Tony and Julie Wadsworth, who have presented on BBC Radio Leicester and BBC WM, face charges relating to four children

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Two BBC radio presenters have been charged with sex offences against four children. Tony and Julie Wadsworth, who have presented on BBC Radio Leicester and BBC WM in Birmingham, are due to appear before Warwickshire magistrates court on 11 May.

Warwickshire police said Tony Wadsworth, 68, of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, has been charged with five counts of inciting a boy under the age of 16 to commit an act of gross indecency.

Julie Wadsworth, 58, of the same address, has been charged with seven counts of inciting a boy under the age of 16 to commit an act of gross indecency. They both also face one count of committing an act outraging public decency.

The charges relate to four children, aged between 11 and 15, between 1996 and 1999, Warwickshire police said.