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To wonder which BBC presenter this could be?

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Thefastandthecurious5 · 02/05/2026 22:57

www.dailymail.com/news/article-15785535/Violent-BBC-presenter-broke-female-colleagues-wrist-attack-hushed-bosses-latest-cover-following-Scott-Mills-Huw-Edwards-scandals.html

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Ohgoose · 03/05/2026 13:34

Northermcharn · 03/05/2026 11:24

Exactly. The fact so many people show horror when another mentions the Daily Mail, is hilarious. It shows Them up as ignorant and unwilling to consider different sources and asses the truth from sources they've read. Eg. The Guardian is worse then the DM for bias - but gets away with it because a lot of it is biased left wing tosh. The way the guardian supports men over women (a bit like Starmer), and shows antisemitism but never criticises the obvious flaws in other religions / demographics, is clear as day. If it was in the daily mail about other subjects, it'd be vilified. But its ok for hate speech against women, jews and white people. And there's no mention of the rise in sex crimes against women and girls, from a certain demographic. Why? The DM call it. The Guardian -no chance.

Could you clarify which demographic you’re referring to committing offences against women and girls?

ForPinkCrab · 03/05/2026 13:33

It’s the online D mail, the worst for publishing rubbish ,take it with a pinch of salt.

Flymehomejeff · 03/05/2026 13:29

TinyMouseTheatre · 03/05/2026 10:27

I would imagine the victim would have been scared of never working in the industry again if she had.

Look at the recent Dan Walker case where he had over 50 statements to present saying what a thoroughly decent chap he is, only to settle before the case was heard. It might just be my opinion but I wouldn’t settle if I was innocent of the allegations.

He wasn't directly taken to court, channel 5 were, so they would have been the ones doing the settling.

GardenCovent · 03/05/2026 13:23

Sorry @Pearlstillsinging I should have quoted the previous poster

GardenCovent · 03/05/2026 13:22

Pearlstillsinging · 03/05/2026 11:11

It wasn't DW who settled it was the employer. He apparently wanted the hearing to go ahead, so that he could defend himself.

Edited

Dan Walker didn’t settle, he had been very clear about that. He wanted the case to be heard

Glowingup · 03/05/2026 13:22

ProudAmberTurtle · 03/05/2026 13:10

Just don't pay it and don't answer the door if they ever visit, or politely say 'no thanks' if you do answer the door and it's them and then shut the door. That's literally all you need to do.

I stopped paying mine a decade ago and have never even been visited. Have received over 100 threatening letters though.

Yeah I’ve also not had a tv licence for a decade. I’ve once had someone on my doorstep asking if they could come in and I said no and he said okay and left. The people who get fined or imprisoned tend to be vulnerable or poor people because the inspectors bully them into allowing them access. They know they have zero powers to force entry.

ilovesooty · 03/05/2026 13:18

ProudAmberTurtle · 03/05/2026 13:10

Just don't pay it and don't answer the door if they ever visit, or politely say 'no thanks' if you do answer the door and it's them and then shut the door. That's literally all you need to do.

I stopped paying mine a decade ago and have never even been visited. Have received over 100 threatening letters though.

Presumably you don't watch live TV?

Thefastandthecurious5 · 03/05/2026 13:18

BleedinglyObvious · 03/05/2026 12:57

They do need it. You don't have to have a tv licence if you don't watch live tv.

That’s not true. You still need a TV licence to watch BBC iPlayer, even if you’re watching catch-up TV that’s not live.

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ilovesooty · 03/05/2026 13:16

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 03/05/2026 11:22

FFS, please stop speculating. You may end up making life hell for people who are perfectly innocent.

Agreed. A few people I remember felt they had to defend themselves before Huw Edwards was named.

GiorgioArmageddi · 03/05/2026 13:12

BleedinglyObvious · 03/05/2026 12:54

Not if it was sent 2nd class. It will take weeks.

To be fair, if I’d sent it via second-class mail, you might just as easily never see it again OR receive it in a few weeks. I know using “incredibly unique” may have shaken your faith in me, but I do have standards. I knew you’d want your pedantry medal sooner so that you can wear it out to black-tie events or just going to Costa, so of course I mailed it via first class. 👍 Also, it’s a lovely antique gold colour, if you are currently trying to plan a matching gown and sash.

OonaStubbs · 03/05/2026 13:11

The BBC is a disgrace and should be shut down.

ProudAmberTurtle · 03/05/2026 13:10

Charlize43 · 03/05/2026 12:56

I am still very disgusted that my money was given to the BBC's Huw Edwards so he could buy pictures of teenage boys wanking and to fund child abuse... And yet if I refuse to pay the BBC, I am the one who could end up in prison!

It's about time the enforced licence fee / TV tax was abolished. It's not the 1930s and they don't need it.

Just don't pay it and don't answer the door if they ever visit, or politely say 'no thanks' if you do answer the door and it's them and then shut the door. That's literally all you need to do.

I stopped paying mine a decade ago and have never even been visited. Have received over 100 threatening letters though.

