The BBC has admitted it was aware in November that Edwards had been arrested on suspicion of making indecent images of children
Good morning and welcome to i's live politics blog. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will hold an urgent meeting with BBC boss Tim Davie after Huw Edwards admitted accessing indecent images of children. It comes after the corporation said it knew of the veteran broadcaster's arrest on 'suspicion of serious offences' in November, but continued employing him until April.
'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 him. In the end, at the point of charge he was no longer an employee of the BBC. Broadcaster Huw Edwards arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 'During this period, in the usual way, the BBC has kept its corporate management of these issues separate from its independent editorial functions.
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