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buried. these are live pictures coming in from doha's largest mosque where service is being held. and the edinburgh festival begins with hundreds of events in the city over the next month. we will be live in the next month. we will be live in the scottish capital. hello i'm, kylie pentelow. the uk culture secretary has raised concerns about the bbc�*s investigation into huw edwards, in a meeting with the corporation's director general. lisa nandy asked tim davie to explore what options are available to recoup some of edwards' tax—payer funded salary. mr davie has defended the decision not to sack the presenter, despite knowing last november that he had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children. simonjones reports. huw edwards' guilty plea has shocked the nation, a spokesperson for the culture secretary, lisa nandy, said.

her thoughts are with the victims whose lives have been destroyed. she stressed the need for the bbc to be transparent with the public. the corporation's director general was told in november about edwards' arrest over the most serious category of indecent images, but he insisted he didn't know the specific details. we were very shocked and that is the first thing i want to say, nobody knew about the specifics of what we have heard over the last few days which has been deeply disturbing. now, when it comes to the decision that we made in november, when we were obviously faced with, i think, a very difficult decision, actually, and we considered it very carefully. the police came to us and gave us information that they had arrested mr edwards. but they wanted to be assured of total confidence and the reason they rung us at that point was to ensure that — and it's a technical process, which is to ensure employees

are protected and there's no risk. the director general�*s decisions have also faced government scrutiny. a spokesperson for the culture secretary said, "she has spoken to the bbc to raise concerns on a number of points regarding the handling of their own investigations into huw edwards, what safeguards and processes had been followed in this case, and additionally, what further action may be taken, especially with regard to the handling of licence—fee payers�* money." the government has asked to be kept up to date on any future developments, but the questions for the bbc are not going away. one key one is why the findings of an internal investigation into allegations that huw edwards sent inappropriate messages to junior members of staff have not been published. one whistle—blower said edwards sent them this picture of a hotel room he was staying in at the time of prince philip's funeral, messaging, "there's plenty of room here" and "you missed a good night". huw edwards was the face of bbc news

and its highest—paid newsreader. tim davie insisted the bbc was not sitting on anything it needed to share with police. but a former culture secretary wants more clarity from the director general. we need to know much more about why it was that he came to the conclusion that huw edwards should go on receiving his salary, that he should be allowed to resign rather than be sacked. and why, when the bbc knew about this arrest, and yet we only discover it, what, eight months later. edwards earned £200,000 in the months after his arrest. we can't claw back pension. i think, when it comes to pay, you know, again, legally challenging, but we'll look at all options. that's something the government is urging the bbc to do as edwards awaits his sentencing for accessing indecent images of children. simon jones, bbc news.

our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher has explained the controversy over huw edwards' continued payment by the bbc after his arrest. he was arrested by police in november 2023. at that time the bbc was informed he had been arrested and they were also told what he had been arrested for and that these images essentially included category a. images essentially included category a, which is the most severe. then we saw earlier this week that hewitt was pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. so there was this period from when he was arrested in november last year to april this year when he resigned. he wasn't sacked, he decided on his terms when he was going to go. he didn't receive a payoff, but in that five—month period it is estimated he received around £200,000 for his salary and that is funded by the taxpayer and it is licence fee payer money. the culture secretary, lisa nandy, it is believed she has talked

to tim davie the director—general about the possibility of getting some of that money back and also why was he paid that money? jennie bond, who used to work at the bbc, the royal correspondent, said huw edwards should give that money back, he should give it back to the bbc. it is a huge sum of money which he received when he was under investigation of making indecent images of children.— investigation of making indecent images of children. there also has been an internal— images of children. there also has been an internal investigation. - images of children. there also has. been an internal investigation. yes. what we know from that? has the report on that been released? h0. what we know from that? has the report on that been released? no, it hasn't. report on that been released? no, it hasn't- the — report on that been released? no, it hasn't. the people _ report on that been released? no, it hasn't. the people in _ report on that been released? no, it hasn't. the people in charge - report on that been released? no, it hasn't. the people in charge of- report on that been released? no, it hasn't. the people in charge of that| hasn't. the people in charge of that will have spoken to current bbc staff about their interactions with huw edwards, and also former bbc staff. 0ne huw edwards, and also former bbc staff. one of those former staff members have said they are very upset and they feel very let down by the way this internal investigation been handled. we don't know the findings of that investigation at the moment. also the bbc have a

