Samira Ahmed and BBC reach settlement over equal pay claim

Settlement comes after tribunal ruled that Ahmed should have been paid same as fellow presenter Jeremy Vine

The BBC has decided not to appeal against the equal pay case involving the Newswatch presenter Samira Ahmed after she won an employment tribunal against the broadcaster, giving hope to other women seeking back pay from the national broadcaster.

Ahmed successfully claimed she was owed almost 700,000 in back pay because of the difference between her 440-an-episode rate and the 3,000 an episode Jeremy Vine received for hosting Points of View, a similar programme to Newswatch.