Huw Edwards

Huw Edwards was born on 18 August 1961 in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales,{{cite web |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U43950/EDWARDS_Huw |title=EDWARDS, Huw |work=Who's Who 2016 online edition |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=24 January 2016 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712173852/https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-43950 |url-status=live }} into a Welsh-speaking family, and, from the age of four, was brought up in Llangennech, near Llanelli.{{Cite news |date=5 August 2022 |title=Urddo Mark Drakeford a Huw Edwards i'r Orsedd |language=cy |work=BBC Cymru Fyw |url=https://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/62379506 |access-date=31 August 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003071826/https://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/62379506 |url-status=live}} His father, Hywel Teifi Edwards, was a Plaid Cymru and Welsh language activist,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/26/hywel-teifi-edwards-obituary|title=Hywel Teifi Edwards obituary|last=Rees|first=D. Ben|date=26 January 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 July 2017|archive-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192246/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/26/hywel-teifi-edwards-obituary|url-status=live}} and an author and academic, who was research professor of Welsh-language Literature at University College of Swansea.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8440734.stm|title=Hywel Teifi Edwards dies aged 75|date=5 January 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=18 March 2012|archive-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909054348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8440734.stm|url-status=live}} Edwards's mother, Aerona Protheroe, spent 30 years teaching at Llanelli's Ysgol Gyfun y Strade.{{cite news|last=Mosalski|first=Ruth|title=The downfall of Huw Edwards: How one of Wales' most recognisable faces lost everything|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/downfall-huw-edwards-how-one-29655112|work=Wales Online|date=3 August 2024|access-date=11 September 2024}} He has one sister, Meinir.{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Gareth |title=Top BBC job is a victory for a Welshman, says Huw Edwards |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/22/huw-edwards-bbc-reliant-welshman-victory/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 December 2021 |access-date=11 September 2024 |url-access=subscription}}

Edwards was educated at Llanelli Boys' Grammar School.{{cite news|title=My Best Teacher – Interview: Huw Edwards|url=https://www.tes.com/news/my-best-teacherinterviewhuw-edwardsfeatures-and-arts|publisher=Times Educational Supplement|date=24 December 1999|author=Williamson, Nigel|author-link=Nigel Williamson|access-date=26 August 2019|archive-date=23 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423132844/https://www.tes.com/news/my-best-teacherinterviewhuw-edwardsfeatures-and-arts|url-status=live}} In 1978 he applied to Hertford College, Oxford, but was rejected.{{cite news|last=Clarence-Smith|first=Louisa|date=7 June 2023|work=The Telegraph|title='Rejection by Oxford was the making of me,' Huw Edwards reveals|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/07/huw-edwards-oxford-university-bbc/|access-date=25 July 2023}} He graduated with a first-class honours degree in French from University College, Cardiff, in 1983.{{cite web|title=South West Wales – Hall of Fame|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/huwedwards.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030423235524/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/halloffame/showbiz/huwedwards.shtml|archive-date=23 April 2003 |publisher=BBC}} After his first degree, he started postgraduate work at Cardiff University in Medieval French, before becoming a reporter for local radio station Swansea Sound and then joining the BBC.{{Cite news|date=20 January 2003|title=Simon Hattenstone talks to Huw Edwards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jan/20/bbc.broadcasting1|access-date=15 April 2021|website=the Guardian|language=en|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009135049/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jan/20/bbc.broadcasting1|url-status=live}}

In 2018, Edwards was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, with a thesis on Welsh Nonconformist chapels in Llanelli and London, by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.{{cite web |last=Davies |first=Rebecca |date=6 July 2018 |title=Press Releases 2018 – University of Wales Trinity Saint David |url=https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2018/bbcs-huw-edwards-is-awarded-a-phd-at-uwtsd-lampeter.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707010002/https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2018/bbcs-huw-edwards-is-awarded-a-phd-at-uwtsd-lampeter.html |archive-date=7 July 2018 |access-date=9 July 2018 |website=UWTSD}} His doctoral thesis was titled O Dinopolis i Fetropolis: arolwg o lanw a thrai achosion Ymneilltuol Cymraeg yn Llanelli a Llundain, 1714–2014 ("From Tinopolis to Metropolis: A Survey of the Ebb and Flow of Welsh Dissenting Causes in Llanelli and London, 1714–2014").{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Huw |date=2018 |title=O Dinopolis i Fetropolis: arolwg o lanw a thrai achosion Ymneilltuol Cymraeg yn Llanelli a Llundain, 1714–2014 |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.793782 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208171912/https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.793782 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library Board}} He said, "It's 12 years since I was here to receive an honorary fellowship which was a great day but today is an even bigger day because I am receiving my PhD after 7 agonising years of hard work on the history of the Welsh chapels in the 18th century."{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Rhys |date=8 July 2018 |title=BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards collects his PhD from UWTSD |url=https://www.wales247.co.uk/bbc-broadcaster-huw-edwards-collects-his-phd-from-uwtsd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812191126/https://www.wales247.co.uk/bbc-broadcaster-huw-edwards-collects-his-phd-from-uwtsd |archive-date=12 August 2022 |accessdate=12 July 2023}}

