katie razzall. about huw edwards�* behaviour. what have they said? the bbc encourage staff to come forward to their internal inquiry and no one has said anything about the results, and i spoke to one former employee today who had given evidence to the inquiry, and as the sun first reported, they have received messages from the former newsreader when huw edwards was reporting on prince philip�*s funeral, suggestive messages. a picture of his hotel room with the bed, saying there was plenty of room. that former employee told the inquiry about this and other messages, and i have to say, they were in tears today when they were telling me how they felt let down by the bbc. they want the findings of the bbc. they want the findings of the inquiry to be published. they said it didn�*t seem transparent. it seems like things have been swept under the carpet. i have also spoken to a second bbc staff member. we reported last year that they had received inappropriate and flirtatious messages from huw edwards. th

ok, katie, thank you, katie razzall, _ as a continuing problem. atie, thank you, katie razzall, our media| thank you, katie razzall, our media editor. a judge has warned the former model and media personality katie price that she must attend a bankruptcy hearing with "no ifs or buts". she was detained on arrival at heathrow airport last night after missing her original court date. ms price was declared bankrupt in november 2019 and again in march this year. the family of a retired british doctor have issued an urgent appeal after he went missing while hiking in the french pyrenees. tom doherty, who's 67, sent emergency messages three days ago asking for help. he said he'd fallen and couldn't move. a major search operation is now under way. the number of overseas workers, students and their families applying for visas to come to the uk has fallen by a third in the last 12 months. the decline follows rule changes brought in by the previous conservative government, which banned most international students, as well as health and social care workers fro

katie razzall has more details., the bbc has been underfire because it knew back in november that he'd been arrested for these serious crimes. but it continued to pay him for five months to the tune of a total of around £200,000, until he resigned in april. now they've written to hugh edwards asking him to give it back, and the chair of the bbc board, samir shah, said this. he said let me be clear, the villain of this piece is hugh edwards. —— he was earning. the victims are those children for whose degradation hugh edwards provided a market for. and he went on, mr edwards behaved in bad faith throughout this time. mr edwards knew what he had done, but he still took licence fee money to the tune of hundreds of thousands of pounds. now the board has backed the decisions made by the director general back in november. i understand that at that time, the bbc did try to ascertain whether hugh edwards admitted that he had images of this serious nature, but they couldn't establish the facts. but obviously what's emerged si

here's katie razzall.lashes between protesters and police in sunderland on going, we will speak live to the north—east mayor and hear from the government's advisor on political violence and a disinformation expert on how social media is being used to fuel the anger, that is newsnight, 10:30pm, bbc news, bbc two and iplayer. it's been a glorious day for british athletes in paris — three more gold medals bringing the total so far to nine. here they all are — team gb are now fifth in the medals table. it's been the most successful opening week at an olympics ever. natalie pirks is in paris. natalie, how lovely to have some good news! it has been quite brilliant. 27 medals at this stage, four more than team gb had in tokyo and three more golds, in rowing today britain's unbeaten double sculls justified that tag, bryony page on britain's first—ever trampolining gold and three brilliant rounds in the eventing. three gold medals in just over three hours. they had waited three years to erase the memories of tokyo

i'm katie razzall.hat impact will it have on x? plus, a masterclass in sports commentary from an olympics broadcaster. it's all coming up on the media show. in recent weeks, parts of the uk have seen violent riots fuelled by misinformation online and anti—immigration sentiment. hello. good evening. the prime minister has condemned the violent disorder that's been seen in a number of english towns and cities today and over the last six days since the murder of three

and our media editor katie razzall is presenting newsnight on bbc two shortly. s interview with the director—general we got a sense of the complex finally balanced calls made by someone at the highest level. tim davie explained himself and the decisions reasonably but there are unanswered questions including why did they allow huw edwards to leave on his own terms in april, can they claw back any of his salary. the director—general said they would try but is that realistic? and what did the bbc discovering its own internal investigation, as lucy was talking about, by going on the record he will have placated some of the criticism levelled directly at him. it may get them through this news cycle but what about the next if anything new emerges? on newsnight at 10:30pm we will have more on that story. we are told by a bbc employee who complained about edwards that the corporation's handling of it was deeply disappointing. join us on bbc and iplayer. deeply disappointing. join us on bbc and ipla er. . ., ~ deeply disappointing. join us on bbc and ipla er. . . ~' , .,

hello and welcome to the media show, with me, katie razzall. on this week's programme...round the dance competition strictly come dancing, and the downfall of one of the bbc�*s most high—profile former presenters. rupert murdoch is locked in a legal battle with three of his children over the editorial stance of his outlets after his death. the up—to—now secret court case was revealed by the new york times. on the show, i spoke to claire atkinson, who's writing a biography of rupert murdoch, and first tojim rutenberg, the writer at the new york times who broke the story.

