No further action after man held over Alison Hammond blackmail claims

Police conclude investigation into allegations This Morning host was blackmailed by 36-year-old from Warwickshire

Prosecutors have said they will take no further action after a man was arrested on suspicion of blackmailing the TV presenter Alison Hammond.

Reports emerged last March that Hammond, who co-presents ITV’s This Morning and Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off, had been blackmailed for large sums of money. It was alleged that a man had threatened to spread lies about her if she did not cooperate with his demands.