Edwards spent a short time on work experience at the independent commercial radio station Swansea Sound, presenting a programme on opera and working as a newsreader.{{cite news |author=Neil Prior |title=Swansea Sound in tune with radio listeners for 40 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-29414836 |publisher=BBC |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=10 December 2015 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009135037/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-29414836 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |date=24 October 1986 |title=B.B.C. Cymru Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/burry-port-star-bbc-cymru-post-burry-p/156928178/ |access-date=11 October 2024 |work=Burry Post Star |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} He joined the BBC as a news trainee in 1984.{{cite news |author=James Robson |title=Huw Edwards: The country's new master of ceremonies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/dec/19/observer-profile-huw-edwards-royal-wedding |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=19 December 2010 |access-date=10 December 2015 |archive-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215704/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/dec/19/observer-profile-huw-edwards-royal-wedding |url-status=live }} Edwards also made regular appearances on the Welsh-language television channel S4C,{{cite news |last=Rhydderch |first=Fran |date=19 March 1992 |title=Westminister Huw's second home |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/llanelli-star-westminister-huws-second/156928792/ |access-date=11 October 2024 |work=Llanelli Star |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}} working as the sub-editor and presenter of the programme Newyddion Saith from June 1985. In November 1986, he became parliamentary correspondent for BBC Cymru Wales,{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-huw-edwards-the-newsreader-named-as-bbc-star-at-centre-of-scandal-12917871|title=Who is Huw Edwards? The newsreader named as BBC star at centre of scandal|date=13 July 2023|work=Sky News}} before being promoted to senior political correspondent at BBC News in 1988. From 1994 to 1998, Edwards was the chairman of the S4C current affairs programme Pawb a’i Fam (Everyone to his Opinion).{{Cite news |date=2 November 1994 |title=Huw launches a Welsh panel show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-wales-evening-post-newsreader-goes/156929253/ |access-date=11 October 2024 |work=South Wales Evening Post |page=4 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=7 January 1998 |title=Show to visit town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/carmarthen-journal-show-to-visit-town/156929292/ |access-date=11 October 2024 |work=Carmarthen Journal |page=31 |via=Newspapers.com}} He fronted the BBC's coverage of the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum,{{cite news|title=Centre stage|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/llanelli-star-centre-stage-llanelli-st/157102576/|work=Llanelli Star|page=3|date=18 September 1999|access-date=14 October 2024|via=Newspapers.com}} and coverage of the 1999 local elections in England and Wales.{{cite news|last=Puckett|first=Ceri|title=Beeb's pledge on poll cover|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-wales-evening-post-beebs-pledge-o/157104664/|work=South Wales Evening Post|page=12|date=20 April 1999|access-date=14 October 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Vote 99: Close of Poll|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-vote-99-the-daily/157104684/|work=The Daily Telegraph|page=45|date=6 May 1999|access-date=14 October 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

Between 1994 and January 2003, Edwards presented the BBC Six O'Clock News, then the most watched news programme in Britain.{{cite web |date=14 July 1994 |title=Six O'Clock News – BBC One London – 14 July 1994 – BBC Genome |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/357564a62b0441a883b0be5199f64672 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106211841/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/357564a62b0441a883b0be5199f64672 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |access-date=6 January 2023 |publisher=Genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1726880.stm|title=BBC claims news ratings victory|date=24 December 2001|publisher=BBC}} In January 2003, Edwards became the main presenter of the Ten O'Clock News on BBC One, the BBC's flagship news broadcast.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/dec/19/observer-profile-huw-edwards-royal-wedding|title=Huw Edwards: The country's master of ceremonies |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2010 |location=London |first=James |last=Robinson |access-date=21 July 2023 |archive-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709215704/https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2010/dec/19/observer-profile-huw-edwards-royal-wedding |url-status=live }} He also presented various special programmes such as the Festival of Remembrance. He led the BBC commentary team at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics and 2014 Commonwealth Games. He presented several election specials, including coverage of the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election for BBC Wales and the BBC coverage of the results of the 2008 United States elections and the inauguration of Barack Obama. He was formerly chief political correspondent for BBC News, and spent more than 14 years reporting politics from Westminster across a range of BBC programmes.

