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Podcast: The Standard
Episode: Huw Edwards scandal: Web gossip & public interest
Description: The worst-kept secret on the internet is out in the wild - Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter at the centre of an alleged explicit pictures scandal first published by The Sun newspaper.It took the newsreader’s wife, Vicky Flind, to go public with his name after five days of social media guess-who gossip.In a statement, she said Edwards is receiving in-patient hospital care for his mental health after a “serious episode” worsened by recent revelations.Now, fresh claims - reported by the BBC - have emerged of what’s...