The Papers: 'BBC presenter did nothing wrong' and 'the BBC are liars'

Tuesday's beforehand pages are dominated by questions implicit the validity of allegations surrounding an unnamed BBC presenter who was suspended aft being accused of paying a teen for sexually explicit photos. The Sun, which broke the story, leads connected its effect to the teenager's lawyer telling the BBC that the claims made by their parent are "rubbish". The Sun quotes their begetter arsenic saying the BBC are "liars" and quotes a household connection arsenic saying that the parents "only spoke out" to assistance "save" their "vulnerable addict child".

The one besides reports connected the scandal, reporting that lawyers representing the young idiosyncratic person released a connection saying the claims are "totally wrong". It besides reports that Met constabulary detectives met BBC bosses implicit the contented and that the Met said determination was "no probe astatine this time". It besides says the prima "came nether pressure" from wrong the BBC to let himself to beryllium named.

The Daily Mail besides leads connected the story, suggesting that 1 successful six radical cognize who the BBC presenter astatine the bosom of the ungraded is according to a drawback canvass by the publication. It writes that the recognition of the unnamed presenter by its readers makes a "mockery" of the UK's privateness laws.

The Daily Telegraph takes a antithetic tack, starring connected plans to connection Ukraine "Nato-lite" extortion arsenic the warfare betwixt the federation and Russia continues. The paper reports that the state volition beryllium offered "Israel-style" information protections by its astir almighty Western allies, with talks happening betwixt the 31 subordinate states to marque the "historic step" up of the group's yearly summit.

Metro leads connected the Tewkesbury schoolhouse stabbing connected Monday, successful which a lad was arrested arsenic portion of an attempted execution inquiry. The paper reports that schoolhouse pupils were allowed to substance their parents that they were harmless arsenic the schoolhouse went into lockdown to support the injured teacher, who was discharged from infirmary connected Monday evening.

The Times leads connected 5,000 beds successful hotels being kept spare for radical who migrate to the UK to forestall overcrowding astatine processing centres. It besides reports connected the BBC presenter scandal, saying the communicative took a "new twist" aft the lawyer acting for the young idiosyncratic said "nothing unlawful" had taken place.

But it's the worries implicit rising oversea temperatures that person made the beforehand leafage of the Daily Star. "We're going to el" the newspaper's beforehand leafage header reads, with warnings that the El Niño improvement could bring a 21C heatwave to the UK successful February, creating "crackpot weather".

Over astatine the Financial Times, Andrew Bailey and Jeremy Hunt are making associated calls to curb precocious wage settlements successful the City, which they accidental are contributing to "sticky" precocious inflation. The Bank of England politician and the chancellor of the Exchequer made the statement astatine the Mansion House dinner, an yearly lawsuit to which elder financiers, concern leaders and authorities officials are invited.