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Edwards presented or contributed to a range of other BBC News programmes, including Breakfast News, One O'Clock News, Newsnight and Panorama. From April 2006 until 2020, he presented the BBC News at Five on the 24-hour BBC News channel. On 29 April 2011, he presented the BBC coverage of the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.{{Cite news |last=Midley |first=Neil |date=29 April 2011 |title=Royal wedding: BBC's Huw Edwards ribbed for commenting on 'splendid view' of Kate Middleton |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8483328/Royal-wedding-BBCs-Huw-Edwards-ribbed-for-commenting-on-splendid-view-of-Kate-Middleton.html |access-date=11 October 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph}} At its peak, the coverage was watched by 20 million viewers in the UK{{cite web |title=Royal Wedding BBC Viewing Figures |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/05_may/01/wedding.shtml |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=21 December 2019 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003211617/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/5_may/01/wedding.shtml |url-status=live }} and the team won a BAFTA Award for Best Coverage of a Live Event.{{cite web|title=Television Awards Winners in 2012|date=24 April 2012|url=http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/nominees-winner-2012,3256,BA.html|publisher=bafta.org|access-date=4 October 2012|archive-date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128130750/http://www.bafta.org/television/awards/nominees-winner-2012,3256,BA.html|url-status=live}} In June 2012, Edwards presented the BBC coverage of the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/edwards|title=BBC – Huw Edwards to lead BBC's live coverage over Diamond Jubilee weekend – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 December 2019|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930225409/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/edwards|url-status=live}} In May 2013, Edwards took over BBC coverage of local elections from David Dimbleby.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/oct/18/bbc-replacing-david-dimbleby-general-election|title=BBC mulls replacing David Dimbleby as anchor for next general election|date=18 October 2013|work=The Guardian}} He presented a special news report for the BBC following the death of Nelson Mandela in December 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nw7cd|title=BBC News Special: Nelson Mandela|date=5 December 2013|publisher=bbc.co.uk}}

Edwards shared the BBC's 2015 general election coverage with Dimbleby,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/20/david-dimbleby-huw-edwards-bbc-general-election-coverage|title=David Dimbleby and Huw Edwards to share BBC general election coverage|first=John|last=Plunkett|date=20 February 2014|work=The Guardian}} and contributed to the coverage of the 2016 UK European Union referendum.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/eu-referendum-the-result|title=EU Referendum – The Result|date=22 June 2016|publisher=bbc.co.uk}} In May 2018, he shared the presentation of the BBC coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b49n05|title=Highlights of the Day, The Royal Wedding: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle – BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005172516/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b49n05|url-status=live}} In 2019, he succeeded Dimbleby as the host of BBC election night coverage. and was the lead presenter for the 2019 general election coverage.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50292786|title=General Election 2019: Huw Edwards to lead BBC coverage|work=BBC News|date=4 November 2019|access-date=4 November 2019|archive-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004224828/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50292786|url-status=live}} In April 2021, he presented the rolling coverage across BBC One, BBC Two, BBC News Channel and BBC World News following the death and funeral of Prince Philip.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|title=HRH the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – BBC One|date=15 April 2021|website=BBC|access-date=16 April 2021|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024232851/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh|url-status=live}}

{{external media|width=210px|float=right|headerimage=210px|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_H9eobuKnw Announcement of the death of the Queen on the BBC's television channels] read by Edwards.}}In August 2021, Edwards told BBC Radio Cymru he was contemplating his future, saying 20 years of news "can be taxing" and that viewers should "get a change".{{Cite web |last=Lafferty |first=Cerys |date=16 August 2021 |title=Huw Edwards considering future at BBC |url=https://www.herald.wales/uncategorised/huw-edwards-considering-future-at-bbc/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816121122/https://www.herald.wales/uncategorised/huw-edwards-considering-future-at-bbc/ |archive-date=16 August 2021 |website=Herald Wales}} In January 2022, he joined BBC Radio Cymru as one of five regular presenters for the Sunday morning current affairs programme Bore Sul.{{Cite web |date=15 December 2021 |title=Huw Edwards reflects on the Queen's life as he announces her death on the BBC |url=https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-to-present-welsh-language-bbc-radio-slot/ |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=Nation.Cymru |archive-date=15 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215194245/https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-to-present-welsh-language-bbc-radio-slot/ |url-status=live }} On 8 September 2022, Edwards announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II,{{Cite web |date=8 September 2022 |title=Huw Edwards reflects on the Queen's life as he announces her death on the BBC |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/huw-edwards-bbc-buckingham-palace-the-united-kingdom-b2163031.html |access-date=8 September 2022 |website=The Independent |archive-date=3 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103180545/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/huw-edwards-bbc-buckingham-palace-the-united-kingdom-b2163031.html |url-status=live }} presenting rolling news coverage from around 14:00 BST following an announcement from Buckingham Palace earlier in the day.{{Cite news |date=8 September 2022 |title=Queen under medical supervision at Balmoral |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62836057 |access-date=9 September 2022 |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909080842/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62836057 |url-status=live}} He presented the BBC's coverage of her state funeral on 19 September.{{Cite news |date=17 September 2022 |title='Do it solemnly, quickly, and shut up': how TV is preparing for the royal funeral |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/17/monarchs-funeral-shaping-up-to-be-tv-event-of-the-century |access-date=17 September 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-date=10 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010225232/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/17/monarchs-funeral-shaping-up-to-be-tv-event-of-the-century |url-status=live}}

