BBC News at Ten anchor Huw Edwards, has resigned from his £439,000 a year job after spending the last nine months living as an off-air recluse.
Edwards, 62, inexplicably disappeared from the airwaves last July, at around the same time reports surfaced that an "unnamed" male BBC presenter had paid £35,000 to a young, vulnerable adult in exchange for initimate photos of them.
Edwards' name was squarely in the frame from the outset, him having disappeared like a fart in the wind for no other apparent reason.
It wasn't until his wife, producer Vicki Flind, released a statement that the widely discussed rumours about the veteran Welsh broadcaster became public.
In the statement, Flind said: "Huw is suffering from serious mental health issues. As is well documented, he has been treated for severe depression in recent years.
"The events of the last few days have greatly worsened matters, he has suffered another serious episode and is now receiving in-patient hospital care where he'll stay for the foreseeable future.
"Once well enough to do so, he intends to respond to the stories that have been published."
In recent months Edwards, who has been suspended on full pay, has been living the quiet life with his elderly mother in the Carmarthenshire countryside. The air is much fresher there and he can enjoy undisturbed nights' sleep dreaming about Men of Harlech.
Earlier today, the BBC released the following statement: "Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC.
"After 40 years of service, Huw has explained that his decision was made on the basis of medical advice from his doctors.
"The BBC has accepted his resignation which it believes will allow all parties to move forward. We don't believe it appropriate to comment further."
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Further anti-BBC reading:
- Is The True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?, by David Sedgwick (aff. link)
- The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills (aff. link)
After being suspended on full pay for a year it wouldnt surprise me if the BBC also give him a huge golden handshake for years of "loyal service"
ReplyDeleteI believe they have said there was no pay-off in this case.
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