BBC information presenter Huw Edwards was warned about his conduct on-line two years earlier than the scandal that triggered his departure from the company, The Sunday Occasions reviews.
Edwards, the chief anchor of BBC Information and the go-to presenter for the nation’s greatest occasions, together with asserting Queen Elizabeth’s loss of life in 2022 and helming the BBC’s protection of King Charles’ Coronation in 2023, resigned from the BBC final week, 9 months after The Solar newspaper first reported that he had paid 1000’s of kilos to a youngster in change for specific photographs.
The Sunday Occasions reviews {that a} confidential overview into the allegations and the way the BBC handled its star presenter reveals that this was not the primary grievance made about Edwards, {that a} girl from the general public contacted the BBC in Could 2021, after exchanging messages with the information presenter on social media. The Sunday Occasions says this grievance was investigated, and Edwards spoken to about his use of social media, that the pair’s interactions “needed to cease.”
The newspaper reviews that the pair continued to change messages and the girl made an extra grievance in January 2022. She later retracted each complaints.
Edwards resigned final week on medical grounds after working on the BBC for 4 a long time. He has not been seen on air since his resignation final summer time, and the assertion of his departure emphasised that he had not obtained a pay-off to mirror his shortened contract. Nonetheless, he obtained full pay throughout his day without work display screen (as he was entitled to underneath UK sick go away guidelines) and the BBC continues to face questions on the way it treats its most celebrated on-screen expertise, additionally the way it will deal with the presentation of archive footage that includes Edwards sooner or later.
