A former brothel madam at the centre of the Sir Edward Heath child sex scandal claims he was a "shy gay man" but not a paedophile.
Myra Ling-Ling Forde told The Sun she arranged male escorts for the former prime minister in the Nineties but insisted "he was not into sex with children".
Sir Edward, who died in 2005, is currently being investigated by seven police forces over allegations of historical child sex abuse.
Two more police forces - Gloucestershire and Thames Valley - are carrying out investigations linked to allegations against Sir Edward Heath.
An eighth - North Yorkshire - is also searching its archives for any information linking the former Prime Minister to Jimmy Savile, and a well known paedophile.
From Scarborough, ITV News correspondent Neil Connery reports:
Myra Ling-Ling Forde told The Sun she arranged male escorts for the former prime minister but said he was "not into sex with children".
A brothel madam has denied reports she threatened to expose Edward Heath as a child abuser and said she had no involvement with him.
A man has claimed that he was raped aged 12 by former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath.