The BBC should consider pausing MasterChef while Gregg Wallace is investigated, an MP has suggested. Rupa Huq, who is also a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said the continued broadcast of MasterChef could be "triggering" for the women involved.

The BBC is under increasing pressure to pull the current series of MasterChef off air amid allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour against Gregg Wallace. The presenter “stepped away” from the cooking show last week after the programme’s production company began an investigation into the allegations.

Labour MP Rupa Huq warns the BBC that continuing to broadcast MasterChef this week ‘sends the wrong signal’ after Gregg Wallace’s outburst against ‘middle class women of a certain age’