Culture secretary says BBC should have ‘space’ to investigate allegations about presenter

Well-known' presenter reportedly accused of paying teenager more than 35,000 for explicit images

The BBC should now be given the space" to investigate allegations that an unnamed presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit images, the culture secretary, Lucy Frazer, has said after holding urgent talks with the broadcaster's director general, Tim Davie.

After speaking with him on the phone about the deeply concerning" allegations involving one of the BBC's presenters, she said he had assured her that the BBC are investigating swiftly and sensitively".