ITV’s chief executive has insisted the broadcaster’s bosses were never provided with evidence that Phillip Schofield was having an affair with a much younger This Morning colleague, in a relationship she described as “deeply inappropriate”.

Facing MPs on the DCMS Select Committee, Dame Carolyn McCall said: “Nobody here or on the management board would ever turn a blind eye to something as serious as this.” Report by Buseld. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn