BBC presenter row: Key questions remain for corporation and The Sun

After a time successful which the BBC produced a fuller timeline of its actions done this story, wherever are we now?

For the BBC, cardinal questions remain, chiefly astir what it did having received the ailment successful May.

It's hard to measure the actions of the Corporate Investigations Team without knowing precisely the item of the complaint. We inactive don't person that.

But connected the look of it, 1 email effort that the complainant didn't respond to and 1 telephone telephone that didn't link don't, connected the aboveground of it, look similar immense efforts were made to cheque retired the allegations.

That mightiness person been understandable if the ailment had been astir a presenter getting a information incorrect successful a broadcast.

But we cognize that it was deemed superior by the BBC, though not involving criminality. A superior ailment astir a high-profile presenter, reportedly involving immense sums of wealth to a younger person, surely warranted much dedicated investigation.

BBC manager wide Tim Davie whitethorn beryllium each excessively alert of this, which is wherefore helium talked earlier astir an interior reappraisal to measure whether the processes are up to scratch and whether reddish flags are raised rapidly enough.

The BBC has present faced the media astir this story. It had small prime arsenic the briefing to motorboat the yearly study was already successful journalists' diaries.

But Mr Davie besides appeared connected the World astatine One connected Radio 4 for a lengthy interview. His remark that this wasn't a "good situation" was an understatement.

But helium besides gave a wide mentation of what the BBC has been managing - balancing its duties arsenic an leader of a presenter who indispensable beryllium treated reasonably with its relation arsenic a nationalist work broadcaster which aims for transparency.

Of course, cynics mightiness accidental that Mr Davie indispensable person breathed a suspiration of alleviation erstwhile the Metropolitan Police asked the BBC to intermission its investigation. At 1 constituent successful the interview, the manager wide said helium couldn't remark for that reason.

It's the equivalent of kicking this into the, if not long, past surely somewhat taller than cropped, grass. A spot of a breathing abstraction for the BBC to instrumentality stock.

But the unit connected Mr Davie and the corp is intense, with media crews grooming their cameras connected New Broadcasting House successful cardinal London for days now.

This communicative has go a bid of claims and counterclaims. The Sun and the household basal by their account. The Sun told america it feels arsenic if the household is "being attacked by the BBC for not afloat knowing their complaints system".

It says that aft the archetypal ailment successful May, a outgo of £1,000 was made successful June to the young idiosyncratic by the presenter. A motion of "no action" from the BBC.

It does consciousness uncomfortable that the presenter was not spoken to by bosses for astir 7 weeks. That the ailment was not escalated until the Sun approached the BBC earlier publishing its story.

But the Sun besides has questions to answer, peculiarly aft the ineligible missive sent to the BBC connected behalf of the young idiosyncratic connected Monday.

Did they attack the young idiosyncratic for remark arsenic they prepared to study their communicative - arsenic the lawyer claims they didn't. What grounds bash they person to backmost up their allegations that person dominated the beforehand pages? Why person they not named the presenter?

It's unclear however this communicative ends. The BBC has present reported allegations from a 2nd person. The Sun has a caller beforehand leafage astir the presenter allegedly breaking lockdown rules to conscionable a young alien from a dating site.

Will determination beryllium much to travel - oregon conscionable much assertion and counter-claim?