dossier of allegations from the sun newspaper. it was the sun newspaper who originally reported that huw edwards had paid a teenagerfor explicit images. now, no crime was found to have happened in that instance, but it was the sun newspaper that had that initial report and they have since made further allegations, so the bbc have that dossier from the sun newspaper and they have a lot to go through. at this moment we don't know what that investigation found. you at this moment we don't know what that investigation found.— that investigation found. you are presumably _ that investigation found. you are presumably pursuing _ that investigation found. you are presumably pursuing that? - that investigation found. you are presumably pursuing that? yes, | that investigation found. you are l presumably pursuing that? yes, to find out if we _ presumably pursuing that? yes, to find out if we can _ presumably pursuing that? yes, to find out if we can get _ presumably pursuing that? yes, to find out if we can get a _ presumably pursuing that? yes, to find out if we can get a summary i presumably pursuing that? yes, to| find out if we can get a summary at least of what the bbc has found. finally, there have been incidents happening with an artist who painted a mural of hugh edward has to face his own mural.— his own mural. huw edwards in his home village _ his own mural. huw edwards in his home village was _ his own mural. huw edwards in his home village was a _ his own mural. huw edwards in his home village was a hero, - his own mural. huw edwards in his home village was a hero, he - his own mural. huw edwards in his home village was a hero, he had i his own mural. huw edwards in his . home village was a hero, he had gone on to do these amazing things, he was the uk's most famous broadcaster. there was a mural of him and the artist who did that has now painted over it. it had been

defaced before with graffiti, but the artist has now decided to pay over that mural of huw edwards. also, the community centre where he has from has removed a picture of huw edwards from the wall. this is a hometown hero and now his home village don't want anything to do with huw edwards. let's get more on the violence that's followed the stabbing deaths in southport, and police forces across the country are to co—operate more on tackling violent disorder, the prime minister has announced. sir keir starmer condemned far—right demonstrators saying the unrest was not a protest that got out of hand, but caused by a group of individuals bent on violence. milo comerford is the director of policy and research on counter—extremism at the institute for strategic dialogue. the isd is an independent, not—for—profit organisation for combating polarisation, extremism and disinformation worldwide. this was a terrifying and vast

mobilisation of online disinformation and falsehoods were in the immediate aftermath of the attack we saw false names circulating around the attacker, we saw false information claiming this individual was an undocumented migrant from a muslim background and was on a watchlist of the security services. this information spread incredibly online and it was able to go on considerable traction and within 24 hours we saw the impacts of this, the mobilisation of real life violence in southport and across the uk.— life violence in southport and across the uk. ., ., ., ., , ., across the uk. how on earth do you sto this across the uk. how on earth do you stop this happening? _ across the uk. how on earth do you stop this happening? i _ across the uk. how on earth do you stop this happening? i imagine - across the uk. how on earth do you stop this happening? i imagine that the people who are spreading this information are not necessarily those who are looking at the mainstream media or indeed listening to sir keir starmer who is correcting some of the information, so how do you make sure this information does it spread? it is

information does it spread? it is incredibl information does it spread? it 3 incredibly challenging and there were unique circumstances that meant there was an information void online. mainstream media understands reporting restrictions and this is not the case for social media where the huge gap in information was really exploited by those with a range of incentives. those who are looking to get cloud by spreading misinformation, those who are looking to target muslims and migrants with hate, and really there was this wider background that was incredibly difficult to fill. 0ne was this wider background that was incredibly difficult to fill. one of the challenges is not that this information is not available, but algorithmically it feeds into the users and during our monitoring we found there were recommendations in the search bar of certain platforms that were pointing to this false name of the attacker. people are searching southport and you are finding the name of the attacker recommended. people would otherwise not be exposed to this kind of false

