Kaye Adams 'preparing to sue BBC' following Loose Women star's radio show axe

The 63-year-old Loose Women panellist was dismissed from her weekday morning programme in February after an internal investigation upheld three complaints of misconduct against her.

Sources have indicated that Ms Adams, who earned £155,000 annually in the role, was left devastated by the decision and believes she was subjected to a "witch hunt."

A source told The Mail on Sunday: "Kaye has got herself a lawyer who is looking at everything and she is poised to take the legal action. She is looking at the options."

The presenter was initially suspended from the station in October and never returned to air before her formal termination approximately five months later.

The allegations against Ms Adams centred on three separate incidents that were examined during the BBC's internal inquiry.

She was accused of hurling a pencil at a producer, an allegation a source described as "way off the mark."

A second complaint alleged she had directed a misogynistic slur at a colleague, with this incident said to have occurred approximately 14 years ago.

The third accusation claimed she had reprimanded an intern regarding their professional capabilities.

Ms Adams has firmly rejected all three claims and suggested that her assertive manner may have been misinterpreted as bullying behaviour.

In her Instagram statement, she wrote: "I categorically deny using a misogynistic slur 14 years ago, and I'm horrified at its invention more than a decade later. It is absolutely not a word I would have used."

Sources close to Ms Adams have pointed to broader issues within the workplace, claiming the environment at BBC Scotland was problematic.

"It was a difficult work environment. It was dysfunctional," a source told the publication.

They added: "Producers were out of their depth and the bosses brought in many inexperienced people, with little training, and threw them in at the deep end."

Ms Adams addressed the accusations publicly through social media, stating: "I've tried to keep a dignified silence, but these attacks on my character are now so persistent, they can no longer go unchallenged."

She added: "As for 'berating an intern,' this is simply untrue. Regarding the allegation that I threw a pencil while alone in an empty studio, words fail me."

The presenter expressed her distress at how her tenure at the broadcaster had concluded, writing: "I am heartbroken that 15 years of hard work and dedication to BBC Scotland is being reduced to this."

Ms Adams began her BBC Scotland career in 2010 with the phone-in show Call Kaye, subsequently presenting The Kaye Adams Programme and Mornings with Kaye Adams.

ITV has maintained its support for the presenter, who has featured in nearly 1,000 episodes of Loose Women.

GB News has approached the BBC and Ms Adams' representatives for a comment on the reports.