Now the beleaguered BBC is facing fury from its own staff – after it emerged that Huw Edwards has not paid back the £200,000 doled out to him after being arrested in November 2023 for possessing indecent images of children. Last summer the former TV star pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children at Westminster magistrates’ court. But it quickly transpired that not only had Edwards, one of the Beeb’s highest paid stars, received a £40,000 pay rise in the 12 months between March 2023-April 2024, he was paid a further £200,000 after his arrest – with BBC boss Tim Davies confirming last year that the corporation had been aware Edwards had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children.

While the Beeb demanded Edwards return the six-f

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