BBC reaches settlement with female news presenters over discrimination claims

Left to right: Annita McVeigh, Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera. A three-week tribunal into the claims had been due to begin on Monday. Photograph: PA

Four female news presenters have reached a last-minute settlement with the BBC over claims they were the victims of a “rigged” recruitment process.

Martine Croxall, Annita McVeigh, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera claimed they lost their positions on the BBC News channel as a result of the recruitment exercise, with their claims involving age and sex discrimination.