and here i do to an extent support, jon sopel error of judgement . in jon sopel error of judgement.at case, we need to we need to clarify that alex williams, who was the man who's now been convicted as a paedophile and suppued convicted as a paedophile and supplied huw edwards with these horrific images, is a separate case and there is no connection. i believe , between the sun i believe, between the sun coming out and talking about these sordid pictures he received from some young person and the parents. >> yes, but the sun reveals that there's something very wrong. yes. and that's where these privacy laws are. so dangerous. because you get look at jimmy savile, you get these powerful people who every allegation that is dismissed, nobody dares report them because they're worried about the libel laws and now privacy laws. and then the police aren't looking out for it. and huw edwards is not a particularly uncommon name in wales. but the truth is that the police , using alex william's police, using alex william's telephone, discovered who he had sent these horrific images to. >> and

time for leveson two and former bbc man jon sopel , now of the bbc man jon sopel, now of the newsagent'st, said this is an awful and shocking episode where there was no criminality but perhaps a complicated private life. i hope that will give some cause to reflect on a complicated private life is one way of putting it, isn't it? i've not heard a peep from any of that lot since edwards pled guilty on wednesday. i've not heard an apology to the hard working journalists at the sun who made it all happen. not least editor victoria newton, reporter scarlett howell's newsdesk boss alex goss and sun legal eagle adam cannon and his colleagues. and do you know why this is the truth? because the sneering left couldn't ever bnng sneering left couldn't ever bring themselves to admit they were wrong and that the scummy tabloid they looked down their noses at was right. but the truth is, it was right . and it truth is, it was right. and it was the sun. what won it? let's go to my panel now . political go to my panel now. political commentator emma woolf, writer shahab mossavat and geopolitical expert

emily maitlis, jon sopel , lewis maitlis, jon sopel, lewis goodall and the rest are afraid. >> alan rusbridgere friends of huw edwards or were friends of huw edwards or were friends of huw edwards and therefore, i guess until until about 24 hours ago, until about 24 hours ago. >> so i guess there's a natural instinct to, as you say, circle the wagons . instinct to, as you say, circle the wagons. but i'd say two things about it. first, without condemning somebody on suspicion or rumour when the first story broke, i think you probably got to ask yourself internally, is there likely to be more there than just this, or is this a complete one off incident that didn't seem to cross their minds? and as you say, i've been looking throughout the day not over the last couple of hours. mark, have they said anything since, no they haven't. >> well, the ones who are the ones who are employed by the bbc. n0, ones who are employed by the bbc. no, no, no the news would not be allowed. yeah. i'm not i didn't say she was i said the ones who are the most high profile critics are the sun's approach to this story.

time for leveson two and former bbc man jon sopel , now of the bbc man jon sopel, now of the newsagent's and shocking episode where there was no criminality but perhaps a complicated private life. i hope that will give some cause to reflect on a complicated private life is one way of putting it, isn't it? i've not heard a peep from any of that lot since edwards pled guilty on wednesday. i've not heard an apology to the hard working journalists at the sun who made it all happen. not least editor victoria newton, reporter scarlett howell's newsdesk boss alex goss and sun legal eagle adam cannon and his colleagues. and do you know why this is the truth? because the sneering left couldn't ever bnng sneering left couldn't ever bring themselves to admit they were wrong and that the scummy tabloid they looked down their noses at was right. but the truth is, it was right . and it truth is, it was right. and it was the sun. what won it? let's go to my panel now . political go to my panel now. political commentator emma woolf, writer shahab mossavat and geopolitical expert doctor roger gewolb. goo

