this turned political where we had lucy frazer a couple of times a day.that? iiit a bring us up-to-date on that? in a wa , the bring us up-to-date on that? in a way, the political _ bring us up—to—date on that? t�*t —. way, the political pressure has abated for now. just a few hours ago, we had a statement stressing how concerning the allegations were. a phone conversation and happen between the director—general and the culture secretary swiftly after that, she put out a tweet saying she was pretty happy that the bbc were investigating these allegations and would do so swiftly and sensitively and actually now, the message from government is to allow the government is to allow the government —— bbc two carry on with their investigation. the shadow chancellor, stressing how deeply concerned she was, the former home secretary priti patel saying there were serious questions for the bbc to answer. saying that there were plenty of questions that need answering from the bbc soap we will wait and see what more the corporation has a say about this in the coming ho

the culture secretary lucy frazer says she is assured that the bbc is investigating allegations againstf its presenters "swiftly and sensitively" after urgent talks with the corporation's director general. the sun newspaper reports the unnamed male presenter was pictured in his underwear, on a video call to the young person. it comes after earlier allegations that the presenter was accused of paying a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos — beginning when they were 17. bbc news impartiality covers stories about the wider corporation and like other news organisations is seeking further clarification from the corporation on the story. helena wilkinson reports. today's front pages contain new serious allegations against a top bbc presenter. the star is accused of allegedly paying a teenager thousands of pounds in exchange for explicit photos. in new claims today, the individual�*s mother told the sun on sunday the presenter was pictured in his underwear, ready for her child to perform for him. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn't naming the presenter

today culture secretary lucy frazer held urgent talks with the bbc director—general tim davie and said the corporation was investigating swiftly and sensitively. the allegations first emerged in the sun yesterday. the paper isn't naming the presenter for legal reasons. it's claimed the bbc star paid around £35,000 to a 17—year—old over a three—year period in return for explicit photos. the young person's mother told the paper her child, now 20, used the money to fund a crack cocaine habit. the family told the sun they complained to the bbc about the presenter in may, but became frustrated that the star remained on air. this afternoon, the culture secretary, who described the allegations as deeply concerning, spoke to the bbc�*s director general tim davie. the bbc do need to speed up theur processes. it looks like these issues were raised in may, we're now injuly and the presenter stayed on air. in all of the sand in our conversations about it, we have to remember that there is a person, young person at the centre of this. there has been pressure to from politicians on all sides. the th

since then, as you have said, lucy frazer has tweeted to say that she had spoken to tim davie and had sensitively. she went on to say that it was important that the bbc was given its base to conduct the investigation, establish the facts and take appropriate action. see said she would be kept updated. last night, conservative mp spoke out, including the chair of the culture and sport committee, calling on the bbc to take action. the former conservative home secretary, priti patel, also spoke out saying that the bbc�*s response had been the shadow chancellor rachel reeves saying that the bbc had to get its house in order and that its response so far had not given greater clarity on what had happened. we now have the statement from the bbc confirming that a member of staff has been suspended. we have a lucy frazer calling for the bbc to be given space and time to conduct its investigation, that may mean that the pressure on the corporation is a slightly for now but it certainly won't go away. we had about the seriousness earlier on in terms of what it means for the bbc, politically, wha

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lucy frazer , and sensitively.e , says the corporation tim davie, says the corporation must now be given the space to establish the facts and take appropriate action. when a man's been accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for explicit images with the young person's mother telling the sun she saw a photo of him in his underwear on her child's phone. more than 1000 people have crossed the channel on small boats over the past two days. the home office says over 600 people were intercepted on friday and almost 400 made the journey yesterday while despite storm warnings, conditions are calm and gb news understands more than 200 people have already been intercepted. just this morning. already been intercepted. just this morning . that brings this this morning. that brings this year's total to £12,700. the home office says the number of people risking their lives is unacceptable and britain is preparing to host the us president , who's due to arrive president, who's due to arrive this evening . joe bid

