Clive Myrie has acknowledged that he did not disclose up to £250,000 in outside events he participated in outside of his BBC work.

Despite earning a substantial amount for speaking and hosting engagements, the BBC News anchor failed to record these activities on the company's external events register.

Myrie made 28 retrospective entries to the registry when a journalist informed the BBC of the shortcomings. He charged up to £10,000 a session for the majority of them and got paid more than that five times.

Clients included American Express, the National Residential Landlords Association and the Football Association.

The BBC said it had taken “robust management action” against Myrie but did not give details.

Myrie blamed the omissions on “administrative issues”.

He said on X: “An apology - I’ve had several administrative issues, and I didn’t fill out the correct paperwork for some of my external public events, so they haven’t been published until now.

“I’ve told the BBC I won’t be taking part in any more paid external events in the foreseeable future, beyond a handful of pre-existing commitments, so that this doesn’t happen again. By sincere apologies. Thanks, Clive.”