Richard Bacon was sacked immediately from Blue Peter for substance abuse back in 1998. So they do have form for it.

What were the circumstances that caused them to sack Jermaine Jenas from the BBC a couple of years ago? He was a regular on Match of the Day as well as a regular presenter of The One Show. Don't know if it was similar to this.

Just now, awardinary said:

What were the circumstances that caused them to sack Jermaine Jenas from the BBC a couple of years ago? He was a regular on Match of the Day as well as a regular presenter of The One Show. Don't know if it was similar to this.

Inappropriate behaviour - it was to do with text messages he sent to colleagues.

Let's wait and see what comes out. I do think with the BBC and the very nature of how they operate means they are far more risk adverse due to the public funding. Certainly not sure they could handle another Huw Edwards case and I'm pretty sure they will have re-written their policies and procedures how to manage allegations on the back of it

Used to really enjoy listening to him on Radio 1 back in the day. I do think he was carried a lot through his various sidekicks throughout the years though (Chappers, Laura, Chris)

This is a huge shock and news story today. Only 15 months in. At first I thought today was April 1st! A collective gasp apparently went through the BBC newsroom when they heard. He lived for that show and had finally realised his dream of his own breakfast show. Dropped from Eurovision too.

Could Greg James be brought over now? Probably go to Sara Cox though as she was in line if he'd refused it and also when Zoe Ball got it.

Edited yesterday at 19:551 day by CRAZY CHRIS

49 minutes ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

This is a huge shock and news story today. Only 15 months in. At first I thought today was April 1st! A collective gasp apparently went through the BBC newsroom when they heard. He lived for that show and had finally realised his dream of his own breakfast show. Dropped from Eurovision too.

Could Greg James be brought over now? Probably go to Sara Cox though as she was in line if he'd refused it and also when Zoe Ball got it.

No. Female radio presenters on important, drivetime shows ALWAYS have a male co host due to society's latent sexism. You can research it, but it is true. It will be a male/ female duo, or Greg James.

Well it's out now and published by all major news outlets.

He was questioned by police in December 2016 over sexual offences with a teenage boy between 1997 and 2000.

He was at Radio 1 at the time.

The case was dropped due to lack of evidence.

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30 minutes ago, Mark said:

He was questioned by police in December 2016 over sexual offences with a teenage boy between 1997 and 2000.

He was at Radio 1 at the time.

The case was dropped due to lack of evidence.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38677956/scott-mills-cop-probe-sexual-offences-teenage-boy-bbc-sacking/

So are they saying they didn't know about this or they did and still took him on to Radio 2 and promoted him to the prestigious Breakfast show. Must be the former as why wait 10 years?

The Guardian are hinting that they may have rushed this decision after criticism of being too slow with Huw Edwards. Mills could go after them with good lawyers for unfair dismissal if police dropped the case originally. Surely the BBC took legal advice though.

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1 hour ago, Cupid Stunts said:

No. Female radio presenters on important, drivetime shows ALWAYS have a male co host due to society's latent sexism. You can research it, but it is true. It will be a male/ female duo, or Greg James.

Eh? This is breakfast not drive time! Zoe didn't have a male co-host and Cox doesn't on Drive now. Most do on commecial stations though.

Vernon Kay is 6/4 bookies favourite.

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So something which happened 30 years ago

I guess they have to act on it based on lack of action on previous cases…

But I need more info. Scott would have been 24-27. How old was the teenager and what were the circumstances?

I should add - maybe I’m numb to stuff like this. My mum/step-dad were 21 & 47 when they met. My best friend from school also got married at 17 to a 29 year old (although I had/have numerous issues with that)

1 minute ago, Herbs said:

I should add - maybe I’m numb to stuff like this. My mum/step-dad were 21 & 47 when they met. My best friend from school also got married at 17 to a 29 year old (although I had/have numerous issues with that)

Also, he wasn't actually charged with anything and was just investigated. However, given everything that's happened at the BBC over the last few years and various things which looked like they weren't acted upon - they probably had to do something.

Reminds me of what happened to my A Level music teacher. He had a consensual fling with a pupil around 2001 who decided some 15 years later that it had traumatised him, and it ruined the teacher’s career. I couldn’t help feeling sorry for the teacher in that scenario while still acknowledging that what he did was wrong.

This maybe sounds different because it was reported back when it happened - so maybe not as consensual. Either way it’s going to have ruined his career

My worry is that this will be an easy route to homophobia for sections of society (you know, the people that said nothing when Saville et al was in the news but were all over Schofield)

10 minutes ago, Julian_ said:

Reminds me of what happened to my A Level music teacher. He had a consensual fling with a pupil around 2001 who decided some 15 years later that it had traumatised him, and it ruined the teacher’s career. I couldn’t help feeling sorry for the teacher in that scenario while still acknowledging that what he did was wrong.

I don’t know why but this made me think of the big case that was in the news a few years back - the newly married almost 30 year old, who was pursued by a student. Instead of doing the right thing and saying ‘no I’m married/im your teacher/this is wrong’ he reciprocated and tried running off to France with her….all the time i just thought of the poor wife

31 minutes ago, Herbs said:

This maybe sounds different because it was reported back when it happened - so maybe not as consensual. Either way it’s going to have ruined his career

My worry is that this will be an easy route to homophobia for sections of society (you know, the people that said nothing when Saville et al was in the news but were all over Schofield)

Maybe I’m misreading it but I’m not sure it was? It says it happened in 1997-1999, and was reported in 2016, and the case was closed in 2019.

And then for reasons we don’t yet know about, has all been brought up over the last couple of weeks

9 minutes ago, Dan17F1 said:

Maybe I’m misreading it but I’m not sure it was? It says it happened in 1997-1999, and was reported in 2016, and the case was closed in 2019.

And then for reasons we don’t yet know about, has all been brought up over the last couple of weeks

At that’s me misreading then. We defo need more details…..

I'm guessing it doesn't involve a minor, otherwise they'll have surely said that?

From the sounds of it, this seems to have been about him not declaring it. I guess if there were no charges brought, it'd be fair enough to think it wouldn't need to be brought up (even if you were perhaps wrong).

EDIT: They're now saying the boy in question was under 16: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwykq2lqjw7o

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12 hours ago, CRAZY CHRIS said:

Eh? This is breakfast not drive time! Zoe didn't have a male co-host and Cox doesn't on Drive now. Most do on commecial stations though.

Vernon Kay is 6/4 bookies favourite.

Oh yah, this is bbc, not commercial capitol!

But female djs have it much worse than men in this industry, and it's all due to sexism.

23 minutes ago, Herbs said:

At that’s me misreading then. We defo need more details…..

Yah, I need more details too. Also why now?? Ckearly bbtory didn't know beforehand, so was there a historic complaint or something?