Huw Edwards named as presenter by his wife, is in Hospital

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-66159469

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I loved the way the story came through on my phone in breaking alerts in less than five minutes.

1: Police are taking no action 2: Wife says it's my hubby Hew. 3: Wife says, he's needing unwell and in hospital.

So are his news reading days over?
- I would be surprised if he came back to the news to be honest. Why would you want to put yourself through constant scrutiny after all fo this? Especially given his age and how much he's earned. If I were him I would take early retirement
- I definitely think his career is over - I can’t see his reputation ever recovering from this, even if he could overcome the shame and embarrassment of going in front of the camera again.
  
  Personally, as it appears that nothing illegal has occurred, I'd be perfectly happy to see him return to reading the news. He has a calming demeanour and is very good at what he does.
  
  Now, whether he'd want to sit in front of the camera again is another thing.
  
  That's just it. Nothing unlawful seems to have occurred at this stage. Maybe he got a bit of Clarkson syndrome about his power and money, that remains to be seen.
  
  But if this all fizzles out and he's able to professionally (and mentally) recover from it, I'd be happy to see/hear him ~~orrsentythr~~ present the news again (edit: keyboard went a bit psuedo-Welsh there ironically...) , when and if he is ready. It'd be like when Stephen Fry went missing and the nation was concerned for his wellbeing and return to public life.
  
  Now it's just a sad story about personal lives being made public. At least the 'young person' is not in the public eye at the moment.
- So are his news reading days over?
  
  Difficult to say. If the mucky photos the teenager was laid to send him took place after their 18th birthday, if the threatening messages he sent on social media weren't too sinister and if nothing else emerges now his name is well-known, he might be able to weather the storm and spin it as a redemption narrative then he might get a documentary out of it that'd clean his name up enough that he could be back behind the desk.
  
  if nothing else emerges now his name is well-known
  
  From the live Guardian feed:
  
  The BBC has reported that Huw Edwards is facing “yet more allegations of inappropriate behaviour” this evening.
  
  The new accusations are that he behaved inappropriately towards colleagues at the BBC.
  
  We'll have to see how that shakes out.
  
  So far the police have said that nothing illegal has taken place. But I think he'll probably be too unwell and his reputation will be too harmed to do any work for some time
  
  Plus like you say if there is anything else that hasn't come to light yet that might change things
  
  I think he’ll probably be too unwell and his reputation will be too harmed to do any work for some time
  
  Yeah, for now, the important thing is that he gets better and that the BBC box off their investigations swiftly (although with more people coming forward it could take a while).
  
  My grandfather was gay at, being born into a time and place where he couldn't be himself, it took a toll on his mental health and it needed a crisis for him to finally get the help he needed. Hopefully, all of this means Huw Edwards can too.
  
  He resigned, didn't he?
  
  No. It was reported that he had but that was retracted later on.
  
  If he's not acted illegally then what should he fear? His private life is his own.
  
  Shame that the same witch-hunting standards aren't adopted by the press when it comes to our former PM. Is that 9 children or as many as 14? (It's ok though because Boris is a red hot-blooded "man's man").
  
  If he’s not acted illegally then what should he fear? His private life is his own.
  
  It kind of depends on the details. Also with a well-paid and high-profile figure like himself there may be a disrepute clause in his contract and, while he may not have acted illegally, the BBC may well decide that they have been muddied by their association with him.
  
  Shame that the same witch-hunting standards aren’t adopted by the press when it comes to our former PM. Is that 9 children or as many as 14?
  
  I feel there are many sticks to beat BoJo with and his sexual shenanigans isn't one of the largest and weightiest of them.
  
  How about we beat him with the "Where the fuck is your phone?" stick?
  
  That'll do for starters - the "You lied about Brexit, you chancer!" stick is large enough to kill him, so save it for later.
  
  If that happens, then give it a year and he'll take up Jon Snow's position as head anchor of Channel 4 News. Not sure if Krishnan Guru-Murthy ever got Un-suspended for his on air comments, I'm a bit out of the loop.
  
  Or there's always Sky or c5...
  
  Oh quite possibly, unless these complaints from inside the BBC stick. He may be a nightmare to work with and I imagine most channels won't take the risk.
  
  Yeah, he may get turfed out then, like Clarkson did. Funny thing is I don't think Amazon prime video have a news outfit at the moment. Maybe a times radio online-exclusive podcast. That would be unfortunate. I'm forseeing a real 'rise and fall of' situation here.
  
  And like Clarkson, if someone thinks there's money to be made, there'll be chequebooks opening as long as he's not done anything too heinous. That said, Clarkson had made himself a marketable brand while Huw Edwards is just another old white guy reading of an autocue, admittedly one with a mellifluous voice. He just seems more replaceable, possibly with someone younger who might add a bit of diversity to the line-up.
  
  I think silver-haired white guy has been on-brand for professional autocue readers though. That is changing a little bit, but I think it's the majority - at least until the grandfathered contracts run out (the likes of Huw, Eamonn Holmes etc) and the Beeb, Sky and ITV diversify. I don't watch too much rolling news but I think the BBC at least are already doing this with their news output.
  
  The police have concluded, finally, that nothing illegal took place.
  
  So it's down to whether people are that bothered that he paid for mucky photos or said not nice things to someone online. I think the latter isn't even going to move the needle.. but the first, could potentially be career ending, depending on the actual details.
  
  I think we'll have to wait and see how the new allegations shake out and it's likely his being named will make more people come forward.

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