Ex BBC presenter Huw Edwards steps down from another role after guilty plea

Huw Edwards has stepped down from another role (Image: PA) Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has resigned from his two honorary positions at his alma mater in Wales. The 62 year old newsreader admitted to three counts of creating indecent images of children, and it was later disclosed that he had been arrested over serious allegations in November 2023. He confessed to possessing 41 indecent pictures of children - some of which were category A, the most severe type of child abuse images.

Following the revelation of his crimes, there have been demands for his awards and positions to be revoked. Among his accolades were a Bafta, the Royal Television Society (RTS), and the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC). function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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