Former BBC presenters have issued public support for Huw Edwards after he was named as the man at the centre of allegations over payments for sexually explicit images. Vicky Flind, the wife of the BBC news reader, issued a statement confirming Mr Edwards was the presenter at the centre of a story driven by The Sun.
The newspaper first reported allegations last week of a then-unnamed BBC presenter paying someone for sexual images. After days of speculation, the naming of Mr Edwards as the presenter at the centre of the allegations took place on Wednesday (July 12).
In the statement from his wife, she said Mr Edwards was now in hospital receiving mental health care. Following the statement, several former BBC presenter and colleagues of Mr Edwards issued online statements wishing him well.
