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hugh edwards , the most famous news anchor of the british state media , bbc, is in court for the crime of moral corruption. about hugh edwards, i have to say that i, like other people related to this story, got involved and felt sorry. hugh edward's colleagues, who were convicted of the crime of indecency and moral corruption, said that during his time in the bbc newsroom, he talked about corruption. he used to talk sexually and exchange text messages and his colleagues had informed the bbc authorities about this many times, but they did not want to do this. the perpetrators of sexual abuse of children is david mundi, who was arrested by british anti-crime forces 58. thousands of obscene and sexual images of children were discovered and confiscated in his house. former bbc director-general tony hale says child sexual abuse in the organization is a dark page in the bbc's history, which seems to have become darker with the new cases of this dark page. mojtaba ghasemzadeh , radio and television news agency, london. thank you for your companion roz and... god bless you. greetings and respe

up until last year, hugh edwards was the most high—profile news reader, he presented the ten o'clockds was suspended from the bbc lastjuly and the sun had published a story about sordid images are being bought by an unnamed tv presenter from a young person. it was later named as that presenter. hugh edwards was then arrested over the possession of other images and related to the original allegation. other images and related to the originalallegation. in other images and related to the original allegation. in april, other images and related to the originalallegation. in april, he resigned from the bbc. two months later, he was charged with making indecent images of children. then in july, huw edwards appeared in court and pleaded guilty. the victims of huw edwards' crimes where children. behind every image, is a vulnerable chart. they have been violated and they have been subject to abuse. —— are behind every image is a vulnerable child. they continued distribution that abusive only go to sever such demand. hurst distribution that abusive only go to sever such demand.— distribution th

the victims of hugh edwards crimes were children., that has been subject to abuse. and the continuing sort of distribution of those images only goes to service that demand. huw edwards has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years. it's a huge fall from grace for a man who was described by the chief magistrate as perhaps the most recognised newsreader in the uk. huw edwards was also told it wasn't an exaggeration to say his reputation was in tatters. the bbc said it was appalled by his crimes and that he had betrayed notjust the corporation, but audiences who put their trust in him. helena wilkinson, bbc news. (pres)let�*s speak to dan sexton from the internet watch foundation, an organisation that works to stop child sexual abuse online. ifi if i may ask for your reaction people how serious this is and hopefully, it will be a deterrent to others. the sentence _ deterrent to others. the sentence and _ deterrent to others. the sentence and is - deterrent to others. the sentence and is part - deterrent to others.

we heard this back injuly when hugh edwards pleaded guilty, we heard his defence saying very much thelex williams not to send him pictures of underage boys it seems that his team has emphasised this in court today. the prosecution has said that the probation service has said he has a medium risk of reoffending, something that his team saying the opposite, they said that he has a low risk of offending according to the experts that they had been speaking to, so it will be interesting to see what the chief magistrate says about that. we are waiting for more details from the sentencing which is taking place. mr edwards, 63—year—old pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children injuly and he�*s now sitting in court wearing a navy blue cardigan i am told that he his head in his hands, his answer sometimes clasped in front of his mouth as he listens his elbows propped on his thigh it is an interesting process for anyone who does not sit in on these cases very often to understand the process here. figs often to understand the process here. �* , , ., often to understand t

are free to roam around as they wish. previously popular and trusted bbc presenter, hugh edwards walked out of the court room on monday with the suspended sentence even after admitting to sourcing sexually explicit images of children as young as 7 edwards who was the bbc is highest paid presenter. pleaded guilty in july to having 41 in decent images of children. he was arrested back in 2023 on suspicion of serious offences and was charged with 3 pounds of making in decent images of children. yet at the same time, he still managed to get a 10 percent raise from the b c that year. that is the spice not working much following the allegations. edwards is now given a 6 month suspended sentence for pain convicted bit of file alex williams. hundreds of pounds in exchange for 41 in appropriate images of children. it is clear from the face of the whatsapp chat, recovered that a deal of the chat between alex williams and mr. edwards was sexual in nature. it was also clear that mr. edwards was paying not insignificant sums of money, low hundreds of pounds on an occasional basis to alex williams, w

hugh edwards has been given a six-month suspended -- suspended prison sentence after making indecentreviously pleaded guilty to three charges after being sent 41 illegal images by a sex offender. his lawyer told the court mr. edwards was profoundly sorry and recognize the repugnant nature of the images. the bbc said he betrayed not only the corporation but also the audiences. the united nations most senior official overseeing aid and reconstruction in gaza says the world is collectively failing innocent civilians after nearly a year of war. the senior u.n. coordinator for humanitarian action and reconstruction in gaza described the territory as the most unsafe place in the world. they were appointed nine months ago to improve the delivery of aid and has been speaking with our international correspondent. >> my main message is of a very somber and dark nature but humanitarian conditions in gaza is well documented and reported our achaean -- are akin to significant catastrophe. we have built all systems to be in place but there is no substitute for political will and political choice t