information that ended up being incredibly dangerous and were encountering it on social media platforms. is encountering it on social media platform-— encountering it on social media latforms. , ., .,~ , platforms. is it about making sure there is more _ platforms. is it about making sure there is more of— platforms. is it about making sure there is more of a _ platforms. is it about making sure there is more of a human - platforms. is it about making sure | there is more of a human presence from social companies —— social media companies rather than algorithms deciding what people are fed? we algorithms deciding what people are fed? ~ ., ., , ., ., , fed? we have to understand how these aluorithms fed? we have to understand how these algorithms are — fed? we have to understand how these algorithms are operating _ fed? we have to understand how these algorithms are operating and _ fed? we have to understand how these algorithms are operating and what - algorithms are operating and what they are serving up and it is important. having increased transparency of what the systems are doing and how they are operating and much more control over the impact would be really important and is a part of new legislation that is coming to force with the online safety act. but a big thing is being prepared for these kind of crisis situations. many of these platforms have scenario planning in place for a mass casualty terrorist attack, where they are responding to live streams, and this did not happen in this case, but it still led to incredibly damaging off—line violence. it is really important we recognise the role of platforms, not

just in removing harmful content, but in surfacing authoritative material to shine a light into the darkness of these online spaces. let's bring you breaking news from the paris olympics because team gb have won their first medal of day seven, a silver in the rowing for tom george and ollie griffiths in the men's pair who werejust pipped on the line by croatia after leading for the majority of the race. let's have a listen.— have a listen. hold on! coming up to the line, it — have a listen. hold on! coming up to the line, it is — have a listen. hold on! coming up to the line, it is gold _ have a listen. hold on! coming up to the line, it is gold to _ have a listen. hold on! coming up to the line, it is gold to the _ have a listen. hold on! coming up to the line, it is gold to the croatian - the line, it is gold to the croatian brothers. how could we ever have doubted them? they have overhauled the british in the last few strokes. ollie and tom were hanging on towards — ollie and tom were hanging on towards the line. they ran a

fantastic— towards the line. they ran a fantastic 250 metres to put them in that position. the number of women leaving teaching when they have children is making it harder to fix a recruitment crisis in england's schools. that's according to an independent think tank. the government wants another 6,500 teachers and says they've been given a 5.5% pay rise. it also points out that lesson preparation time can be carried out at home to help improve flexible working. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. i can't take. at home with her boys, her baby daughter asleep, cara left teaching after raffi was born. she taught music, science and was head of sixth form. the workload and lack of flexible hours became too much. for me, it got to the point where i just didn't feel like i was a good mum or a good teacher, and that was really hard. um, and... yeah, to me itjust didn't seem possible. today's report says there are too

many missing mothers in england's schools. more than 9,000 women in their 30s leaving teaching in a year, the biggest single group leaving across the whole profession. 3,400 men in their 30s left, too. keeping at least some of these teachers would make a difference. 6,500 extra teachers have been promised by the labour government. of course, teachers do get the school holidays, something many other parents envy. but in return, in termtime there's very little flexibility. and when you look at things like maternity pay, some of the differences are really stark. across the public and private sector, 18 to 26 weeks on full pay is common. but for teachers, maternity pay is a fraction of that. schools told us changing that would be challenging. the budget they have now wouldn't cover it.

many women are the breadwinner in their families, and so only having kind of, you know, it's four weeks full pay, two weeks at 90% and 12 weeks at 50% compared to so many other comparable graduate careers that they could go into if they wanted. it's really, really woeful. and it needs to change. for laura, still a teacher, less maternity pay meant less time with her children. with miles, she took seven months only because she inherited a bit of money. but for ethan, she had to return before he was four months old. it was all to do with finances for both of them. i would have loved to have had a year off with them. it just wasn't ever an option for us with the financial situation. she still feels guilty about missing out on key moments. i always feel really sad that i don't get to do the morning walk to school. it's sometimes very difficult