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Beyond news, Edwards presented a range of programmes on television and radio, including documentaries on classical music, religion and the Welsh language (of which he is a native speaker), and hosted various events such as the BAFTA Cymru award ceremonies.{{cite news|title=Court drama scoops awards|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2980127.stm|publisher=BBC|date=27 April 2003|access-date=3 May 2013|archive-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006031320/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2980127.stm|url-status=live}} He has presented historical documentaries including Owain Glyndŵr, the South Wales Valleys, Gladstone and Disraeli{{cite web|title=Huw Edwards presents BBC Four documentary, Disraeli & Gladstone - Clash of the Titans|url=https://www.speakerscorner.co.uk/blog/huw-edwards-presents-bbc-four-documentary-disraeli-gladstone-clash-of-the-titans|publisher=Speakers' Corner|date=3 March 2009|access-date=11 September 2024}} and a series following the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.{{cite news|title=Pontcysyllte Aqueduct to feature in BBC documentary Hidden Histories|url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/pontcysyllte-aqueduct-feature-bbc-documentary-5221659|work=Cheshire Live|date=23 July 2013|orig-date=18 June 2009|access-date=11 September 2024}} He presented Bread of Heaven with Huw Edwards, a documentary about the impact of religion in Wales, which won the 2005 BAFTA Cymru for best documentary and nominations in four other categories.{{cite news|title=Ifans clinches Bafta 'Grand Slam'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4479487.stm|publisher=BBC|date=24 April 2005|access-date=3 May 2013|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005231149/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4479487.stm|url-status=live}} In 2006, Edwards made a voice appearance in the Doctor Who episode "Fear Her".

In September 2008, the BBC Trust ruled that a documentary on Welsh politics presented by Edwards, Wales: Power and the People – Back to the Future, had broken the BBC's editorial guidelines. The documentary covered the Welsh Assembly, with Edwards stating: "To achieve its full potential it needs even greater support for the people of Wales than it's received so far ... The more people that take part, the stronger and healthier our democracy in Wales will be." Following a complaint, the governing body concluded that Edwards's words were not objective and even-handed, saying: "It is not the role of BBC presenters to encourage audiences to exercise their right to vote on particular occasions." It was also found that the documentary as a whole was biased against the Conservative Party.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BBC+Wales+rapped+for+bias+over+Thatcher+programme.-a0188937241|title=BBC Wales rapped for bias over Thatcher programme. – Free Online Library|website=thefreelibrary.com|access-date=25 March 2012|archive-date=3 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003161241/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/BBC+Wales+rapped+for+bias+over+Thatcher+programme.-a0188937241|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Editorial Standards Findings |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2008/september.txt |work=BBC |date=September 2008 |access-date=16 July 2014 |archive-date=21 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721044929/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2008/september.txt |url-status=live }}

In 2010, Edwards presented The Prince and the Plotter about the investiture of the Prince of Wales and the part played by Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru ("Defence of Wales Movement"). He received the Best On-Screen Presenter award at the BAFTA Cymru Awards.{{cite news|title=Press Office – BBC Cymru Wales takes 11 top honours at BAFTA Cymru Awards|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/05_may/24/awards.shtml|publisher=BBC|date=24 May 2010|access-date=21 December 2019|archive-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006000438/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/05_may/24/awards.shtml|url-status=live}} In February 2012, Edwards launched a historical documentary series made by BBC Wales, The Story of Wales.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2012/02/huw_edwards_retelling_story_of_wales.html|title=BBC – Wales History: Huw Edwards on retelling the story of Wales|website=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=12 July 2023|archive-date=30 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930225406/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2012/02/huw_edwards_retelling_story_of_wales.html|url-status=live}} That year, Edwards appeared as himself in the James Bond film Skyfall, presenting a BBC News report on a fictional attack on the British intelligence service MI6.{{cite web|title=Skyfallen|url=https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/skyfall-huw-edwards-newsreader-criminal-charges|work=MI6-HQ|date=29 July 2024|access-date=11 September 2024}}

In 2015, Edwards presented a history of the Welsh colony in Patagonia{{mdash}}in English and Welsh versions{{mdash}}to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the colony's establishment.{{Cite web|title=BBC Wales celebrates Patagonia landmark|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/bbc-wales-patagonia-landmark/|access-date=23 November 2021|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en}} In December 2018, he was a guest of Mary Berry in BBC One's Mary Berry's Christmas Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bvxght/mary-berrys-christmas-party-2018|title=Mary Berry's Christmas Party – 2018|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=18 December 2018|archive-date=27 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227143815/https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bvxght/mary-berrys-christmas-party-2018|url-status=live}} In December 2022, he was the narrator for the BBC Four programme Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gmv3 | title=BBC Four – Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments | access-date=24 December 2022 | archive-date=24 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224223220/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gmv3 | url-status=live }}

