Met Police 'undertaking further enquiries' after meeting the BBC about unnamed presenter allegations

Police are carrying out further inquiries to establish whether any crime has been committed following allegations that a BBC presenter paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images.

Representatives for the broadcaster met with detectives on Monday morning (July 10). They are assessing the information discussed at the meeting but have not yet launched an investigation, according to the PA news agency.

A male member of BBC staff has been suspended following claims that he paid a young person around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images.

The Sun reported on Monday that the presenter had made “panicked” calls to the person last week after the allegations became known.