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nation's history. it won't be huw edwards. thank you _ nation's history. it won't be huw edwards. thank you for - nation's history. it won't be huw edwards. thank you for the - nation's history. it won't be huw - edwards. thank you for the moment. i leave you to engage the reaction. just to reiterate the news that has broken in the last half—an—hour or so. it has been announced huw edwards, the long—time bbc presenter, has resigned and left the bbc. after a0 years of service, mr edwards explained the decision was made on the medical advice of his doctors, and in terms of response from the bbc, they have accepted his decision that will allow all parties to move forward. just to give you a little bit our backgrounds, mr edwards hadn't loosely made any public statement since he was named as the bbc presenter accuse of a string of allegations in the summer of last year. in the last few minutes it has been announced that huw edwards has resigned and left

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knowledge and vision than just the subject they may be a specialist in. and somebody who can get the tone right on these big occasions. you may know the facts of diehards, but getting the public tone right is a very difficult skill. not many people have it. i think enough people have it. i think enough people habit to succeed huw edwards. thank you so much for your time. let's go back to kt, our media editor. i know we are still digressing the news. i don't know whether you have had a look at the reaction to see how the news is going? huw edwards has resigned and left the bbc, saying the decision was made on the medical advice of his doctors. it was made on the medical advice of his doctors-— his doctors. it was, indeed. i am sure you — his doctors. it was, indeed. i am sure you will _ his doctors. it was, indeed. i am sure you will know— his doctors. it was, indeed. i am sure you will know once - his doctors. it was, indeed. i am sure you will know once a - his doctors. it was, indeed. i am sure you will know once a story i sure you will know once a story breaks of this kind, you spend a lot of time as a bbc presenter talking

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the director—general tim davie appearing before a committee in parliament said there was the detail of the allegations themselves, what he called privacy issues, duty of care, which the bbc had the responsibility to huw edwards, and legitimate public interest. they had to weigh up the points, this is the outcome. huw edwards giving his resignation. i think the questions from outside will be, is there some financial settlement? he has said i will resign, or has there been a negotiation of him going? we aren't being told it and probably never will. ., �* ., ., will. you've alluded to the length of time it has _ will. you've alluded to the length of time it has taken _ will. you've alluded to the length of time it has taken since - will. you've alluded to the length of time it has taken since the - will. you've alluded to the length i of time it has taken since the news first broke in the summer of last year. what would your assessment be of how the bbc has handled this

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figures like him, to be honest, after they pass on in terms of their careers, you quite often find people who perhaps deserve an opportunity they weren't going to get when someone as famous as huw edwards was around. i am sure they will find someone as good as huw edwards, whether it will take time. we will wait and see. david dimbleby has moved on and huw edwards was seen as his successor. maybe there is a successor in the bbc, or maybe outside the bbc. ﬁll" successor in the bbc, or maybe outside the bbc.— successor in the bbc, or maybe outside the bbc. our those days of the big bankers, _ outside the bbc. our those days of the big bankers, are _ outside the bbc. our those days of the big bankers, are those - outside the bbc. our those days of the big bankers, are those days - outside the bbc. our those days of the big bankers, are those days of| the big bankers, are those days of the big bankers, are those days of the past —— big anchors. i the big bankers, are those days of the past -- big anchors.— the past -- big anchors. i name check them _ the past -- big anchors. i name check them because _ the past -- big anchors. i name check them because possibly i the past -- big anchors. i name check them because possibly a | check them because possibly a recruitment issue. i can think of a couple of people. you are looking for someone who has got a lot of live experience and has broader

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was anchor for the funeral of prince philip, the death and state funeral of elizabeth ii, and the coronation of elizabeth ii, and the coronation of charles iii, and queen camilla. let's go straight to our newsroom and speak to our media editor. katie, what can you tell us? this statement released in the last few moments. , , ., moments. yes, there is little more to sa at moments. yes, there is little more to say at this _ moments. yes, there is little more to say at this moment _ moments. yes, there is little more to say at this moment apart - moments. yes, there is little more to say at this moment apart from l moments. yes, there is little more l to say at this moment apart from the fact this statement has been released, i receive it on e—mail a few minutes ago, which says huw edwards has resigned at left the bbc. it happened today, and i understand it did happen today, after a0 years of service. he said his decision was made on medical advice from his doctors. i am sure you been discussing it, but what we do know from the statement his wife