NeuroticGingerCat · 03/05/2026 13:09

mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/05/2026 23:07

I reckon the beeb is just like any other media workplace - completely awful - i reckon that channel 4 lot have got some stories ^🤢🤢🤢^

Oi! Leave Jimmy Carr alone
He's one of the few male comedians that doesn't pretend to be a snivelling puritan

NeuroticGingerCat · 03/05/2026 13:04

Decacaffeinatednow · 03/05/2026 10:52

@NellieJean
The DM and the Mail on Sunday were very much on the case of AMW and Epstein- for years.

They've been hot on gender ideology/women's rights for years, too.
But it will never not be cool to slag off the DM- a quick virtue signal if ever there was one

BleedinglyObvious · 03/05/2026 12:57

Charlize43 · 03/05/2026 12:56

I am still very disgusted that my money was given to the BBC's Huw Edwards so he could buy pictures of teenage boys wanking and to fund child abuse... And yet if I refuse to pay the BBC, I am the one who could end up in prison!

It's about time the enforced licence fee / TV tax was abolished. It's not the 1930s and they don't need it.

They do need it. You don't have to have a tv licence if you don't watch live tv.

Charlize43 · 03/05/2026 12:56

I am still very disgusted that my money was given to the BBC's Huw Edwards so he could buy pictures of teenage boys wanking and to fund child abuse... And yet if I refuse to pay the BBC, I am the one who could end up in prison!

It's about time the enforced licence fee / TV tax was abolished. It's not the 1930s and they don't need it.

hourglass2 · 03/05/2026 12:55

Decacaffeinatednow · 03/05/2026 10:52

@NellieJean
The DM and the Mail on Sunday were very much on the case of AMW and Epstein- for years.

Also, the DM were pivotal in bringing the Stephen Lawrence killers to justice...

ProudAmberTurtle · 03/05/2026 12:55

It's not Tim Westwood or Terry Wogan!

The TW is not a household name - he's a BBC news presenter from more than a decade ago

BleedinglyObvious · 03/05/2026 12:54

GiorgioArmageddi · 03/05/2026 12:27

Fair point. Hope you don’t use “close proximity”; that one used to make my gran grit her teeth. Anyway, congrats on your pedantry, and your medal should be arriving soon via Royal Mail after the bank holiday 🥇

Not if it was sent 2nd class. It will take weeks.

StudyinBlue · 03/05/2026 12:40

TinyMouseTheatre · 03/05/2026 10:27

I would imagine the victim would have been scared of never working in the industry again if she had.

Look at the recent Dan Walker case where he had over 50 statements to present saying what a thoroughly decent chap he is, only to settle before the case was heard. It might just be my opinion but I wouldn’t settle if I was innocent of the allegations.

It wasn’t DW who settled it was ITN and Channel 5.

You could also argue that if her allegations were true why would you not insist on having it all heard publically so you could be vindicated. As it is who would employ her now?

WhitsunWeedings · 03/05/2026 12:35

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 03/05/2026 11:22

FFS, please stop speculating. You may end up making life hell for people who are perfectly innocent.

Well you must be interested yourself,otherwise you wouldn't be reading this thread.

GiorgioArmageddi · 03/05/2026 12:27

BleedinglyObvious · 03/05/2026 12:17

'busyd4y · Today 10:50
NellieJean · Today 10:44
Does anybody really believe anything they read in the Mail apart from the date..
Posts like that make you seem a bit unintelligent, so you don't think everything in a particular news source is true but it's blatant nonsense to say that nothing is.'

The Mail is known for not being trustworthy.

@GiorgioArmageddi , you can't be 'incredibly unique'

Fair point. Hope you don’t use “close proximity”; that one used to make my gran grit her teeth. Anyway, congrats on your pedantry, and your medal should be arriving soon via Royal Mail after the bank holiday 🥇

Northermcharn · 03/05/2026 12:24

TheWickerFan · 03/05/2026 11:47

And The Guardian denied that the Cologne attacks took place, and called women who objected to a man (a known sex offender no less) in their female spa bigots and liars, and the that’s just for starters. All of our newspapers have their own agendas and they’ve all done some pretty nasty stuff over the years.

Quite. It's astonishing ... the guardian, a wolf in sheep's clothing if ever there was one.

BleedinglyObvious · 03/05/2026 12:17

'busyd4y · Today 10:50
NellieJean · Today 10:44
Does anybody really believe anything they read in the Mail apart from the date..
Posts like that make you seem a bit unintelligent, so you don't think everything in a particular news source is true but it's blatant nonsense to say that nothing is.'

The Mail is known for not being trustworthy.

@GiorgioArmageddi , you can't be 'incredibly unique'

GiorgioArmageddi · 03/05/2026 12:03

mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/05/2026 23:07

I reckon the beeb is just like any other media workplace - completely awful - i reckon that channel 4 lot have got some stories ^🤢🤢🤢^

Truth. I would gobble down a book by Russell T Davies when he’s ready to tell where all the bodies are buried. It would have to be when he’s ready to retire, I imagine. But yes, I’d absolutely love to see him go out with a “bang.” I don’t love everything he writes, but I respect his POV as a writer and he’s incredibly unique - writing for Channel 4, ITV, and still being accepted at BBC. A tell-all would probably be hilarious and quite biting.