a part time job in selby and i get paid a decent wage but affording to fill my car and things like that, it's just getting to the point where it's not cost effective. as the political parties battle it out for votes in the upcoming by—election, the cost of living could be key.

do you know what colours you want for hand and a foot. _ in tadcaster, danielle ceramics and art studio had a visit from the shadow chancellor. labour have been talking a lot about the impact of rising prices. her business has only been open a year, but with three sons, including a four—week—old baby, she's struggling. the cost of living crisis. it's been incredibly difficult. so my electric rates l went from about 100, £120 a month to nearly 500. it's hit my customers really hard as well, l so they're not able to come in. and it's been an extreme struggle. can i ask about your mortgage? has that been affected? yeah, it's... it's going up like everything else. so it's a worry. this is largely a rural constituency, and until recently, it's been considered pretty comfortable conservative territory. but labour senses a vulnerability. last time there was a general election, the conservatives won here by more than 20,000 votes. 0verturning that won't be easy and the tories are fighting hard because they know if they don't hold on to this seat, that would be

a real blow to rishi sunak. singing. at a practice session for a local ukulele group, some of the players have a clear idea of their priorities for the area. it's a pretty area, but there's not a lot of transport. we had a coal mine outside cliffe that closed eventually, so that obviously affected employment and people had to look elsewhere. we can't encourage - children and young people to stay in our villages. the villages will die. do you have a lot of faith that the things you've talked about, transport opportunities for young people, employment, do you have much faith that that will change if you get the right person as yourmp? i wish i did have some faith, but unfortunately, no, i can't see how anybody with a lack of money and everything else in the financial environment at the moment are going to be able to do anything. 0vercoming that sense of disillusionment will be a key

part of this contest, and with 13 candidates on the ballot paper, on the ballot paper, it's all to play for. it's all to play for. alex forsyth, bbc news. alex forsyth, bbc news. you can find a list of all the candidates standing in selby and ainsty on the bbc news in selby and ainsty on the bbc news website, and in the coming days website, and in the coming days we ll be taking a look at the other we ll be taking a look at the other two by—elections that are taking place in uxbridge two by—elections that and south ruislip and somerton and frome — somerton and frome — all crucial measures all crucial measures of public opinion. of public opinion. to wimbledon and all eyes will be to wimbledon and all eyes will be on centre court later on centre court later where the defending champion where the defending champion novak djokovic needs just one set novak djokovic needs just one set to reach the quarter—finals. to reach the quarter—finals. nesta mcgregor has the latest. monday may signal a new beginning or monday may signal a new beginning or a fresh start but centre court fans today are delighted there is one fans a fresh start but centre court fans today are delighted there is one unfinished job from sunday night. unfinished job from sunday night. last night when the match did not last night when the match did not finish we thought we would get lucky finish we thought we would so we are super excited to see novak last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited uld last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited toi djokovic. we so we are super excited to see novak d'okovic. ~ ., , ., , last night when the match did not finish we thougi excited to see novak so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. we so we are super excited to see novak d'okovic. ~ ., , ., , djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball. _ djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's _ djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's been _ djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's been slotted - so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. he's _ so we are super excited to see novak djokovic.- he's been _ so we are super excited to see novak djokovic.- he's been slotted - djokovic. we only realised when we saw the ball, he's been slotted in. l saw the ball, he's been slotted in. you see _ saw the ball, he's been slotted in. you see the — saw the ball, he's been slotted in. you see the world number one on the so we are super excited to see novak djokovic. we he's been slotted in. a saw the ball, he's been slotted in. you see _ saw the ball, he's been slotted in. you see the — saw the ball, he's been slotted in. you see the world number one on the world _ you see the world number one on the world tw0~ _

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