hugh edwards in the sense —— huw edwards, in a sense, this represents a high—profile downfall of a householdrtroom or prosecution. in terms of where the money _ courtroom or prosecution. in terms of where the money needs - courtroom or prosecution. in terms of where the money needs to - courtroom or prosecution. in terms of where the money needs to be i of where the money needs to be spent, this impacts people, it can take 30 years, working through it, the victims of this. where resources need to be aimed at in order to speed up the process and stop it from happening in the first place? without being flip that is a question you need to direct at sir keir starmer and rachel reeves. at times when budgets are tight, the country is in a fiscal crisis, it is going to be difficult to put the money into that budget. of course, morally it should be, but i wonder where the money is coming from. i�*m sure the prime minister and home secretary will have damning statements about this edwards case but i don�*t see them suddenly coming up, shaking and magic money tree about huge money being into investiga

the mugshot of hugh edwards was de public today.one of the most prominent faces in bbc news, today he was given a six-month suspended prison sentence after admitting charges of making indecent images of children, one of whom was aged between seven and nine. edwards previously pleaded guilty to three charges after he sent 41 illegal images by a convicted sex offender. edwards said he was profoundly sorry and recognized the repugnant nature of the images. the bbc said he betrayed not just the cooperation -- the corporation, but the audiences who put their trust in him. our special correspondent was in court. reporter: hugh edwas facing the camera. not his usual one in the bbc studios, but metropolitan police's after he was arrested. this, his custody photo, a far cry from his smart on-screen image. mr. edwards, do you apologize? do you apologize for your crimes? now a convicted sex offender, he came with a suitcase prepared of his punishment was prison. the court heard disturbing and graphic details of his crimes. descriptions of the

we have seen again this week with hugh edwards, people feel angry and bitter that he has not gone to jail for the crimes he was convicted of. the bbc has history with jimmy savile, who again was a celebrity, part of the establishment, mixed in royal circles. it was an open secret what he was like. how do we do better with this? it’s secret what he was like. how do we do better with this?— we do better with this? it's a very tough — we do better with this? it's a very tough question - we do better with this? it's a very tough question because| very tough question because when — very tough question because when power and wealth and influence come into play, a lot of these — influence come into play, a lot of these stories are shutdown pretty— of these stories are shutdown pretty quickly. as a journalist in the — pretty quickly. as a journalist in the us— pretty quickly. as a journalist in the us as well that happens a lot — in the us as well that happens a lot we _ in the us as well that happens a lot. we need to do everything we can— a lot. we need to do everything we canto — a lot. w

the victims of hugh edward' crimes were children. has been violated, that has been subject to abuse and the continuing distribution of those images only goes to service that demand. huw edwards has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years. it is a huge fall from grace for a man who was described by the chief magistrate is perhaps the most recognised newsreader in the uk. huw edwards was also told it was not an exaggeration to say that his reputation was in tatters. the bbc said that it was appalled by his crimes and that he had betrayed not just the corporation, but audiences who put their trust in him. let's speak to lord ken macdonald, former director of public prosecutions for england and wales. thank you for being with us today. what is your reaction to the centres that huw edwards has been given today? it that huw edwards has been given toda ? ., ., ~ ., that huw edwards has been given toda ? ~ .,, , today? it looks like a pretty conventional _ today? it looks like a pretty conventional centres - today? it

and there's been a lot of backlash, reaction to hugh edward's six month suspended sentence , understandablyunderstandably, because lots of people have been put in prison lately for facebook posts and social media comments. meanwhile, huw edwards is a legitimate convicted and he's got a suspended sentence. so of course it's outrageous and people are reacting like this. having said that , what we're having said that, what we're finding out is this is the norm for these kind of crimes and it's not that he's had a particularly lenient treatment necessarily, it's that this is how people get treated. so i wonder whether elon is shining a light on this, maybe going forward, these kind of crimes are going to have different sentences . sentences. >> yeah, i mean, i made this point. it's not it maybe is not too tiring in terms of these identical sentences, but it's two tier in the sense that we see how people for other crimes where there's a political element get punished far more harshly. and this guy peter, sweden pointed that out. he said unbelievable. a bbc presenter just avoided jail time for bi

exercise weighing up all those factors that go into the background, the context of this, and hugh edwards'se fact that these are serious offences, and it's part of a chain of abuse, you know, at the end of it, at the sort of start of the chain is a child being abused that's then filmed or photographed, and those images are then sent without that demand for those images, that demand for those images, that abuse wouldn't be happening . that abuse wouldn't be happening. >> and the risk of re—offending is certainly going to be up there when it comes to what this chief magistrate, paul goldspring goldspring , decides, goldspring goldspring, decides, he's clearly heard from a number of experts in relation to hugh edwards's mental health. a psychosexual therapist has given evidence saying that he turned to online relationships , going to online relationships, going through a very difficult period in his life and that very complex individual due to psychological factors in his childhood. so they've really dug into his personal background , into his personal background, into his personal background,

