BBC named presenter Huw Edwards facing allegations.

For twenty years, Huw Edwards anchored the BBC's flagship News at Ten programme - watched by millions each weeknight for the latest on the day's news.

But now he has been identified as the presenter at the centre of allegations about his conduct, following five days of speculation and mounting claims published across Britain's media, including by colleagues at BBC News.

As the BBC's most senior news anchor, Edwards has been a fixture of some of the UK's most historic national moments.

The 61-year-old was the person who informed millions of television viewers across the world that Queen Elizabeth II had died.

He led an extraordinary ten days of live coverage of mourning, culminating in the late Queen's funeral. His voice has narrated royal weddings and the coronation of King Charles III. And he has announced general election results.

The episode has left one of British television’s most famous faces “suffering from serious mental health issues” and “receiving inpatient hospital care, where he’ll stay for the foreseeable future”, his wife said in a statement on Wednesday.

Vicky Flind confirmed her husband was the man in question after rumours swirled on social media for five days. Her comments came shortly after two police forces said there was no evidence Edwards committed a criminal offence.

These included claims of "menacing" messages to a person in their 20s, a visit to another person during a coronavirus lockdown, and inappropriate messages to a BBC staff member.

A series of developments came within a ten-minute period on Wednesday as the Metropolitan Police said it had found no evidence of criminality in its review of evidence, and the BBC said its internal corporate investigation would continue as a result. In a statement released to the PA news agency on his behalf, Flind said he was suffering from serious mental health issues. She said the decision to name Edwards was “primarily out of concern for his mental wellbeing and to protect our children”.

Flind made her statement after what she said were “five extremely difficult days for our family”.

In the 2021 documentary, Edwards hinted he was struggling with his workload. He said: “The truth is that I don’t want to sustain these working patterns for a long time to come, because I don’t believe it’s a very wise thing at all.”

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Sarah H

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