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Award-winning broadcaster Kaye Adams has not had any complaints put to her more than two weeks after she was taken off air by BBC Radio Scotland.
BBC News reported that she had been taken off the programme after “a conduct complaint” but the corporation has not specified the nature of the allegations, and a spokesperson for Adams, who is also a regular host on ITV’s Loose Women, confirmed that no complaints had been presented to her by the BBC as of Wednesday.
Adams has not presented the Mornings show since 6 October, with Stephen Jardine and Connie McLaughlin hosting in her place. BBC News also reported that she has “not permanently left” the corporation which she joined in 2010 to host the daily phone-in programme.
A BBC Scotland spokesperson said: “We would not comment on individuals. If any complaints or concerns are raised we have robust internal processes in place to manage these.”
The spokesperson would not be drawn on the BBC’s internal complaints process and whether it is usual to suspend an individual without making them aware of the complaint made against them.
A representative for Adams said: “No complaints have been presented to Miss Adams by the BBC. Further, she has worked for BBC Radio Scotland for more than 15 years and in that time has never had any issue raised about her.”
ITV has already confirmed that Adams’s position on Loose Women, where she has appeared as an anchor on the popular daytime discussion show since 1999, will remain unchanged.
Adams, who is a staunch advocate for women’s health and menopause awareness, also co-hosts an independently produced podcast called How To Be 60.
The complaint is reported to have been brought under the BBC’s Call It Out scheme, which was launched earlier this year after an independent review into staff culture which found a minority of “powerful individuals” behaved unacceptably, with managers often fail to tackle them.
The report was commissioned by the BBC’s board in the wake of the Huw Edwards scandal. The disgraced senior news anchor admitted offences involving child abuse images last year.
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After this scandal, and the case of MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace, who was fired after 45 allegations of inappropriate behaviour, which included “unwelcome physical contact”, were upheld against him, BBC managers are understood to be keen to be seen to take complaints seriously.
The Mornings show is believed to be one of a number at risk in a sweeping shake-up under BBC Scotland’s new head of audio and events, Victoria Easton Riley, who has been tasked with revitalising the station. Veteran broadcaster Shereen Nanjiani was recently axed from her long-running Saturday morning show after 17 years and the future of the flagship morning news programme Good Morning Scotland has also reportedly been in doubt.