there will be no hugh edward statue outside the bbc, but there might be. >> actually, huw edwards hadine chapel. i still would have.i sistine chapel. i still would have. i still would object to people painting over it. >> well, we'll never know. we'll never know. >> we'll never know. yeah, we don't. >> bombshell. let's move on. next on free speech nation , next on free speech nation, ireland's minister for justice has confirmed that she has dropped plans to introduce new hate speech laws. i'm going to be joined by irish writer and political commentator john mcguirk to explain what's been going on. don't go welcome back to free speech nafion welcome back to free speech nation with me. andrew doyle, the minister of justice for the repubuc the minister of justice for the republic of ireland. helen mcentee has confirmed that she has dropped plans to introduce new hate speech laws. miss mcentee said that there was no consensus for the hate speech laws at present. the minister did say, though, that she wants to push forward with the hate crime element of the legislation. the proposed legisla

we're not talking about a hugh edward style of scandal at all, but i think people at home are feelingv show. and i think a lot of people are going to to love hate to watch the show. >> what? we're running out of time. oh, god , all i think. but time. oh, god, all i think. but i mean, he didn't actually mention holly willoughby in this at all, has he? he thanked ant and dec and he thanked her, >> joanna lumley, dawn, he made a bit of a dig at holly. i know we haven't got enough time, but we haven't got enough time, but we need to catch up on that probably next week. >> yeah. no. well, we'll be interesting to see how the viewing figures go. steph takyi as always, thank you. wonderful. thank you very much. okay, we'll run out of time. things i've said all the way through the show. it's been brilliant. thank you for your company. but don't go too far. nana is up next. and then at 6:00, it's the saturday five. but i think it's time to get the weather for you all here with catherine chalke. thank you for watching back tomorrow lunchtime. see you soon. have a lovely night . lovely night. >>

a lot of you incensed about nigel nelson's position on the huw edwards scandal and saying that, nigel said, of course, that he thought hughnce. anita said huw edwards was paying for another man to instigate the poses with a child doing god knows what. it's different than asking for the images . susan, who is a member. images. susan, who is a member. good morning, susan says nigel's views never fail to amaze me. we have a broken two tier justice system. a prison sentence was absolutely the only sensible outcome for huw edwards, but heigh ho. nigel says it's fine, heigh ho. nigel says it's fine, he said sorry when being interviewed by the police. it's not quite what nigel said when he said he showed remorse. >> and i said, how do you know he showed remorse. was it faux remorse? >> a lot of people very cross with nigel for saying that. and i think the thing is, nigel was basically saying what they've doneis basically saying what they've done is within the guidelines of the sentencing and maybe huw edwards shouldn't be treated differently because he was huw edwards and the guy, which means the guidelines are wrong, needs to b

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the metro lucky hugh bbc news anchor avoids jail over child sex videos, edwards called images amazing at the soft sentence , he paid a lot of money sentence, he paid a lot of money for some of these pictures. 41 of them were were believed to be illegal. the i they've also gone for huw edwards avoids jail over images of child abuse. and they say the chief magistrate, paul goldspring, told edwards that his long earned reputation was in tatters. apparently, the next paper that we're going to be looking at is the daily telegraph they've gone for starmer defiant over piers freebies. there's a picture there of lady starmer and she's just wearing a wearing a really nice outfit that looks expensive doesn't it. >> you know, i'm so glad you got that right though because the papers keep calling her lady victoria. and it's not, it's lady starmer. >> oh, right. okay. well, that was sheer luck. okay, so the daily express reputation in tatters over child abuse images verdict on shamed former bbc presenter huw edwards has avoided jail. and just to round us off, the mail, they've all really kind of go

nobody's going to put huw edwards on a desert island and say, hugh, tell us about your experiences.illip schofield on one of the stories that came out of it is, is the idea that he's been attacked because he's a gay man, and if he was a straight man, he would be lauded by. >> so he's in his 50s with an 18 year old boy. 60s. yeah but okay. but the 18 year old boy, was he 50 or 60. could you imagine any 60 year old bloke getting away with being intimate with a young lady in her teens ? with a young lady in her teens? absolutely. i mean, even even in your 30s, people will be looking at you thinking, are you sure? >> no, it's completely wrong. and to blame the fact that you're homosexual for all the stick you got after after incredibly bad behaviour , yeah, incredibly bad behaviour, yeah, i think he's outrageous, but you know, it's going to. i think people will sit and watch it tonight. >> well, the difference, i guess, with huw edwards is he has been convicted of a crime and i guess will remain to be seen. what happens with schofield and his return? a lot of people will will tune in ju