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made lastjuly, that huw edwards, a huge, towering figure in the bbc, a welsh broadcaster known across the country and wiser. we know because his wife, when she named him as the presenter in the allegations made in the sun newspaper last summer, she said he was suffering from severe mental health problems. i wouldn't like to speculate on whether those are the medical reasons behind this, but of course many people will put those two things together. huw edwards is, from today, no longer employed by the bbc. he edwards is, from today, no longer employed by the bbc.— edwards is, from today, no longer employed by the bbc. he has indeed resiuned. employed by the bbc. he has indeed resigned- as — employed by the bbc. he has indeed resigned- as we _ employed by the bbc. he has indeed resigned. as we died _ employed by the bbc. he has indeed resigned. as we died this _ employed by the bbc. he has indeed resigned. as we died this news, - employed by the bbc. he has indeed resigned. as we died this news, it i resigned. as we died this news, it is worth just looking back at what a career huw edwards has had in his decade with the bbc, anchoring some of the most significant moments of the last few years.—

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to people on channels rather than checking what people are saying. i haven't yet been able to check what other people, what the reaction is, but it is a significant moment, not just for huw edwards but the bbc more widely. there's been this vast gap left by huw edwards, by his disappearance. 0ne gap left by huw edwards, by his disappearance. one minute he was on the screen is presenting the news, the screen is presenting the news, the next minute he was gone. with all sorts of allegations made about him in the sun newspaper, allegations that the police decided there was no further case to answer, or no criminal offence had been committed. we were left in this waiting period, as stuart was alluding to, these nine months well be haven't known what was going to happen. would huw edwards come back? he's been a much loved presenter, certainly he's had a tiring career for a0 years, but a much loved

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the arrival, there he is, former president donald trump entering the us court room little earlier on today. i want to bring you some breaking news that we have coming into the building, just to bring you that news. i want to bring you a estate is that we have coming in on our wires here, that you edwards, the bbc presenter, hugh edwards is due to leave the bbc on medical advice. the presenter has been off airfor on medical advice. the presenter has been off air for months following reports he paid a young person for explicit photos. the presenter has

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the last few years. well, exactly. i remember — the last few years. well, exactly. i remember covering _ the last few years. well, exactly. i remember covering this _ the last few years. well, exactly. i remember covering this story - the last few years. well, exactly. i remember covering this story last| remember covering this story last summer and just talking about the number of key momentous moments in the history of our country where huw edwards has been the person holding the viewer's hand, explaining what is happening and sharing a coronation or the death of the queen. so many royal events that huw edwards covered through his career at the bbc. then also election night, we haven't known since the scandal broke, we haven't known he was indeed going to present the election programme for the bbc, when it comes, which we know it's in the next you months. that is because huw edwards was the face of the election coverage, so whether it is election is, royal births and deaths, coronations, huw edwards has always been there, been that... what we

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know today, this feels momentous. he has not been on i was greens i9 has not been on i was greens 19 months —— on our screens for nine months. you will no longer be holding our hands for those key moments. . holding our hands for those key moments-_ holding our hands for those key moments. ., .,~ , ., moments. can you take us through the timeline of the — moments. can you take us through the timeline of the last _ moments. can you take us through the timeline of the last few _ moments. can you take us through the timeline of the last few months, - timeline of the last few months, going back tojuly timeline of the last few months, going back to july 2023 when timeline of the last few months, going back tojuly 2023 when the suspension happened? take this through the timeline of events. what through the timeline of events. what ha--ened through the timeline of events. what happened was _ through the timeline of events. “await happened was originally, as through the timeline of events. wiat happened was originally, as people will probably remember, huw edwards was not the person named by the sun newspaper. the sun newspaper ran a series of stories across subsequent days back last summer, talking about an unnamed presenter who they said had exchanged sexually explicit photographs with a young adult for payment, and they made these

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