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the culture secretary, lucy frazer, says that women's football is at a milestone, and that everyone involvedill officially respond to the report in the autumn, by which point the lionesses�* legacy could well include another major trophy — a first—ever world cup. hugh ferris, bbc news. good luck to them. at wimbledon, it's women's semifinals day. first up is the ukrainian elina svitolina, taking on marketa vondrousova from the czech republic. svitolina isn't ranked and says it's crazy she's got this far in the tournament. 0ur correspondent nesta mcgregor is at wimbledon for us. she was a wild card and wasn't she, elina svitolina?— elina svitolina? yes, both players entered this _ elina svitolina? yes, both players entered this tournament - elina svitolina? yes, both players| entered this tournament unseeded elina svitolina? yes, both players - entered this tournament unseeded so they've already defied the odds by getting this far. marketa vondrousova will be hoping it's her name in the final on saturday but it is the story of elina svitolina that has really captured the imagination, nine mon

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lucy frazer, and sensitively. lucy frazer, who spoke to director general tim davie, says the corporation must now be given the space to establish the facts and take appropriate action. a man's been accused of paying a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for explicit images with a young person's mother telling the sun she saw a photo of him in his underwear on her child's phone. well, former conservative party leader sir iain duncan smith says the case has not been handled properly by the bbc. >> i don't quite know what they're doing. it's in a mess, clearly, if you read the newspaper reports, you can see that the bbc has tried to play this down from the beginning and it's worked because it's it's not worked because it's exploded. they don't any exploded. they don't have any plan, any any inquiries that they're taking place seem to be a mess. and that's led to a whole series of reputational damage across the newspapers to the bbc. the bbc should act like everybody else does immediately suspend somebody pending the

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director general tim davie met the culture secretary, lucy frazer , culture secretary, lucy frazer, yesterdayth this swiftly and sensitively . she has swiftly and sensitively. she has asked to be kept up, updated at every stage of this investigation. and as we know now, following the suspension of the presenter yesterday and conversations with the police , conversations with the police, there is now going to be a meeting between the bbc and the police today. but big questions and this is a real crisis for the bbc, isn't it, because, of course, the mother first made the complaint way back on may the complaint way back on may the 19th. so almost two months ago, and questions about what the bbc knew and when and why they didn't act quicker now, suggestions that at that point they may not have been able to get in touch with the family, but the mother obviously incredibly angry because she said that these payments, £35,000, alleged that have been made over a three year period from the time that her child was 17 up to now, when they are 20, have turned her child from a happy 90 have turned her chil

meanwhile, they're saying culture secretary lucy frazer is keeping a close watch on the handung keepingling of the claims. >> yeah, there's also been quite a stern warning from downing street directed at social media sites to ensure that their platforms are properly policed. thatis platforms are properly policed. that is , of course, because of that is, of course, because of what we were talking about earlier about those baseless accusations where various bbc personalities were named following the reports and they had absolutely nothing to do with this and has caused people like nicky campbell, as he said, a lot of distress over the last couple of days. >> we do know that there's going to at some stage to be a meeting at some stage today the bbc and the today between the bbc and the met metropolitan police, rather. yeah, but still no indication as to when that may take place and what they will discuss , because what they will discuss, because certainly the said that in certainly the met said that in terms of its previous communique nation, no direct evidence had been handed to it in ter

yesterday, the culture secretary lucy frazer met with bbc director general tim davie about the claims received, we have suspended the presenter while we investigate it, they came up with this frankly a statement in my view which was too clever by half which you didn't really know how to make of it, other than some how they were blaming the mother of the teenager for not being in contact in the right way. yesterday they got onto a much better footing with a very straightforward statement confirming that the presenter had been suspended. talking still slightly a obtuse the about external investigations presumably meaning the police. and this has opened it up the police. and this has opened it up for conservative politicians particularly to pile in on the bbc and it is only nowjust getting a grip on the situation. in and it is only nowjust getting a grip on the situation.— and it is only nowjust getting a grip on the situation. in your view, how should — grip on the situation. in your view, how should it _ grip on the situation. in your view, how should it have _ grip on the situation. i