Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images
His wife Vicky Flind issued a statement on his behalf, saying he was "suffering mental health issues" and is now receiving in-patient hospital care
The BBC is facing fresh allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Edwards towards more junior staff
Two current BBC workers and one former member of staff said they had been sent messages that made them feel uncomfortable
Earlier, detectives from the Met Police ended their assessment into the original allegations and determined there was no evidence of a criminal offence
The BBC says it is now resuming its investigation "whilst continuing to be mindful of our duty of care to all involved”
On Friday, the Sun first reported that a BBC presenter had paid a young person for explicit photos beginning when they were 17. More allegations followed
Davie is asked whether he knows "categorically" whether the presenter paid for the legal fees.
"That's not information I am party to," he says. "I don't even think that's something for the BBC," and nor is whether the presenter and the young person have spoken, Davie says.
BBC's Sarah Montague
Sarah Montague follows up by asking if there have been any further complaints.
Tim Davie replies by saying it's a police investigation and he can't comment.
Davie accepts it is "absolutely not the right thing" to be speculating adding that "some of the malicious stuff online I would condemn".
"As director general I have to make these calls fairly and in a balanced manner."
He adds that the police "need to do their work".
Davie denies it is "odd" the presenter wasn't spoken to earlier, and says he hasn't personally spoken to him - nor can he say whether he has offered to resign.
Sarah Montague says there was "an awful lot of time" between calls to the family.
The director general next says the family were contacted, there was no response but we can debate how many times that should have happened.
Tim Davie continues answering questions in the studio and says as director general he wants to look whether the BBC raises "red flags quick enough" of complaints of this nature.
"There may be lessons from this," he adds. "The case has always been kept open."
Sarah Montague asks why the presenter was not spoken to about the allegations sooner. Senior management only discussed it with him last Thursday.
Davie says: "If you've got an allegation coming into a corporate investigations team you need to balance the concerns of duty of care and privacy."
He says: "You don't take that complaint directly to the presenter unless it has been verified.
"It is right to validate that and to have the specialist team talk to the individual before taking it forward."
BBC director general Tim Davie says the corporate investigation team looked at a summary of the call to the BBC, which was 29 minutes and they assessed it.
The decided that it clearly included serious allegations and the corporate investigation team decided to investigate.
Tim Davie starts the interview by saying the BBC is "balancing serious allegations, duty of care, privacy and public interest".
He says the BBC gets 250 serious complaints over six months.
World at One presenter Sarah Montague is interviewing BBC director general Tim Davie now.
Stay with us as will bring you updates and you can watch it live at the top of this page.
The Sun has now responded to the BBC's timeline of events. The newspaper declined an interview and did not answer several specific questions from the BBC.
The paper said "this has always been about a story about concerned parents trying to stop payments to their vulnerable child which was funding a life-risking drug habit".
It then reiterated an earlier statement: “We have reported a story about two very concerned parents who made a complaint to the BBC about the behaviour of a presenter and the welfare of their child.
"Their complaint was not acted upon by the BBC. We have seen evidence that supports their concerns. It’s now for the BBC to properly investigate."
The BBC's director general Tim Davie is about to be interviewed on BBC Radio 4's World at One.
Stick with us here and we keep bringing you the latest lines.
It has just been over an hour since the BBC laid out more details.
Let's have a look at what we have learned:
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Culture editor
Once the Sun newspaper contacted the BBC last week, action was swift.
The director-general and the executive directors were informed and an incident management group was launched. The presenter was spoken to and once the complaining family provided material to the BBC, he was suspended and the police were contacted.
But was the earlier investigation after the complaint on 19 May diligent enough?
The BBC's timeline says the Corporate Investigations Team sent one email that wasn’t responded to and made one phone call ‘which did not connect’.
We don't know what was in the original complaint. Without that it’s difficult to judge whether one email attempt and one phone call was enough over more than six weeks.
Tim Davie says the original complaint did not include allegations of criminality but did need to be taken seriously.
Did the Corporate Investigations Team fulfil the duty to take the complaint serious?
On the surface, based on this response, questions certainly remain.
BBC director-general Tim Davie didn't give a direct answer when asked by the Daily Mail newspaper if he's "hopeful that we will see the BBC presenter back on-air" if he's cleared.
"We need to run a fair process and navigate the course fairly and transparently," the BBC chief said.
The Sun newspaper also asked Davie if the corporation has "ascertained who paid for the youngster's lawyer" but the director-general said "that's not something corporately for the BBC".
Let’s have a further look at the new timeline the BBC has set out:
A little bit more from the BBC statement which confirms it has been asked by the Metropolitan Police to pause its investigation while detectives do further scoping work.
In a statement the BBC says: "We know that questions have been asked about how the complaint was initially managed, so today we have published an update that sets out key dates and some additional information that we are currently able to share."
The BBC says it has processes and protocols for managing complaints and matters are taken "extremely seriously" and in light of what has happened the BBC's Group Chief Operating Officer has been asked to see if these protocols are appropriate.
"Events of recent days have shown how complex and challenging these kinds of cases can be and how vital it is that they are handled with the utmost diligence and care," the statement adds.
Quote MessageThere will, of course, be lessons to be learned following this exercise."
BBC Statement
Some reaction to bring you from the BBC's director general who confirms he has not personally spoken to the presenter at the centre of the recent allegations.
Tim Davie wouldn't comment when asked if the presenter has offered to resign.
Let's bring you some more of what the director general has had to say.
Tim Davie says: “We did receive a call on 19 May. That was taken by the audiences services team who then make a summary of the call. It did not include an allegation of criminality - but was very serious.”
At a virtual press briefing relating to the publishing of the BBC’s Annual Report, Davie confirmed he has asked “for a review”, which will be internal, of how things are red flagged.
He said: “Any affair of this nature is serious. Trust is absolutely fundamental to the BBC. It is too early to say how this impacts the BBC in terms of trust.”
“We need to run a fair process. This is very complex and very fast moving. We need to balance duty of care, get across the legal issues in terms of privacy, and public interest.”
In the last few moments we have had an updated timeline from the BBC - setting out how the BBC could not make contact with the complainant, after the initial contact.