Edwards earned £550,000–£599,999 per annum as a BBC presenter for several years. His salary was reduced voluntarily in the light of gender pay differences found within the BBC.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2017/jul/19/bbc-publishes-salaries-of-highest-earning-stars-live-updates|title=BBC accused of discrimination as salaries reveal gender pay gap – as it happened|first=Matthew|last=Weaver|date=19 July 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=19 July 2017|archive-date=9 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809133929/https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2017/jul/19/bbc-publishes-salaries-of-highest-earning-stars-live-updates|url-status=live}} Press Gazette announced his new salary as £520,000–£529,999 as of July 2018. His salary was reduced to £465,000 as of May 2019,{{Cite news|date=15 September 2020|title=BBC pay 2019–2020: The full list of star salaries|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54160658|access-date=23 November 2021|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005221335/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54160658|url-status=live}} and reduced further to £435,000–£439,999 in July 2023.{{Cite news |date=11 July 2023 |title=BBC pay 2022–2023: The full list of star salaries |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66156287 |access-date=11 July 2023 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712173849/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66156287 |url-status=live }} It was raised by £40,000 between April 2023 and April 2024, when he resigned from the BBC "on medical advice". By then, he had been suspended for nine months over allegations in The Sun newspaper that he had been paying a young person for sexually explicit photos.{{Cite news |date=23 July 2024 |title=Huw Edwards' BBC pay increased by £40,000 last year |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ng8glnljyo |access-date=30 July 2024 |archive-date=26 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726115937/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ng8glnljyo |url-status=live }}

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In March 2011, Edwards opened Swansea University's "Hoffi Coffi" cafe in the library, created to support the aims of Academi Hywel Teifi, named after his father who spent his academic career at the university. He gave a speech in Welsh as he unveiled a mural of a poem by Tudur Hallam, Professor of Welsh at the university and winner of the Chair in the previous year's National Eisteddfod; Edwards called it a moving tribute to his father, who had died in January 2010.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Nino |date=18 March 2011 |title=Huw's full of beans at Welsh coffee shop honouring father |work=This is South Wales |url=http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Huw-s-beans-Welsh-coffee-shop-honouring-father/article-3345541-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321192112/http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Huw-s-beans-Welsh-coffee-shop-honouring-father/article-3345541-detail/article.html |archive-date=21 March 2011}}{{Cite news |date=7 August 2010 |title=Eisteddfod chair dedicates poem to Welsh language great |work=Wales Online |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/eisteddfod-chair-dedicates-poem-welsh-1901811 |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613160728/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/eisteddfod-chair-dedicates-poem-welsh-1901811 |archive-date=13 June 2022}}

In 2003, Edwards was made a Fellow of the University of Wales and in 2007 he became Honorary Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University.{{Cite web |title=Huw Edwards – People – Cardiff University |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/201284-edwards-huw |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613160215/https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/201284-edwards-huw |archive-date=13 June 2022 |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=Cardiff University}} In 2005, he was appointed Patron of the National College of Music and in October 2008 he was appointed President of the London Welsh Trust which runs the London Welsh Centre.{{cite web|url=http://www.londonwelsh.org/archives/1796|title=Our Former Presidents: London Welsh Centre|year=2010|work=London Welsh Centre website|publisher=London Welsh Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720025944/http://www.londonwelsh.org/archives/1796|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=4 February 2011}} In April 2009 he was elected vice president, later Pro Chancellor, of Cardiff University for four years.{{Cite book |last=Hume |first=Lucy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q9tHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1946 |title=People of Today 2017 |date=5 October 2017 |publisher=Debrett's |isbn=9781999767037 |pages=1946 |quote="...vice-pres Cardiff Univ 2009 (pro-chllr 2013)..." |access-date=13 June 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=12 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712173923/https://books.google.com/books?id=q9tHEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1946 }}{{Cite web |title=Pro Chancellor – Huw Edwards |url=http://cardiff.ac.uk/about/whoswho/huwedwards/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921140355/http://cardiff.ac.uk/about/whoswho/huwedwards/index.html |archive-date=21 September 2013 |website=Cardiff University}} He was honorary President of London's Gwalia Male Choir from 2005 to 2016,{{Cite web |title=Gwalia Male Voice Choir History Past and Present — The Gwalia Male Choir |url=https://www.gwaliachoirlondon.org/about-us |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=Gwalia Male Choir |archive-date=5 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005203932/https://www.gwaliachoirlondon.org/about-us }} and was a vice president of the National Churches Trust{{cite web |title=Huw Edwards appointed as a Vice-President |url=https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/news/huw-edwards-appointed-vice-president |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074559/http://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/news/huw-edwards-appointed-vice-president |archive-date=1 March 2019 |website=National Churches Trust |publisher=nationalchurchestrust.org}} until his removal from the position in 2024 after his sexual misconduct charges.{{cite news |title=Huw Edwards hometown mural painted over by artist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cye0ennkkgzo |website=BBC News |date=1 August 2024 |first=Renu |last=Thapa |quote="The National Churches Trust said Huw Edwards was no longer vice president for the charity." |access-date=4 August 2024}}

