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Edwards was the corporation’s highest paid newsreader, with a pay bracket of £475,000 and £479,999 for the year 2023/24, before he resigned, according to the BBC’s latest annual report.
A statement from the corporation said the former presenter had ‘undermined trust in the BBC and brought us into disrepute’.
Edwards continued to earn his salary for five months after he was arrested
Huw Edwards (/ h ɪ ʊ, h juː / hiw, hew, Welsh pronunciation:; born 18 August 1961) is a Welsh news presenter. He was the lead presenter of BBC News at Ten, the late evening news programme of the BBC, from 2003 to 2023. He resigned from the BBC in 2024, during a police investigation into child pornography offences to which he pleaded guilty.
Here is a timeline of how the events unfolded: 2023 – May 19. The family of the person, who was 17 when Edwards allegedly started payments back in 2020, complains to the BBC and becomes ...
In 2018, it was reported that he had agreed to take a pay cut following revelations over unequal pay for men and women at the BBC. Edwards said in 2021 that he was considering his future ...
Edwards was the third highest-paid employee on the 2023/24 list, up from fourth last year, which was once again topped by Match of the Day anchor Gary Lineker, whose salary remained unchanged at ...
The former news anchor has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children.