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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.
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.
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 ...
A statement from the corporation said the former presenter had ‘undermined trust in the BBC and brought us into disrepute’.
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There was also an update on recovering an estimated £200,000 from the disgraced former newsreader.
The family of Huw Edwards are receiving crisis management advice from former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, it has been reported. David Cameron’s former Downing Street communications ...
Huw Edwards announced the late Queen’s death on the BBC in September 2022 (James Manning/PA) In 2018, it was reported that he had agreed to take a pay cut following revelations over unequal pay ...