In 2020, Edwards criticised The Times for printing a story dismissive of the use of the Welsh language. He responded to comments in The Times written by the scientist Michael Pepper in which it was suggested that his late colleague John Meurig Thomas wrote notes in Welsh purely to stop others from reading them; Edwards said that Welsh speakers do not "use our native language in our daily lives simply to thwart others".{{cite web|url=https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-slams-times-for-comments-about-eminent-chemists-use-of-the-welsh-language|title=Huw Edwards slams Times for comments about eminent chemist's use of the Welsh language|website=Nation Cymru|date=5 December 2020|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005231148/https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-slams-times-for-comments-about-eminent-chemists-use-of-the-welsh-language/|url-status=live}} In 2021, he criticised the former journalist Max Hastings for saying that Welsh was of "marginal value" and that Wales could not succeed as an independent country because it was "dependent on English largesse".{{cite web|url=https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-slams-former-telegraph-editor-for-anti-welsh-language-article/|title=Huw Edwards slams former Telegraph editor for anti-Welsh language article|date=15 February 2021|website=Nation Cymru|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006010853/https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-slams-former-telegraph-editor-for-anti-welsh-language-article/|url-status=live}}

On 5 July 2019, Edwards was awarded a fellowship of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.{{cite web|url=https://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/2019/07/05/graduation-2019/|title=Graduation 2019|website=Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006020657/https://blog.rwcmd.ac.uk/2019/07/05/graduation-2019/|url-status=live}} Edwards is also an amateur organist, taught to play at a chapel in Llanelli, and occasionally played at the Jewin Welsh Presbyterian Chapel in Clerkenwell, north London.{{Cite news |date=31 July 2021 |title=Huw Edwards calls for safeguards to protect church organs from destruction |work=Nation.Cymru |url=https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-calls-for-safeguards-to-protect-church-organs-from-destruction/ |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613151838/https://nation.cymru/news/huw-edwards-calls-for-safeguards-to-protect-church-organs-from-destruction/ |archive-date=13 June 2022}}

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In 1993, Edwards married Vicky Flind, a television producer, whose credits include editing This Week and Peston.{{cite web|first1=Patrick|last1=Sawer|first2=Martin|last2=Evans|date=30 July 2024|title=Huw Edwards 'moves out of family home' ahead of court appearance|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/30/huw-edwards-cps-breached-open-justice-principles/|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240731003013/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/30/huw-edwards-cps-breached-open-justice-principles/|archive-date=31 July 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Newsreader's wife changes channels|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/newsreaders-wife-changes-channels-lnf0h0cgpsg|website=The Times|access-date=23 October 2021|last1=Rigby|first1=Elizabeth|archive-date=5 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005160726/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/newsreaders-wife-changes-channels-lnf0h0cgpsg|url-status=live}} They lived in Dulwich, London, and have five children.{{cite web|url=http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/contactsandpeople/honorary/edwards-huw.html |title=Mr Huw Edwards |publisher=Cardiff University |work=Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies website |access-date=25 January 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129161549/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jomec/contactsandpeople/honorary/edwards-huw.html|archivedate=29 January 2013}} In July 2024 it was reported that Edwards and Flind had separated some time ago and that Edwards had been living elsewhere.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/huw-edwards-wife-bbc-presenter-scandal-b2588454.html |title=Huw Edwards splits from wife amid indecent images of children charges |work=The Independent |first=Kevin E G |last=Perry |date=30 July 2024 |access-date=31 July 2024}} Flind reportedly filed for divorce after Edwards's sentencing.{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/huw-edwards-wife-files-for-divorce-dx7r5rhq9|title = Huw Edwards' wife 'files for divorce'|last = Hughes|first = Seren|date = 9 October 2024|accessdate = 9 October 2024|newspaper = The Times|url-access = subscription}}

Edwards is a Christian who, as of 2013, attended Presbyterian Church of Wales services in Welsh.{{cite web|title=Huw Edwards in fight to save Welsh church in London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10461814/Huw-Edwards-in-fight-to-save-Welsh-church-in-London.html|website=The Telegraph|date=20 November 2013 |access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=18 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118102152/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10461814/Huw-Edwards-in-fight-to-save-Welsh-church-in-London.html|url-status=live}} He led a campaign to save the historic Jewin Presbyterian Church, London's oldest Welsh chapel.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Carwyn |title=TV presenter hopes to save chapel |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-24995180 |access-date=14 February 2025 |work=BBC News |date=18 November 2013}}

He said he has had bouts of clinical depression since 2002.{{cite news |first=Matthew |last=Weaver |title=Huw Edwards tells of 20-year struggle with depression |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=23 December 2021 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/23/huw-edwards-tells-of-20-year-struggle-with-depression |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206145321/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/dec/23/huw-edwards-tells-of-20-year-struggle-with-depression |url-status=live }}

