BBC execs facing questions over handling of the senior broadcaster
will hold a meeting with the BBC boss on Thursday, after it emerged that the broadcaster was aware that Edwards had been arrested last November over accessing indecent images of children.
understands there are concerns within the DCMS over the handling of the issue, particularly given taxpayers’ money was involved. The misgivings were echoed by Shadow Culture Secretary Julia Lopez, who described the reports as “highly concerning”. The BBC said it was told in November 2023, when Edwards was suspended, that he had been arrested on “suspicion of serious offences”, five months before he resigned from corporation in April.
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