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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Robert Dex and Arts Correspondent

Huw Edwards: From BBC trainee to highest paid newsreader — but dogged by depression

Huw Edwards says he talked about his own mental health problems because he felt it would be “complete hypocrisy” to support organisations such as the charity Mind without saying why.

In 2021, the 61-year-old talked about his struggles with bouts of depression which have left him “bedridden” at times since 2002.

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