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‘BBC under fire’ over star in ‘photos probe’

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Many of the Sunday front pages focus on the unnamed BBC presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photos.

A spokesman for the BBC said it treats any allegations “very seriously”.

The Mail on Sunday reports that a new migrant detention centre in County Durham has been declared “inhumane” by a prisons watchdog because it has slow Wi-Fi, an unreliable mobile phone signal and no hair salon.

The paper quotes the Independent Monitoring Boards as saying that the women-only facility is also a long drive from the south east – a journey which may leave migrants “tired, disorientated or stressed”.

A spokesperson for the Home Office said it was a modern, comfortable facility for housing individuals who should not be in the country and are awaiting deportation.

“Reopen UK borders to EU workers” is the headline in the Observer which reports that this is the view of the former environment secretary and leading Tory Brexiteer, George Eustice.

The paper sees this as “an extraordinary admission of the failures of immigration policy since the UK left the EU”.

It adds Mr Eustice wants the government to negotiate with EU nations to allow Europeans under the age of 35 a visa to work here for two years.

The Home Office tells the paper that it already has successful youth mobility schemes with ten countries.

The paper says the regulations are part of a global initiative to “root out” corruption and require banks to carry out enhanced checks on people such as politicians.

But it says they have failed to take account of a qualification that only those in a “higher risk business relationship” should be subject to the checks – not “parliamentarians with run-of-the-mill savings and investments”.

The Financial Conduct Authority says individuals should complain to the Ombudsman about their cases.

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The former presenter – who stepped down from hosting the BBC’s coverage of the tournament last year – received a standing ovation from the crowd.

“Barker’s Back!”, reads the headline.

She was joined by footballers Beth Mead, Leah Williamson and Jill Scott who were all members of the England women’s Euro winning team.

And the former EastEnders actor Danny Dyer is planning to leave half a million pounds in his will to his beloved bulldog – Debbie – according to the Sunday Mirror.

The paper says he told Kathy Burke’s podcast that he felt “guilty” because the dog always looks sad.

He also said the move would “wind his missus up”.

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