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Huw Edwards rages at ex-Labour MP as BBC News at 10 accused of 'overdoing it on weather'

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Huw Edwards lost his cool with Lord Ian Austin yesterday, after the politician complained about the BBC’s coverage of the heatwave sweeping across the UK.

Ian suggested the broadcaster was dedicating too much time to talking about the weather, prompting the BBC presenter to hit back on Twitter.It all began when Ian, 57, tweeted out a criticism of the BBC yesterday evening, causing Huw, 60, to speak out against the former Labour MP.“The @BBCNews at 10 is slightly overdoing the weather,” he commented.“The first 23 minutes have been devoted to the heat, before we got on to the trivial and unimportant issue of who might end up running the country!”The UK is facing its biggest heatwave of the summer so far, with London having been tipped to be even hotter than places like Morocco yesterday and today.The Met Office has issued amber and red alerts warning of “potential serious illness or danger to life”.Huw soon fired back at Ian, insisting that people were currently more preoccupied with the hot weather than with the leadership contest.“Oh give it a rest,” Huw tweeted. “They're still on 4 candidates and we're 7 weeks from a result. “Meanwhile viewers are telling us they're FAR more exercised by climate change and the weather extremes.

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