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AMANDA PLATELL: Even if Jermaine Jenas did overstep the line, there is something about his sacking that doesn't feel right


Match Of The Day pundit Jermaine Jenas was sacked by the BBC via Zoom within weeks of two female colleagues complaining he had sent them 'inappropriate' sex texts.

Match Of The Day pundit and The One Show presenter Jermaine Jenas was sacked by the BBC via Zoom within weeks of two female colleagues complaining he had sent them ‘inappropriate’ sex texts. As for the Strictly scandal, the investigation into charges against celebrity dancer Giovanni Pernice made by actress Amanda Abbington – who claims his training methods were so brutal she ended up suffering from PTSD – has been going on for months now, despite the Beeb promising a conclusion weeks ago. Huw Edwards, who was kept on his £480,000 salary for almost a year until he resigned in April, even when the BBC knew the previous November that he had been charged by police for downloading images of the most serious category of child sex abuse

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