Tim Westwood hotline receives 'important information'

A reappraisal what the BBC knew astir allegations regarding DJ Tim Westwood's behaviour has received a "significant magnitude of important caller information".

Westwood was interviewed nether caution implicit 5 alleged intersexual offences by the Metropolitan Police earlier this year. He denies the allegations.

The alleged incidents are said to person occurred betwixt 1982 and 2016.

A dedicated telephone enactment acceptable up to assistance radical lend grounds to the reappraisal volition adjacent connected Friday.

Barrister Gemma White, who is starring the review, said it was acceptable up to "expand the ways radical tin travel forward" and study information.

She was appointed by the BBC Board past August aft an interior reappraisal recovered that the corp should person paid much attraction to a drawstring of intersexual battle allegations that had been made against the erstwhile Radio 1 and 1Xtra DJ.

The inquiry, which has already seen much than 50,000 BBC documents, is expected to people its findings successful the summer.

White thanked everyone who had utilized the telephone enactment and said: "We cognize that taking the determination to telephone was not casual for galore of you and that speaking to america has taken courage.

"Your grounds volition assistance maine successful my task of independently establishing whether the BBC knew of concerns and responded appropriately to them.

"If you person been reasoning of contributing but person not been definite astir whether to bash so, delight bash get successful interaction now."

Westwood, 65, stepped down from his amusement connected Capital Xtra successful April past twelvemonth and powerfully denies the allegations.

Last year, a connection from a typical of Westwood said: "Tim Westwood powerfully denies each allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

"In a vocation that has spanned 40 years, determination person ne'er been immoderate complaints made against him officially oregon unofficially.

"Tim Westwood powerfully rejects each allegations of wrongdoing."