Huw Edwards named but should the last few days have been different?
This Is Why
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🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Vicky Flind told the PA news agency that her husband is suffering from serious mental health issues and is currently receiving care in hospital.
Shortly before the revelation, the Met Police said there was “no information” to suggest a criminal offence had taken place following claims surrounding the star – including that he had paid a teenager for explicit photos.
On this Sky News Daily, Kimberley Leonard is she’s joined by Jake Kanter - Deadline's investigations editor and former media editor at The Times.
Emma-Rae Woodhouse – podcast producer
Alex Edden – interviews producer
Annie Joyce – senior podcast producer
Paul Stanworth – editor
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| 1:03.0 | It's Kimberly Leonard at Sky News, back with another extra episode of the Daily, |
| 1:08.4 | because we can now use the name of the BBC presenter, accused of |
| 1:12.6 | paying a teenager thousands of pounds for explicit photos. |
| 1:16.6 | It's Hugh Edwards, the corporation's most senior news presenter. |
| 1:22.6 | Jake Cantor is back with me, Investigation's editor at Deadline, but also he was media editor at the Times. |
| 1:29.0 | And Jake, we can now say it's Hugh Edwards because of a statement from his wife, Vicki Flynn. |
| 1:34.0 | Let's go over the details of it. |
| 1:36.2 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 1:37.0 | I mean, it feels like the tone of this story is going to change significantly as a result of this statement. |
| 1:48.0 | As I've been reporting on this for the last five days, it has always been at the back of my mind that Hugh Edwards has spoken about his mental health struggles in the past. |
| 1:55.0 | And I just felt that it was going to be inevitable that that would be an issue of play here. And it's clear from |
| 2:03.3 | Vicki Flynn's statement that the recent days have been very traumatic for them as a family. And |
| 2:11.5 | it's taken its toll on Hugh Edwards as an individual to the point where he's been receiving inpatient care at a hospital. |
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