Bbc presenter shake-up: Kaye Adams will not return to BBC Scotland role as lineup changes hit staff and interns

What’s affected first are colleagues, producers and the Mornings With schedule: kaye adams, 63, will not be returning to her Scotland programme after being taken off air last October following an internal complaint. The decision leaves an immediate presenter rota in place while questions about upheld and rejected complaints, workplace culture and the impact on staff remain in focus.

Immediate impact across the Mornings With team at Radio Scotland

Connie McLaughlin will present Mornings With on Mondays to Wednesdays, with Stephen Jardine covering Thursdays and Fridays, and that presenter line-up will remain the same in the "immediate future. " Here’s the part that matters: producers, interns and staff who worked on the programme are now operating without the long-standing host returning, and some complaints against Kaye Adams were found to be upheld while others were rejected.

What the investigation and suspension involved

Adams was suspended from her morning programme last October after an internal complaint about her conduct. The investigation examined allegations that included shouting and swearing at colleagues, the use of an "abhorrent swear word" directed at a colleague, an incident in which she allegedly threw a pen at a producer in frustration, and a claim she berated an intern over their ability to do their job. Some complaints were upheld while others were not upheld, and the inquiry reviewed behaviour spanning multiple years.

Denials, timeline notes and key personnel named in the records

Adams denied wrongdoing, saying her workplace "assertiveness" had been mistaken for bullying, and in October she said her name had been "dragged through the mud" and that she had not been given full details of the allegations. Radio Scotland’s head of audio and events, Victoria Easton Riley, reportedly became concerned after witnessing Adams’s conduct during a routine staff meeting at the Pacific Quay headquarters in Glasgow last year; that prompted wider conversations with staff and contributed to the suspension.

Pay, profile and programme history

The broadcaster had been the presenter of a programme paid at £155, 000-a-year. Adams, who was born in Falkirk, has worked as a journalist and presenter for nearly 40 years. She initially joined Scotland in 2010 to host Call Kaye, a daily phone-in programme that ended in 2015, and later fronted The Kaye Adams Show and Mornings With. She has also been a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women.

Wider workplace measures and cultural context

Last year the organisation launched a "Call it Out" scheme to enable staff to challenge and report poor behaviour in the workplace; that initiative followed an independent report which found that a small number of stars and managers "behave unacceptably" and that bosses sometimes fail to tackle those issues. The complaints about Adams were raised under that scheme. A national newspaper has now said some complaints were upheld, while others were rejected. A spokesperson for the organisation said it does not comment on individuals or internal processes, and reiterated that the Mornings With presentation line-up will remain as currently arranged in the immediate future.

• Staff and production teams on Mornings With must adapt to a continued rota without Adams returning.
• Some complaints were upheld while others were not, and the inquiry reviewed conduct over several years.
• Allegations included shouting, swearing, throwing a pen and berating an intern; Adams denied wrongdoing and described her behaviour as assertiveness.
• The Call it Out scheme and an independent report into workplace culture form the institutional backdrop to these complaints.

The real question now is whether retained presenters and the production team can steady day-to-day operations while internal culture work continues. What’s easy to miss is how these personnel moves ripple beyond on-air slots to training, morale and junior-staff relations; the investigation’s focus on behaviour over many years suggests remedies will involve more than a single personnel change.

Events described here are drawn from the provided material and remain subject to further clarification; details may evolve as parties involved and internal processes confirm next steps.