In a shocking twist, Huw Edwards, ex-BBC news anchor and once considered the face of the station, has has pled guilty over images that show child sexual abuse, possessing 41 pornographic images of children, seven of which fall under Category A - the most severe classification.

Despite being arrested last November, the BBC continued to employ and pay Edwards his £475,000 annual salary for five months. This included a pay rise while he was suspended for forming an inappropriate relationship with a young man, to whom he paid £35,000 for explicit images.

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