to navigate nativities, school plays the sports days. my husband often goes instead of myself, and he will film it and i get to watch it when i get home. again, you're consumed with guilt that you don't get to do it. some schools are trying flexible start and end time for teachers, using timetable software to make sure lessons are covered. others are looking at a nine—day fortnight for teachers. for parents struggling with their own work family balance, what matters is having a good teacher in front of their children. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. the maternity issue was a bit of a surprise _ the maternity issue was a bit of a surprise for — the maternity issue was a bit of a surprise for me, was it for you? | surprise for me, was it for you? i have surprise for me, was it for you? have been surprise for me, was it for you? i have been with bbc education for

nine years and this was the first time it had come to my attention. when we looked across other employers from accountants, to construction, to public sector, the maternity pay for teachers appears really poor, just four weeks on full pay followed by two weeks or 90% before it drops to half. that is way below most other employers and the department for education gives civil servants 28 weeks on full pay. it is a hue servants 28 weeks on full pay. it is a huge difference. so what is the solution? as i was saying in the introduction to your piece, we need more teachers. irate introduction to your piece, we need more teachers— more teachers. we do need more teachers and _ more teachers. we do need more teachers and this _ more teachers. we do need more teachers and this report - more teachers. we do need more teachers and this report is - more teachers. we do need more. teachers and this report is pointing out that there is effectively a leaky bucket. you can try and recruit more and more, but when you have 9000 women leaving every single year because of the lack of flexibility, it is really hard to stop that. one important reality check on maternity pay is that

school budgets are incredibly tight. this could only be done at a national level. the academy school said to us it is not for a lack of willingness, but the finances simply don't allow at the moment to give more pay for maternity leave. {iii more pay for maternity leave. of course, if you are thinking about becoming a teacher but you also want to have a family at some point in your life, i imagine there will be people who will think that is not the profession for me. find people who will think that is not the profession for me. and there is somethin: the profession for me. and there is something else _ the profession for me. and there is something else as _ the profession for me. and there is something else as well— the profession for me. and there is something else as well on - the profession for me. and there is something else as well on top - the profession for me. and there is something else as well on top of. something else as well on top of that, bearing in mind this is a profession that is 85% female in england, which is that since covid, almost every other graduate professional allows some degree of hybrid working, where parents can work one day or two days from home, giving them flexibility around those key moments like drop—off and pick—up and juggling child care emergencies. teachers don't have that. they have to be in school, often before eight o'clock in the

morning, and they are there until after school finishes. there is very little flexibility for them in term time, although i can imagine many parents sitting at home saying they do get the holidays later on. branwen, thank you very much. it's been described as the biggest miscarriage ofjustice in uk history. the post office scandal saw hundreds of former sub—postmasters wrongly convicted of theft and fraud on the basis of incorrect data from a faulty it system. tim brentnall�*s life was destroyed by the scandal but, ten years after he was prosecuted, he has cleared his name and is celebrating a very special new arrival. our reporter, fi lamdin, went to meet him. steph and i have joked about it, but it's also been a little bit of a joke in the postmaster group that he's already got perhaps two dozen grandmothers looking after him. everyone in the group has been with us on thatjourney and everyone is so happy for him. everyone has been overjoyed with it. lando was the first baby of the group and you know

what a baby does to most people. everybody sort of goes a bit soft and gooey. it's a dream come true. we wanted a child for many years and with steph going through cancer treatment, we had to wait for a while. i don't think, ten years ago, i would have thought we could have been this happy. we've really got this wonderful, brilliant little man to focus on. good morning. the subpostmasters fighting forjustice. i the evidence i shall give. shall be the truth. the whole truth. the whole truth, and nothing but... and nothing but the truth. i was totally lost in the moment because i knew i hadn't stolen — there was no evidence that i'd stolen anything. i certainly wasn't living, you know, the high life from ill—gotten gains. tim was charged with false accounting. 11 years later, he finally cleared his name.

