Jeremy Vine agrees 'financial settlement' with Twitter user who wrongly named him as BBC presenter

The BBC has been in touch with the family of the person at the centre of allegations surrounding presenter Huw Edwards, according to Tim Davie.

The BBC has drafted in a senior partner from Deloitte to help with its high-profile review into protocols following the Huw Edwards scandal, which Tim Davie revealed should complete in the late Autumn.

Journalists and other personnel at BBC News remain divided over the organisation’s treatment of the story concerning its most senior news anchor Huw Edwards – identified on Wednesday as the presenter at the centre of allegations of spending thousands of pounds on sexual pictures. 

TV personality Richard Madeley says he feels 'deeply sorry' for BBC presenter Huw Edwards after he was named at the centre of an alleged explicit images scandal.The Sun newspaper broke the allegations that claimed a BBC presenter paid a teenager £35,000 in exchange for explicit images.The teenager's mother claimed that she saw a picture of the presenter on her teenager's phone "sitting on a sofa in his house in his underwear". On Tuesday, July 12, Huw Edwards was named by his wife Vicky Flind as the BBC star that was investigated over the scandal.

The BBC’s main primetime news presenter Huw Edwards and his family are receiving advice from former News of the World tabloid editor Andy Coulson, The Guardian reports. 

Last week, news broke in UK media outlets about a BBC broadcaster who allegedly paid £35,000 to a 17-year-old for sexually explicit photos. The scandal, which was first reported

The BBC has resumed its investigation into the allegations against one of their presenters, which has now been revealed is newsreader Huw Edwards, after the Metropolitan Police said no criminal offence had been committed. It comes after they were asked to pause their internal inquiries by the police force whilst officers decided if there was any justification for a criminal investigation - which they have decided against.This decision means that the BBC are free to resume its own protocol, with Director general Tim Davie saying they will "assess how some complaints are red flagged up the organisation." While the investigation will look into Huw Edwards' conduct.

BBC star Huw Edwards' wife, Vicky Flind, has named him as the BBC presenter at the centre of the scandal over allegations of payments for sexually explicit images in a statement issued on his behalf. In a statement released to the PA News Agency on Wednesday, Vicky said: "In light of the recent reporting regarding the 'BBC Presenter' I am making this statement on behalf of my husband Huw Edwards, after what have been five extremely difficult days for our family. "I am doing this primarily out of concern for his mental well-being and to protect our children.

Speculation has been building in the U.K. about the identity of a “well-known” BBC presenter, described as a “household name,” accused in a report from The Sun of paying an underage teenage boy approximately £35,000 (approximately $60,000 Canadian) for explicit photos.

BBC Director General Tim Davie has warned that it will be complex for the corporation to get to the bottom of allegations against Huw Edwards while being mindful of its duty of care to the presenter.

K.J. Yossman The BBC staffer accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs has been named as Huw Edwards, one of the network’s top anchors. The equivalent of NBC’s Brian Williams (before he was fired for embellishing an Iraq war story), Edwards is one of the most senior on-air figures at the corporation and was the anchor chosen to break news of Queen Elizabeth II’s death to the world last September. He is the fourth highest paid figure at the BBC. Edwards’ wife, Vicky Flind, issued a statement on the anchor’s behalf saying Edwards is suffering “serious mental health issues” and has been hospitalized. “As is well documented, he has been treated for severe depression in recent years,” she said. “The events of the last few days have greatly worsened matters.”

Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter who allegedly paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images.

The BBC is facing increased pressure after fresh claims emerged about an unnamed presenter who has been facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit photos. Now, The Sun has shared details of messages allegedly sent by the presenter to a teenager, who was 17 at the time.The reports detail how the presenter began the conversation with a love heart emoji, despite having no previous contact with the stunned teen.They go on to describe a conversation between the two, which shows the presenter sending kisses at the end of messages and asking the teen questions about their day.

Jeremy Vine has urged the unnamed presenter at the heart of the BBC scandal 'to come forward', saying 'the longer he leaves it the worse it will be for him'.

Jeremy Vine and Piers Morgan are among the high profile figures who have called for the unnamed presenter at the heart of the BBC scandal to come forward publicly for the good of his colleagues at the corporation.

To say the mood is grim at the BBC would be an understatement. In a long line of recent crises, a messy, murky, seemingly sordid scandal involving a top presenter could prove to be its gravest in a decade.

The BBC has revealed the latest list of its top earners and it shows that Gary Lineker is still the BBC’s highest-paid on-air talent. It is the sixth consecutive year that the star has topped the list and is the only one to earn more than £1 million in the year 2022/2023.

The BBC has revealed that the amount paid to its biggest stars has surged to a six-year high, as Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker topped the talent pay table once again.

Nicky Campbell has spoken out after he was "falsely named" as the BBC presenter facing accusations of paying a teenager for sexually explicit pictures.

BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has slammed social media as a “massive fountain of sewage” after he was wrongly accused of being the star who allegedly paid a teenager for sex pictures.