The BBC has resumed its investigation into the allegations against one of their presenters, which has now been revealed is newsreader Huw Edwards, after the Metropolitan Police said no criminal offence had been committed.
It comes after they were asked to pause their internal inquiries by the police force whilst officers decided if there was any justification for a criminal investigation - which they have decided against.This decision means that the BBC are free to resume its own protocol, with Director general Tim Davie saying they will "assess how some complaints are red flagged up the organisation." While the investigation will look into Huw Edwards' conduct.
Urging the BBC not to rush things today, former controller of Radio 4, Mark Damazer, said: "it is extremely important that Tim [Davie] and the BBC doesn’t feel that it has to be rushed by other people’s agendas to come to measured, appropriate and evidenced conclusions.
I think jumping to a conclusion about what those answers should say is not quite reasonable.” But a BBC employee has told Special Correspondent Lucy Manning they received “inappropriate ” and “suggestive” messages from Edwards this year.The news initially broke last week, when The Sun reported that an unnamed BBC presenter paid a teenager £35,000 in exchange for sexually explicit images.
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