didn't see people like alastair campbell and jon sopel barking mad on that occasion.hank you for joining me tonight. it's been lots of fun. thank you to my panel lots of fun. thank you to my panel. i'm back this weekend with ben leo tonight from 9 pm. tomorrow and sunday. i'll see you then. hope you have a good weekend. enjoy your weather now with annie and then it's patrick. good night . patrick. good night. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. brought to you from the met office through this weekend. it's going to remain fairly cool and wet for many of us on saturday. drier and a little bit warmer through the rest of the weekend though. it's been a disruptive start to the day with storm lillian that's now moved away into the north sea. behind it is a clearer picture. we're starting to pick up more of a southwesterly wind that will drag in some showers to parts of southwestern scotland, many western areas of scotland. in fact, as well as northern ireland through t

and more recently, i come in for a lot of flak when i criticise the bbc, i think of people like jon sopel defended huw edwards, to the max, surely feels a little bit embarrassed now. >> well, it is astonishing, actually. the bbc remains a revered institution for which we are all bound to pay a significant sum each year. >> in a statement. this week, a bbc spokesman said the bbc is shocked to hear the details which have emerged in court today. there can be no place for such abhorrent behaviour and our thoughts are with all those affected. in november 2023, whilst mr edwards was suspended, the bbc had his employer at the time was made aware in confidence that he had been arrested on suspicion of serious offences and released on bail, while the police continued their investigation . at the time, no investigation. at the time, no charges had been brought against mr edwards and the bbc had also been made aware of significant risks to his health. if at any point during the period mr edwards was employed by the bbc, he had been charged the bbc had determined it would act immediately to dismiss h

in the face of a absolute litany of lefty supporters, jon sopel, other people, owen jones saying whateverd doors is up to up to huw edwards. it doesn't matter. this is something about nothing. and actually they've been left with 999 actually they've been left with egg on their face, their judgement of characters and your earlier point was 100% right and i praise you for it. >> the sun showed immensely immense courage in the current media atmosphere in the current media atmosphere in the current media ecosystem. if you like to have the courage to pursue the story and not let it go, and to face up all of the barrage of big bbc figures, big media figures trying to damage their story and beat them down and they wouldn't give in and full praise to them. >> yep, it's the sun wot won it. there you go, nina. neil. aidan, thank you very much. we'll be back with us very shortly with the first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages. they'll be on the way at 10:30. and also coming up. we'll bring you tonight's greatest britain and union jack. but next, as five people, including medics, are arrested over

but other so—called journalists like jon sopel and emily maitlis, stars of a podcast called the newsfor ex bbc lefties. well, they were absolutely furious about journalists being journalists here. is sopel doing the rounds in a set of interviews that will likely make for uncomfortable viewing this evening . evening. >> we now know there was no illegality . so what are you left illegality. so what are you left with? someone's private life has come under scrutiny who is now unwell . i come under scrutiny who is now unwell. i think it would be a crying shame if this is the last we see of huw edwards on television, when the allegations have turned out to be not that much , not that much. much, not that much. >> wow . maitlis much, not that much. >> wow. maitlis and sopel much, not that much. >> wow . maitlis and sopel were >> wow. maitlis and sopel were raging at the sun newspaper for reporting things about a powerful multi—millionaire broadcaster. something tells me that if it was a gb news presenter facing similar allegations, they would be asking the sun to do their worst. but there w

not only that, the other names that as well there was, there was emily maitlis and there was jon, jon sopellland. but having said all that, well, firstly the one of the problems we've got is i think the which is wrong are this privacy kind of judges decision which isn't actually law. you know, because the sun was clearly acting in the public interest and made a decision itself not to reveal his name because it actually wasn't a legal requirement. it was a judge's, you know, bbc decision. >> if the bbc had any sense of responsibility, they would have named him at the time. and it turned out his wife was the one who named him. >> we mustn't forget he got a £40,000 pay rise after the bbc was told he'd been arrested with serious charges of . serious charges of. >> and they're now coming out with all this tosh about. they had to do it because until he'd been forced, you know, they didn't actually rise. they didn't actually rise. they didn't have to give him the pay rise. and the thing is, the bbc have got this is not the first time they've got form for this. they've got form for hiding, you know