it really started to feel like i was trapped in a nightmare. it felt unreal. it felt like i was watching myself do it because i knew i hadn't done anything wrong. but i was stood in front of a judge in crown court pleading guilty to a crime that i hadn't done. the thought of going to prison terrified me. tim was one of many subpostmasters who gave evidence at the inquiry. they now both know it added to the stress of trying for a baby. but, three weeks ago, baby lando was born. they told us over and over — you're the only one. the subpostmaster group portrayed here in the itv drama and now a close group of friends, messaging most days. lando brentnall arrived at 10am, 7lb i. mum and baby are doing fine. there are lots of people wishing congratulations. jo sent us this lovely sleep sack,

della crocheted, knitted — whatever you call it — a lovely, lovely soft blanket for him. maria sent us a lovely load of babygrows and things like that, and there's so much more, as well. everyone in the group has been with us on thatjourney and everyone is so happy for him. the whole group are sort of celebrating lando's birth. yeah, everyone's been sort of overjoyed with it. the inquiry listening to all the evidence has now finished and is taking a break for the summer. in the autumn, it will consider recommendations for the future. but 15 years on, tim, like so many others, is still waiting for compensation. living next door is a constant reminder of what happened. i was in my early 20s when we took it on and that was going to be my future and that was all ripped away after five years. can you put it all behind you now? ten years ago, i wouldn't have thought it was possible to be this happy and we'd have sort of this new life ahead of us. it's been a constant sword hanging

over us, the post office, and the struggle to get a baby, which just happened naturally. it's just been a realjoy to be able to start to build towards the next chapter. fiona lamdin, bbc news. after months of planning, the edinburgh festival kicks off today with over 3,500 shows planned across the month. the world's biggest arts festival will showcase performers from 58 countries until the 26th august. the theme of this years festival is "rituals that unite us". our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh and has been speaking to some of the performers. the festival gets under way today. what an event, thousands of performances. in terms of the fringe we get people coming from 58 different countries to take part.

and what a location, this is in the shadow of edinburgh castle, these kind of views from all parts of the city. we have got a couple of groups and artists performing with us today. this is tinderbox orchestra, tell me about that. irate today. this is tinderbox orchestra, tell me about that.— tell me about that. we are a 20 iece tell me about that. we are a 20 piece band _ tell me about that. we are a 20 piece band of— tell me about that. we are a 20 piece band of rappers, - tell me about that. we are a 20 piece band of rappers, singers, | piece band of rappers, singers, orchestral instruments. locals? yes, we are based in edinburgh and we are a musical arts charity.— a musical arts charity. some people talk about the _ a musical arts charity. some people talk about the challenges _ a musical arts charity. some people talk about the challenges of - a musical arts charity. some people talk about the challenges of coming j talk about the challenges of coming to the vessel and performing, yet alone paying to come and see it, but it can be quite challenging to perform? irate it can be quite challenging to erform? ~ ., my it can be quite challenging to perform?— it can be quite challenging to erform? ~ . . ., ., perform? we are lucky, we have an instrument — perform? we are lucky, we have an instrument library _ perform? we are lucky, we have an instrument library project _ perform? we are lucky, we have an instrument library project across i instrument library project across scotland and we have been working with edinburgh libraries for the last two years and they are helping us out by letting us use the libraries as a venue this year, so really lucky. libraries as a venue this year, so really lucky-— libraries as a venue this year, so really lucky. you are performing in the library- — really lucky. you are performing in