On 7 July 2023, The Sun reported that a well-known BBC presenter had paid a teenager more than £35,000 from when the teenager was 17 years old in return for "sordid images". The story was based on allegations by the mother and stepfather of the teenager. A lawyer representing the young person said nothing inappropriate or illegal had taken place, and that the teenager and mother were estranged.{{Cite news |last1=Crew |first1=Jemma |last2=Youngs |first2=Ian |date=16 July 2023 |title=Huw Edwards: How Sun story about BBC presenter developed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66186358 |access-date=18 July 2023 |work=BBC News}}{{Cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=10 July 2023 |title=Claims about BBC presenter are rubbish, says young person at centre of scandal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/10/claims-about-bbc-presenter-are-rubbish-says-young-person-at-centre-of-scandal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712043715/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/10/claims-about-bbc-presenter-are-rubbish-says-young-person-at-centre-of-scandal |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}{{cite news |last1=Gregory |first1=James |date=11 July 2023 |title='Nothing inappropriate' in BBC presenter row – young person's lawyer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66159357 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712180936/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66159357 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=13 July 2023 |work=BBC News}} On 12 July, Edwards's wife named him as the subject and said that he was receiving hospital treatment for depression.{{Cite web |title=Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter accused of paying teen for explicit pictures |url=https://news.sky.com/story/huw-edwardss-wife-names-him-as-bbc-presenter-accused-of-paying-teen-for-explicit-pictures-report-12917735 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712171406/https://news.sky.com/story/huw-edwardss-wife-names-him-as-bbc-presenter-ac1cused-of-paying-teen-for-explicit-pictures-report-12917735 |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=Sky News |language=en}}{{cite web |author=Nadeem Badshah |date=12 July 2023 |title=Huw Edwards' wife says presenter in mental health hospital after allegations in the Sun newspaper – live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2023/jul/12/bbc-presenter-huw-edwards-the-sun-latest-news |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712173926/https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2023/jul/12/bbc-presenter-huw-edwards-the-sun-latest-news |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=The Guardian}}

Shortly before Edwards was named, the Metropolitan Police reported that it had found no evidence of crime and would not investigate further.{{Cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=12 July 2023 |title=Wife of Huw Edwards names him as BBC presenter at centre of allegations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/12/wife-of-huw-edwards-names-him-as-bbc-presenter-at-centre-of-allegations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712171507/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/12/wife-of-huw-edwards-names-him-as-bbc-presenter-at-centre-of-allegations |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} The Sun stated that it had never alleged criminality on the part of Edwards, which The Guardian described as backtracking.{{Cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |date=12 July 2023 |title=The Sun finds itself in line of fire over report on Huw Edwards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jul/12/sun-in-firing-line-over-report-on-huw-edwards |accessdate=16 July 2023 |issn=0261-3077}} The Sun also said it would cooperate with the BBC's internal investigation and would not publish further allegations. Edwards was provided the results of the BBC's inquiry on or before November 2023 and was not reinstated.{{cite news |last=Rayner |first=Gordon |date= |title=Huw Edwards expected to leave BBC after being given inquiry findings |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/24/huw-edwards-expected-to-leave-bbc-internal-inquiry/ |access-date=12 December 2023 |work=The Telegraph}} In January 2024, he was reported as too unwell to discuss his employment with the BBC.{{Cite web |date=27 January 2024 |title=Suspended presenter Huw Edwards 'too unwell to discuss future at BBC' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-huw-edwards-future-talks-b2485864.html |website=The Independent |first=Matt |last=Mathers |access-date=29 July 2024}} In April, he resigned from the BBC on "medical advice".{{Cite web |last=Youngs |first=Ian |date=22 April 2024 |title=Huw Edwards leaves BBC on medical advice |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68873266 |access-date=29 July 2024 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} After Edwards's criminal conviction in July 2024, the young person said he believed Edwards had groomed him.{{Cite news |last=Abdul |first=Geneva |date=2024-08-03 |title=Man at centre of Huw Edwards case says he felt 'groomed' by presenter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/03/man-at-centre-of-huw-edwards-case-says-he-felt-groomed-by-presenter |access-date=2024-08-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

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On 29 July 2024, the Metropolitan Police stated that Edwards had been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children (i.e. receiving digital copies), the legal definition of which includes actions such as downloading images or receiving them through email or social media, even when unsolicited.{{Cite news |date=29 July 2024 |title=Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crgr49q591go |access-date=29 July 2024 |work=BBC News |first=Ian |last=Youngs |language=en-GB}}{{cite web |title=Huw Edwards: Former BBC presenter given suspended sentence over indecent images of children |url=https://news.sky.com/story/huw-edwards-former-bbc-presenter-given-suspended-sentence-over-indecent-images-of-children-13214373 |website=Sky News |access-date=16 September 2024 |language=en |quote=According to the Crown Prosecution Service, "making" an indecent image has been broadly interpreted by the courts. [...] In the case of Edwards, he received the illegal images as part of a WhatsApp conversation. Mr Evans said his client had not "created" the images "in the traditional sense of the word".}} The charges involved images allegedly shared in a WhatsApp chat between December 2020 and April 2022, comprising six category A images, 12 category B images and 19 category C images.{{cite news |title=Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images of children |url=https://news.sky.com/story/huw-edwards-charged-with-making-indecent-images-of-children-13186935 |work=Sky News |first=Tom |last=Gillespie |access-date=29 July 2024 |language=en |date=29 July 2024}} Two of the category A images "showed a child aged between about seven and nine".{{cite news |last1=Youngs |first1=Ian |last2=Manning |first2=Lucy |date=31 July 2024 |title=Huw Edwards admits child abuse image charges |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmj260e54x7o |accessdate=31 July 2024 |work=BBC News}}

