The BBC has been asked to pause its investigation into allegations a presenter paid a teenager for explicit images "while the police scope future work" following a meeting with the Metropolitan Police, the corporation has said.The BBC's Corporate Investigations Team met the force on Monday following The Sun newspaper's report that the unnamed presenter paid a young person around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images.

The BBC has been asked to pause its investigation into allegations a presenter paid a teenager for explicit images "while the police scope future work" following a meeting with the Metropolitan Police, the corporation has said.The BBC's Corporate Investigations Team met the force on Monday following The Sun newspaper's report that the unnamed presenter paid a young person around £35,000 over three years, from the age of 17, for explicit images.