and katie razzall will have more on the middle east, and concern around an iranian attack on israel,bc two shortly. yes, with america toss top diplomat cancelling his trip to the middle east, we will get expert opinion from washington about what happens now. is iranian assault imminent and how will israel and the world respond? that's newsnight at 10:30pm on bbc two. a 13—year—old girl has pleaded guilty to violent disorder outside a hotel housing migrants in aldershot in hampshire. she's among dozens of people appearing in court today, following widespread violence sparked by the fatal stabbing of three girls in southport. daniel sandford has more. yes, the courts are still seeing a blizzard of cases linked to the riots and disorder of the last two weeks, with more than 350 people now charged and over 120 convicted. today's most unusual case dated to the violence in aldershot on the 31st ofjuly, at the potters international hotel, where asylum seekers were being housed. with her parents sitting in court, a 13—year—old girl pleaded guilty to violent disorder. she was not sentenced to

katie razzall will have more on the unrest on newsnight on bbc two shortly.sponsibility for the violence across the country, and are the government and police doing enough to keep us safe? that's newsnight at 10:30pm on bbc two, bbc newsnight at 10:30pm on bbc two, bbc news and iplayer. all this violence began after the mass stabbings in southport on merseyside a week ago today. tonight a vigil has been held for the three children who were stabbed to death — nine—year—old alice dasilva aguiar, seven—year—old elsie dot stancombe and six—year—old bebe king. eight other children and two adults were also injured. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with their murder and attempted murder. fiona trott reports. it's what children love to do, so what better way to remember those three little girls? and it means so much to the family of leanne lucas, who was running the class that day and tried to protect them. i think it's amazing. wonderful to see. it puts a smile on my face every day. seeing the likes of this everydayjust makes you feel so much better. what would yo

and katie razzall will have more on newsnight over on bbc two shortly.t wrong in the case of valdo calocane, with a campaigner who has been working with the families of the victims to get answers. and as the treasury warns departments about tough decisions ahead at the spending review, we have a top political panel with us. newsnight is on bbc two, bbc news and iplayer at 10:30pm. two 12—year—old boys have become the youngest to admit taking part in the recent disorder in the uk. they can't be named because of their ages, with one of them caught on cctv throwing an object at police during unrest in southport. he admitted violent disorder at liverpool youth court. the other threw a missile at a police van in manchester. he admitted two charges of violent disorder. they were among dozens of people convicted today, following widespread disorder in numerous towns and cities in the wake of the fatal stabbings of three young girls in southport. so far, 975 people have been arrested, with 546 charged. an 11—year—old girl has been seriously injured, and her moth

i'm katie razzall. this week, how is elon musk getting involved in politics, and what impact will it have on x? plus, a masterclass in sports commentary from an olympics broadcaster. it's all coming up on the media show. in recent weeks, parts of the uk have seen violent riots fuelled by misinformation online and anti—immigration sentiment. hello. good evening. the prime minister has condemned the violent disorder that's been seen in a number of english towns and cities today and over the last six days since the murder of three young girls in southport on monday. sir keir starmer, speaking from number10, described the violence as far—right thuggery. he said those involved would be swiftly brought to justice, and the home office announced that mosques are to be offered greater protection. some rioters have since been sentenced using evidence from social media accounts. to explain how this worked, i'm joined by nazir afzal, former chief crown prosecutor for the north—west of england. the internet is a for

i'm katie razzall.lix hit show baby reindeer. it's all coming up on the media show. commotion parts of the uk have seen looting and race—based attacks, some centred around hotels housing asylum seekers — scenes the british prime minister condemned as "far—right thuggery". i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder,

i�*m katie razzall.�*s all coming up on the media show. commotion parts of the uk have seen looting and race—based attacks, some centred around hotels housing asylum seekers — scenes the british prime minister condemned as "far—right thuggery". i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online. what�*s it been like to cover these riots? i�*ve been speaking to the editor of the liverpool echo newspaper, maria breslin. yeah, i mean shocking and shameful scenes, really. it�*s very difficult to understand how the deaths of three little girls can be hijacked and this is the end result. we knew that there were protests in liverpool at the weekend and also counter—protests of these two groups of people who met down at the pier head — the famous liver building that many of you will know — and there were clashes, certainly involving the group and the police.