Edwards was sent 377 sexual images, of which 41 were indecent images of children, by Alex Williams, a man from Merthyr Tydfil. On 15 March 2024, Williams received a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to possessing and distributing category A, B and C images.{{Cite news |date=31 July 2024|title=Man who sent indecent images to Huw Edwards was convicted paedophile |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/man-who-sent-indecent-images-29652680 |access-date=31 July 2024|work=Wales Online |first1=Josh |last1=Payne |first2=Luke |last2=O'Reilly |first3=Margaret |last3=Davis |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=31 July 2024|title=Man who sent indecent images of children to Huw Edwards revealed

|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41447716.html |access-date=31 July 2024|work=Irish Examiner |first=Luke |last=O'Reilly |language=en-GB}} Edwards was arrested on 8 November 2023, and charged on 26 June 2024 following authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service. He pleaded guilty to all of the charges at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 31 July.{{cite news |date=31 July 2024 |title=Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards pleads guilty to making indecent images of children |url=https://news.sky.com/story/huw-edwards-set-to-appear-in-court-after-being-charged-with-making-indecent-images-of-children-13187776 |accessdate=31 July 2024 |work=Sky News}}

Following Edwards's conviction, the BBC began removing his appearances from some of its archive footage.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-03 |title=Huw Edwards: BBC starts removing former newsreader from archive |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0w44nz6nneo |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} The Doctor Who episode "Fear Her", featuring his voice, was removed from BBC iPlayer, and his voice may be removed from the BBC's coverage of Elizabeth II's funeral and Charles III's coronation.{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Craig |date=2024-08-03 |title=BBC may remove Huw Edwards's voice from Queen's funeral and King's coronation coverage |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/08/03/huw-edwards-bbc-state-occasions-commentary-wiped-soundtrack/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}} A mural of Edwards in his hometown of Llangennech was painted over, and a plaque honouring him at Cardiff Castle was taken down.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-01 |title=Huw Edwards hometown mural painted over by artist |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cye0ennkkgzo |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} Mark Lawson wrote in The Guardian that Edwards's conviction would "rank as one of the greatest British public plunges from success and celebrity".{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Mark |date=31 July 2024 |title=Huw Edwards' fall comes 14 months after career peak |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/31/huw-edwards-fall-comes-14-months-after-career-peak |access-date=1 August 2024 |work=The Guardian}}

In August 2024, the BBC announced that it had asked Edwards to return more than £200,000 of the salary paid after his arrest in November 2023. The Chair of the BBC, Samir Shah, said Edwards had acted in bad faith by continuing to draw his salary.{{cite news |last1=Rufo |first1=Yasmin |date=9 August 2024 |title=BBC asks Huw Edwards to return more than £200,000|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clynjvve0gvo |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=BBC News}} On 16 September 2024, Edwards was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and placed on the sex offenders' register.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/huw-edwards-court-sentencing-news-b2613461.html|title=Huw Edwards spared jail as disgraced BBC presenter sentenced for indecent images of children|work=The Independent|first=Tara|last=Cobham|date=16 September 2024|access-date=16 September 2024}} He was also ordered to attend a sex offender treatment programme and pay £3,128 in costs and victim surcharge.{{cite web |title=Huw Edwards latest: Your reputation 'is in tatters', judge tells ex-BBC newsreader; he paid paedophile who sent him child abuse images |url=https://news.sky.com/story/huw-edwards-latest-former-bbc-newsreader-faces-sentencing-for-making-indecent-images-of-children-13213565 |website=Sky News |access-date=16 September 2024 |language=en |date=16 September 2024}} Edwards' sentence was calculated by Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring based on an initial one year imprisonment. Three months were deducted for mental health reasons and due to it being Edwards' first offence. A third of the sentence was also deducted due to Edwards' early guilty plea, bringing the sentence down to six months.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn033p4d82xo | title=Four key takeaways from Huw Edwards' sentencing |accessdate=2024-09-17 |date=2024-09-16 |work=BBC News}}

Edwards' defence barrister, Philip Evans KC, said that his client wished "to apologise to the court" and those he had hurt.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/16/huw-edwards-in-court-after-admitting-accessing-indecent-images-of-children|title=Huw Edwards given suspended sentence for accessing indecent images of children|first1=Daniel|last1=Boffey|first2=Daniel Boffey Chief|last2=reporter|date=16 September 2024|newspaper=The Guardian}}

• 2009, Capeli Llanelli: Our Rich Heritage, Carmarthenshire County Council, {{ISBN|0906821789}}
• 2014, City Mission – the Story of London's Welsh Chapels, Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont, {{ISBN|1847719058}}

• List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists

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• Hon. President Llanelli Community Heritage
• {{IMDb name|id=0250048|name=Huw Edwards}}
• [https://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/biography-images/huw-edwards-3251/ Huw Edwards Profile] TV Newsroom

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110612174208/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article5703783.ece Times February 2009]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jan/20/bbc.broadcasting1 Guardian interview January 2003]
• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2236014.stm Huw's rise to the top in September 2002]

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