Beeb asks Huw Edwards to pay back £200,000 from salary

Back to the Huw Edwards scandal, where the disgraced ex-BBC presenter is facing more trouble. Last week, the former TV star pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children at Westminster magistrates’ court. Edwards had 41 indecent images of children, which had been sent to him by another man on WhatsApp. At the same time, it emerged that the presenter last year received a £40,000 pay rise despite not working for most of those 12 months. Now it transpires that the Beeb wants its money back.

The public service broadcaster has asked Edwards to return the six-figure salary he was paid after being arrested last November for possessing indecent images of children – the grand total of which amounts to more than £200,000. Crikey. Edwards and the Beeb both came under fire after the BBC’s annual accounts revealed he was the third highest-earning presenter between March 2023 and April 2024 – despite being suspended last summer and formally leaving his post in April 2024.