Clive Myrie apologises to BBC for failing to declare £65,000 outside earnings

BBC newsreader Clive Myrie has apologised to the corp aft failing to state extracurricular earnings.

The 60-year-old, who besides presents BBC Two quiz amusement Mastermind, did not state net of astatine slightest £65,000 from firm events implicit the past 12 months, according to reports.

As an employee, Myrie is expected to state his database of engagements to the corp monthly, but failed to see 11.

The BBC’s on-screen endowment person had to state extracurricular net since director-general Tim Davie demanded much transparency successful 2021, publishing the declarations each 3 months.

The Sunday Times claimed Myrie failed to state his enactment arsenic a statement president astatine GreenTalks Live, an lawsuit hosted by the Isle of Man’s Energy and Sustainability Centre, and arsenic a keynote talker astatine Dutch slope ING’s Views From The Top meal astatine The Gherkin successful London.

Both events are reported to person commanded fees of much than £10,000.

The work besides claimed Myrie besides failed to study 9 different engagements, including enactment arsenic a impermanent talker astatine Suffolk Chamber of Commerce’s Prestige Dinner, a big astatine the National Residential Landlords Association’s conference, and arsenic big of an Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association lunch.

The different roles are said to beryllium worthy betwixt £5,000 and £10,000 to Myrie.

A BBC spokesperson said it had spoken to the presenter to ‘remind him of his responsibilities’.

They said: ‘We person spoken to Clive to punctual him of his responsibilities with regards to the outer events register, and helium has apologised for these errors.’

It is understood the registry volition beryllium updated astatine the adjacent quarterly work to see each applicable events that were antecedently omitted.

The presenter is reportedly earning a wage betwixt £310,000 and £314,999 astatine the BBC, according to its astir caller yearly study published successful March 2024.

Metro.co.uk has approached Myrie’s rep for comment.

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