the library. yes. _ really lucky. you are performing in the library. yes. it _ really lucky. you are performing in the library. yes. it doesn't - really lucky. you are performing in the library. yes. it doesn't get - the library. yes. it doesn't get much better — the library. yes. it doesn't get much better than _ the library. jazz it doesn't get much better than that. let's the library. 193 it doesn't get much better than that. let's pop across here and have a quick word. it is your first time at the festival. it is your first time at the festival-— it is your first time at the festival. ,, . :, ., festival. second time at the festival, second _ festival. second time at the festival, second time - festival. second time at the festival, second time i - festival. second time at the festival, second time i am i festival, second time i am performing. i came to watch and i wasn't a performer and then i came back to put on my own show. you have been a successful— back to put on my own show. you have been a successful business _ back to put on my own show. you have been a successful business women - back to put on my own show. you have been a successful business women in l been a successful business women in a previous career, how do you feel about performing? it is a previous career, how do you feel about performing?— about performing? it is like startin: about performing? it is like starting from _ about performing? it is like starting from scratch - about performing? it is like starting from scratch all. about performing? it is like l starting from scratch all over again, which is fun. suddenly i am naive and clueless. and again, which is fun. suddenly i am naive and clueless.— naive and clueless. and what an outfit. naive and clueless. and what an outfit- my _ naive and clueless. and what an outfit. my show— naive and clueless. and what an outfit. my show is _ naive and clueless. and what an outfit. my show is about - naive and clueless. and what an outfit. my show is about a - naive and clueless. and what an - outfit. my show is about a chameleon and the outfit — outfit. my show is about a chameleon and the outfit has _ outfit. my show is about a chameleon and the outfit has been _ outfit. my show is about a chameleon and the outfit has been so _ outfit. my show is about a chameleon and the outfit has been so good. - and the outfit has been so good. good luck with your show. i and the outfit has been so good. good luck with your show. i have got another ten — good luck with your show. i have got another ten days. _ good luck with your show. i have got another ten days. so _ good luck with your show. i have got another ten days. so just _ good luck with your show. i have got another ten days. so just a - good luck with your show. i have got another ten days. so just a taste - good luck with your show. i have got another ten days. so just a taste of. another ten days. so 'ust a taste of some of the _ another ten days. so 'ust a taste of some of the shows — another ten days. so just a taste of some of the shows here _ another ten days. so just a taste of some of the shows here at - another ten days. so just a taste of some of the shows here at the - some of the shows here at the fringe, from clowns to comedians to music as well.

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. this morning's mist and fog across parts of southern and south—eastern england continue to lift. if you have an allergy to pollen, the levels today are higher, more than we have seen in recent days. generally speaking they are low to moderate and we are talking wheat and nettle pollen in particular. the chance of a few showers in eastern england, but for most it will be dry, sunny and warm. we have a cold front bringing in some rain, cloud and strengthening winds to the west. ahead of it the cloud will build with one or two showers. temperatures 16 to 27, but we could see 28 or 29 and here it will still be muggy in the south—east. in the evening and overnight the weather front continues to sink southwards and eastwards. it starts to break up and turn more showery. ahead of it, clear skies and feeling muggy, behind it clear skies but with scattered showers. but it will feel fresher

behind that cold front. temperatures in scotland and northern ireland nine to 12 degrees, 15 to 17 as we push further south, it is still muggy in the south. on saturday this is the weather front pushing towards the south—east. it could rejuvenate in the south—western end. although we start with cloud and showers, we could see heavier showers in the channel islands and hampshire and dorset. to the north of that, drier with sunshine and again scattered showers, especially across scotland and northern ireland. fresher for more of us tomorrow, but still quite muggy across the south—east even though the temperatures will be that little bit lower. as we head through saturday night and into sunday, we say goodbye to the weather front with a ridge of high pressure building across us, but then we have the next area of low pressure coming in during the day. on sunday a lot of cloud around, some sunnier breaks in eastern areas and we could catch one or two showers from the thickest cloud, but through the day the wind will strengthen and the cloud will build and the rain

will arrive in the west. temperatures 14 to 24, but feeling fresher across the board. beyond that into the new week it still remains fairly unsettled. there will be showers with rain at times and there will still be sunshine and temperatures round about where we would expect them to be at this stage.

live from london, this is bbc news. free at last — three americans and a kremlin critic — imprisoned in russia arrive on us soil, part of the biggest prisoner swap deal since the cold war. my myjob is to make sure number one but they don't get them, and if they do, we get them back. i don't buy this idea that you let these people rot in jail. the deal frees 24 prisoners and two minors held in seven countries, including convicted russian fsb hit man vadim krasikov. seven men are charged with violent disorder after a riot breaks out in hartlepool linked to monday's mass stabbing in southport. the body of the hamas political leader ismail haniyeh is now in qatar where a special prayer service has been held before his burial north of doha.