relating to the alleged serious misconduct of russell brand while presenting shows produced by endemolay uk has launched an urgent internal investigation and will co—operate with any requests for information from broadcast partners and external agencies." the bbc has issued a statement this afternoon saying, "the reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number of years. russell brand worked on bbc radio programmes between 2006 and 2008 and we are urgently looking into the issues raised." brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and acting in hollywood films during the period of the claims, all of which he denied. david sillito has the latest. russell brand, comedian, actor, political commentator accused of multiple sexual assaults and the rape of a woman that the programme dispatches called nadia. he is aarabbin dispatches called nadia. he is grabbing at — dispatches called nadia. he is grabbing at my _ dispatches called nadia. he is grabbing at my underwear, i dispatches called nadia. he: 3 grabbing at my underwear, pulling it to the side. i am telling him to get off me, he

relating to the alleged serious misconduct of russell brand while presenting shows produced by endemols launched an urgent internal investigation and will co—operate with any requests for information from broadcast partners and external agencies". the bbc has issued a statement this afternoon saying, "the reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number of years. russell brand worked on bbc radio programmes between 2006 and 2008 and we are urgently looking into the issues raised". brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and acting in hollywood films during the period of the claims, all of which he denied. david sillito has the latest. rape, multiple counts of sexual assault. today's headlines about russell brand come from four women who spoke to the programme dispatches and times newspapers. and as the story began to unfold last night, the comedian headed to a performance where, when he was on stage, he was met by fans with cheers and a standing ovation. but today, a women's charity, the trevie, said it was cutting links with the performer. his literary agents, tavistock wood

a statement from banijay uk, which bought endemol in 2020, said: "in light of the very serious allegationspatches and the sunday times investigation relating to the alleged serious misconduct of russell brand, while presenting shows produced by endemol in 2004 and 2005, banijay uk has launched an urgent internal investigation and will co—operate with any requests for information from broadcast partners and external agencies. we also encourage anybody who feels that they were affected by brands behaviour while working on these productions to contact us in confidence." our reporter tom brada is outside wembley park theatre in london. and, tom, russell brand performed there last night? that's exactly right. on saturday night, russell brand von just sold out show to 2,000 fans just hours after those allegations were published. on the night itself, the show started around one hour late, just after a pm. apparently because of traffic. when mr brand did make it onto stage, he did make an early remark in relation to the controversy swirling around him. what he said was, there are obviously some th

relating to the alleged serious misconduct of russell brand while presenting shows produced by endemol and 2005, banijay uk has launched an urgent internal investigation and will co—operate with any requests for information from broadcast partners and external agencies." meanwhile, a charity supported by russell brand's own charitable foundation has cut ties with him. trevi women and children's charity said it was "deeply saddened and upset" by the allegations. brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and acting in hollywood films during the period of the claims — all of which, he denies. vincent mcaviney has the latest. his behaviour made him no stranger to the tabloids but, this weekend, serious sexual allegations mean russell brand has made all the front pages. perhaps over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body! once one of the most ubiquitous faces on british tv and radio, working for mtv, the bbc and channel 4, before building a career in hollywood for a time. it's the way these organisations oversaw brand's conduct which is now c

in a statement, banijay uk, which purchased endemol in 2020, said: the bbc has issued a statement thisaying: brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and acting in hollywood films during the period of the claims, all of which he denies. david sillito has the latest. rape, multiple counts of sexual assault. today's headlines about russell brand come from four women who spoke to the programme dispatches and times newspapers. and as the story began to unfold last night, the comedian headed to a performance where when he was on stage, he was met by fans with cheers and a standing ovation. but today, a women's charity, the trevie, said it was cutting links with the performer. his literary agents, tavistock wood have also dropped brand, saying they believe they were misled by him. i phoned the officers and i asked to speak to his agent. the agency had been approached in 2020 by a woman, the program called alice, who said a relationship had begun when she was 16 and that she had been assaulted by brand. they believed the denials. the programme also catalogued concerns that went back to the b

in a statement, banijay uk, which purchased endemol

in a statement, banijay uk, which purchased endemol in 2020, said: the bbc has issued a statement thisnoon saying: brand was working for channel 4, the bbc, and acting in hollywood films during the period of the claims, all of which he denies. vincent mcaviney has the latest. his behaviour made him no stranger to the tabloids but, this weekend, serious sexual allegations mean russell brand has made all the front pages. perhaps over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body! once one of the most ubiquitous faces on british tv and radio, working for mtv, the bbc and channel 4, before building a career in hollywood for a time. it's the way these organisations oversaw brand's conduct which is now coming under the spotlight, with the foreign secretary saying the entertainment industry as a whole has questions to answer. there are some real challenges where you have these very, very acute differentials in power, whether that be in the entertainment industry, whether that be in politics, and we see this in the commercial world as well. and i think