hello and welcome to the media show, with me, katie razzall. on this week's programme... rupert murdoch's legal battle to keep editorial control of his outlets even after his death. also, the furore around the dance competition strictly come dancing, and the downfall of one of the bbc�*s most high—profile former presenters. rupert murdoch is locked in a legal battle with three of his children over the editorial stance of his outlets after his death. rupert murdoch is locked in a legal battle with three of his children over the editorial stance of his outlets after his death. the up—to—now secret court case was revealed by the new york times. on the show, i spoke to claire atkinson, who's writing a biography of rupert murdoch, and first tojim rutenberg, the writer at the new york times who broke the story. jim, i'm absolutely delighted to have you on the programme, not least because when your story broke, i was making a lot of calls trying to find out exactly what the story was. and now we've got you. you've got your eyes on a document from a probate court in nevada. just

and there's more over on newsnight on bbc two shortly with katie razzall.vented? plus we look at the week in which the us presidential race turned on its head. 10:30pm on bbc two, bbc news channel and iplayer. it's been confirmed that the us presidential nominees kamala harris and donald trump will face each other in a televised debate next month. mr trump told a news conference at his home in florida he'd also agreed to debates on two other dates. jeremy bowen is in washington. so they are going to meet head—to—head? head—to—head ? yes, they are. head—to—head? yes, they are. they talked about dates and have agreed on at least one in september. this news conference by donald trump, there was quite a bit of scaremongering to start with. he said, world war iii is close and that the great depression could be close, america had become a banana republic without secure borders, unless there's a reason why he said he should be elected. there were some insults at kamala harris about her intelligence. he was also boastful. you expect all of that from him, but there

i'm katie razzall. this week: what role has online misinformation played in fuelling riots across parts of the uk? and an update on the ongoing saga of the netflix hit show baby reindeer. it's all coming up on the media show. commotion parts of the uk have seen looting and race—based attacks, some centred around hotels housing asylum seekers — scenes the british prime minister condemned as "far—right thuggery". i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online. what's it been like to cover these riots? i've been speaking to the editor of the liverpool echo newspaper, maria breslin. yeah, i mean shocking and shameful scenes, really. it's very difficult to understand how the deaths of three little girls can be hijacked and this is the end result. we knew that there were protests in liverpool at the weekend and also counter—protests of these two groups of people who met down at the pier head — the famous liver building that many of you will k

and katie razzall will have more on this on newsnight on bbc two shortly.gether in just a few minutes. and i speak to one woman who runs an asylum centre who says it is being targeted by the far right. that's newsnight at 1030 on bbc two, bbc news, and iplayer. the water regulator ofwat is proposing huge fines for three water companies for failing to manage sewage spills. thames, yorkshire and northumbrian water are facing penalties totalling £168 million. ofwat said discharges of untreated wastewater had harmed the environment and their customers. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. water, water, everywhere, but what lurks beneath? some of those responsible for handling waste water are accused of risking customers and the environment through a lack of oversight and maintenance. with more than 1,500 sewage spillages across the country every day, all 11 providers in england and wales are under investigation. now, the regulator has chosen to make an initial splash by proposing huge fines for northumbrian water, yorkshire water, and a re

i'm katie razzall. have seen looting and race—based attacks, some centred around hotels housing asylum seekers — scenes the british prime minister condemned as "far—right thuggery". i guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder, whether directly or those whipping up this action online. what's it been like to cover these riots? i've been speaking to the editor of the liverpool echo newspaper, maria breslin. yeah, i mean shocking and shameful scenes, really. it's very difficult to understand how the deaths of three little girls can be hijacked and this is the end result. we knew that there were protests in liverpool

katie razzall is back tomorrow. until then, good night. hello and welcome to bbc news. today for up to 3 years. from liverpool here's dominic casciani. in response, protests against racism have outnumbered any violent events. this map shows some of the areas where antiracism protesters have been gathering. apart from some isolated incidents, the marches have been largely peaceful. there was a large police presence in the counterprotests will this was bristol earlier this evening, wherever —— over 1000 protests to place. this was the counterprotests in liverpool outside a refugee centre. 0ne in liverpool outside a refugee centre. one of the largest antiracism protests have actually beenin antiracism protests have actually been in hackney east london. daniel sandford has this report. after police concerns that they could be widespread violence by the far right, but we have seen as a wave by largely peaceful demonstrations against the far right. chanting the office of some immigration lawyers have been on the list of far right targets. shearing drowns speech cheering drown

>> well, i think that, katie razzall has already made the point on the bbc, the bbc's media editor, thate had been accused is no different. really to the fact that he's been charged. the facts of the case are there. they were clear for the bbc to study and examine, and i think that that was the point at which they should have acted. >> okay. thank you. trevor kavanagh there. legendary. >> he really is from the sun, formerly of the sun. >> a bbc spokesperson has said it was made aware in confidence that huw edwards had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences and released on bail, whilst the police continued their investigation at the time, no charges had been brought against mr edwards. the bbc had also been made aware of a significant risk to his health. in the end, at the point of charge, he was no longer an employee of the bbc. >> no reference to the threat to the health of the young boys who were gratuitously exploited by huw edwards. >> right up next, labour pledged to fix your potholes. we'll tell you about their big plans next year with britain's newsroom on gb news. okay. g