Martine Croxall: News presenter to begin legal action against BBC


by BBC News

BBC News— Her complaint includes issues relating to age and sex discrimination and equal pay, documents reveal.

Daily Mail—Five female stars 'launch legal action against BBC after being overlooked for top jobs': Karin Giannone, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh 'back Martine Croxall in age and sex discrimination dispute after being off-air for over a year'. Today it was disclosed that Martine Croxall, 55, who has been working at the Beeb for more than three decades, was taking her employer to the London Central tribunal court on May 1.

Daily Mail—Inside Martine Croxall's year away from the cameras: How presenter, 55, suing for age and sex discrimination, enjoyed trips to Mexico, Bulgaria and Thailand during her time off-air. During her time off, she went swimming with whale sharks and sea lions in the Gulf of California , zipwired over a canyon in Mexico and fed elephants at a sanctuary in Phuket.

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