bannau uk , which bought endemol bannau uk, which bought endemol in 2020, said it encourage urges anyones productions to contact them in confidence. it comes after the comedian and actor was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by channel four's dispatches programme and the sunday times. he hosted a video onune sunday times. he hosted a video online late friday evening in which he denied allegations of criminality and insisted all of his relationships were consensual . liz truss will claim consensual. liz truss will claim that rishi sunak's government has spent £35 billion more than her government would have. the former prime minister will use a speech at the institute for government to defend and explain her time in charge. nearly a year after the so—called mini—budget that to led the end of her premiership, according to the telegraph, ms truss will point out under plans, point out that under her plans, £18.4 billion would have been saved this year and next, with more than 17 billion saved over the next two years. as wales has become the first country in the uk to introdu

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so it was endemol. company since saturday morning. so it was endemol .t channel bannau uk. and that channel 4 had told bannau they had to investigate and as late as last night, channel 4 said just kept saying, no, no, bannau uk going. >> and these were the allegations he getting allegations that he was getting staff get girls phone staff to get girls phone numbers, audience members numbers, female audience members to backstage so that to take them backstage so that he sleep with them . he could sleep with them. >> necessarily so we >> yeah, not necessarily so we could have a conversation with this. could have drink with this. we could have a drink with them. not illegal, them. well, it's not illegal, these, but these staff, these members they felt members of staff said they felt like . like pimps. >> right. so. so channel >> that's right. so. so channel 4 now today have said they've launched investigation see launched an investigation to see if there network if anybody out there network knew his behaviour . the knew about his behaviour. the bbc similarly

bannau uk, which bought endemol in 2020, is encouraging . former staff, who encouraging.ntact them in confidence . it contact them in confidence. it follows claims of rape and sexual assault against the comedian aired by channel 4 and published in the sunday times, now warning that some people may find the following content distressing. he he's like, so how many people have you had sex with? >> with? and i said, no one. like, i've never had sex with anyone on and he got an erection straight away and he was like, oh my god. he's like, my baby, my baby. and pick me up and cradled me in his arms like a child and was stroking my hair. and he's like, you're like my little dolly . russell engaged in little dolly. russell engaged in the behaviours of a groomer looking back on it, i didn't even know what that was then or what that looked like. he would try to drive a wedge between me and my parents. taught me to lie to them . to them. >> well, russell brand denies any criminality and insists that all of his relationships have been consensual. media lawyer jonathan code told us it

he's worked on channel 4, for the bbc and for endemol productions as well as others.know that the bbc and channel 4 are carrying out their own investigations. the debate into his conduct also brings into sharp focus the power dynamic that is sometimes present in media organisations, where celebrities are sometimes seen as being untouchable and are able to do almost anything without objection. one person who also worked with him at radio 2 said he was given special treatment. in response to these whatsapp messages, the bbc said... jen smith is setting up an independent standards body for the entertainment industry, which she says will give people somewhere to make complaints and seek advice. there is a significant gap in provision. cissa seeks to address that gap where people can report their concerns in real time and there will be an independent body who can provide advice and in the most serious and complex cases, investigate. there is no criminal investigation into russell brand in the eyes of the law. he is an innocent man. —— in the highs of the law he is an innoc

. —— owns endemol.r mother, which meant her body accepted the new organ. here's more from our medical editor fergus walsh. aditi's health has been transformed by a double transplant, thanks to her mum and a team at great 0rmond street hospital in london. she has an extremely rare genetic condition, which weakened her immune system and meant her kidneys were failing. so doctors took an unusual approach. first, aditi had a bone marrow transplant, using stem cells from her mum. this rebuilt aditi's immune system. six months later, she had a kidney transplant, again donated by her mother and her immune system accepted the organ as her own. her immune deficiency had to be corrected by having mum's bone marrow first, and because aditi was able to engraft and accept her mum's bone marrow, that therefore meant that her body could then see her mum's kidney when it was transplanted as being part of her. within weeks of the transplant, aditi was taken off immunosuppression, which means she doesn't risk the long te

i complained to endemol about it. i was ignored . and so about it. i was ignored. very concerned about russell brand started in 2005. i'm no johnny come lately, but i still nonetheless think that this is a very extreme move because what they have implied by taking this move is that they think that their entire failed to actually go after his assets, go after his income. actually, he's entire business pretty much. and i think that they could open themselves to compensation claims if he were found to be right. >> i'm sure you're right. >> i'm sure you're right. >> and derek , i put it to you >> and derek, i put it to you and brianna in on this as well. a lot of organisations are in the cancel culture. they just get frightened. they're not going to be seen that they're going to be seen that they're going to be associated. if you're a commercial brand, for instance, that you would be tainted by all of this and you've got to be seen to stand apart and be different. anna, what have you got to say on this? >> yeah, i mean, i think it's a valid point, but i don't agree, to