The broadcaster has been off air since last July
Newsreader Huw Edwards has resigned from the BBC on "medical advice", the corporation has said. following newspaper reports claiming he paid a young person for sexually explicit images.
READ NEXT: Inside what went wrong before Co-op Live's test event - and the frantic race to finish the venue But his wife Vicky Flind named him as the suspended star and revealed he was in hospital receiving treatment for his mental health. “The events of the last few days have greatly worsened matters, he has suffered another serious episode and is now receiving in-patient hospital care where he’ll stay for the foreseeable future.“To be clear Huw was first told that there were allegations being made against him last Thursday.
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