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Millions of UK public sector workers, including teachers and doctors, will get pay rises of about 6% after Rishi Sunak decided to accept the recommendations of independent pay review bodies. The bodies had suggested pay rises of between 6% and 6.5% for 2023-24, at a potential cost of £5bn. Mr Sunak met Jeremy Hunt, the

Four police officers who smashed ice with their hands and elbows to try to reach young boys trapped beneath a frozen lake are among the nominees in this year’s Police Bravery Awards. The officers, who ignored safety guidelines, were the first to answer calls to the lake in Solihull where four boys had vanished after

The Sun has said it has a dossier “containing serious and wide-ranigng allegations” it has received about Huw Edwards – “including some from BBC personnel”. However the newspaper said it has “no plans” to publish further allegations about the BBC star. It first reported claims against an unnamed presenter, saying he had paid a teenager

Blue singer Lee Ryan faces sentencing after boarding a flight drunk – but a claim he assaulted a police officer has been dropped. The boyband member, 40, successfully withdrew his guilty plea to the charge after last month claiming he received “poor advice from his solicitor”. Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday dressed in

Police investigating Stagecoach founder Dame Ann Gloag and others in connection with a probe into human trafficking allegations have submitted a report to prosecutors. Four people were charged in January by Police Scotland. At the time, a spokesperson for Dame Ann said she “strongly disputes the malicious allegations” made against her, her foundation and members

Teachers at the NASUWT union have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay. Almost 90% of union members who voted backed strike action. Nearly 95% supported action short of strike, with a turnout of 51.9% – passing the 50% ballot turnout required by law. NASUWT said it will consider dates for

Two police forces have said they are not pursuing action against Huw Edwards over claims he paid a teenager for explicit pictures. The Metropolitan Police and South Wales Police investigated allegations against the BBC presenter and both said there was no information to indicate criminal offences had been committed. Edwards has been named by his

A second person has come forward with a complaint about a BBC presenter accused of paying a young person thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. The person told BBC News they felt threatened by the unnamed star at the centre of a row over alleged payments for sexually explicit photos. The individual in their

The two most popular hashtags relating to allegations against a BBC presenter have been posted almost 45,000 times on Twitter since Friday. Sky News has analysed data that shows the scale of discussion on Twitter and TikTok around the claims. The volume of posts raises questions over how effective privacy and defamation laws are in

The BBC has said it did not put allegations made by the family of a young person to a presenter accused of paying them thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos until seven weeks after they were first raised. The BBC has since suspended the unnamed male presenter. A timeline released by the corporation says

The BBC’s director general will face the media today as the scandal over a top presenter deepens. Tim Davie will speak to journalists as he unveils the broadcaster’s annual report, which is set to reveal how much its biggest stars are paid. But the briefing will likely be overshadowed by questions about the unnamed celebrity

Claims made by the mother in the BBC presenter scandal are “rubbish”, a lawyer for the young person has reportedly said. In a letter to the BBC, the lawyer casts doubt on The Sun’s story about the male star who has not been publicly identified but is reportedly a “household name”. The letter says the

A Cabinet minister has suggested the BBC presenter who has been suspended for allegedly paying for sexually explicit images of a teenager should only be named once a “full” investigation has taken place. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk agreed there was a “public interest” in the broadcaster being named but said it would not be appropriate

Police are appealing for help to find a 23-year-old man in connection to a serious assault in west London. Sam Gray is wanted for questioning after two people were allegedly assaulted in Uxbridge. Metropolitan Police officers said they were called to an address on Arklay Close at around 10.40pm on Friday. They said officers found

The BBC has suspended the unnamed presenter accused of paying a teenager thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. The presenter allegedly first requested images from the youth in 2020 when they were aged 17 and has made a series of payments over the years, according to The Sun. In a statement, the broadcaster said

England have won the third Test against Australia to keep their Ashes challenge alive. Set a target of 251 to win, England were six wickets down with only 171 on the board at Headingly. But they held their nerve and crossed the line after losing just one more wicket and hitting a number of boundaries.

Well here we go again. A different channel but similar fury as the professional conduct of another well-known British TV presenter on a fat salary makes headlines. While many on social media are dining out on the salacious gossip of it all, it’s worth noting why, once again, this merits talking about. For the presenter