Auntie Beeb will be spinning in her grave.

[Chippy_Tea]

I thought i could remember the law being changed - "Eventually, a change in the law required the models to be 18"

How old was the youngest Page 3 model?
16
In 1983, Samantha Fox became the youngest Page 3 Girl at 16 and quickly a well-known name, face and body.
A few years later she embarked on a music career and recorded the song “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)” which became a worldwide hit.
Eventually, a change in the law required the models to be 18.
20 Jan 2015


https://www.latimes.com/world/europ...983, Samantha Fox became,the models to be 18.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Huw Edwards' wife names him as BBC presenter at centre of scandal​

Here is Vicky Flind's statment in full:

"In light of the recent reporting regarding the 'BBC Presenter' I am making this statement on behalf of my husband Huw Edwards, after what have been five extremely difficult days for our family.

"I am doing this primarily out of concern for his mental well-being and to protect our children.

"Huw is suffering from serious mental health issues. As is well documented, he has been treated for severe depression in recent years.

"The events of the last few days have greatly worsened matters, he has suffered another serious episode and is now receiving in-patient hospital care where he'll stay for the foreseeable future.

"Once well enough to do so, he intends to respond to the stories that have been published.

"To be clear Huw was first told that there were allegations being made against him last Thursday.

"In the circumstances and given Huw's condition I would like to ask that the privacy of my family and everyone else caught up in these upsetting events is respected.

"I know that Huw is deeply sorry that so many colleagues have been impacted by the recent media speculation. We hope this statement will bring that to an end."

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

 

[Stevieboy]

I'm not angry, I'm just very very disappointed!!!!! What a dope.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

"Huw is suffering from serious mental health issues. As is well documented, he has been treated for severe depression in recent years.

If the statement above is true i think its a little harsh calling him a dope he obviously wasn't in a position to make rational decisions and hasn't been for several years.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

BBC to 'move forward' with investigation​

The BBC has released its own statement following the Met saying there is no evidence of a criminal offence:
“We have seen the statement from the police confirming they have completed their assessment and are not taking further action. We’re grateful to them for completing this work at speed.
“The police had previously asked us to pause our fact finding investigations and we will now move forward with that work, ensuring due process and a thorough assessment of the facts, whilst continuing to be mindful of our duty of care to all involved.”

No offence committed - police​

Detectives from the Met's Specialist Crime Command have now concluded their assessment and have determined there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed.​

 

[Bernie]

BBC to 'move forward' with investigation​

The BBC has released its own statement following the Met saying there is no evidence of a criminal offence:
“We have seen the statement from the police confirming they have completed their assessment and are not taking further action. We’re grateful to them for completing this work at speed.
“The police had previously asked us to pause our fact finding investigations and we will now move forward with that work, ensuring due process and a thorough assessment of the facts, whilst continuing to be mindful of our duty of care to all involved.”

No offence committed - police​

Detectives from the Met's Specialist Crime Command have now concluded their assessment and have determined there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed.​

This hasn't stopped the Dail Mail, my source of the truth, from continuing its drip feed of news items. The method is simple, publish a similar article to the previous day and add another one to compound the pressure. Often, the new article has no particular value but worded in such a way as to imply wrongdoing. This flood of publication is prepared in advance, so not really news.
Allegation implies many things but the term is used to avoid litigation. I'm surprised that the sports results in that rag aren't allegations and quoted in inverted commas.

 

[Stevieboy]

If the statement above is true i think its a little harsh calling him a dope he obviously wasn't in a position to make rational decisions and hasn't been for several years.

Nonsense. You can't hold down a job like that for years and not be in control of your mind. He got caught and now he's hiding behind the mental breakdown excuse. What about the poor young kid he pressurized into sending him pics? Disgusting behaviour, and another case of the rich skewing the picture. Poor Huw? My A**e.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

You can't hold down a job like that for years and not be in control of your mind.

I worked with a bloke for many years who appeared not have any issues until the morning we went into work and he had committed suicide the night before it turned out he had mental health problems for a long time and no one at work had a clue, these people are very good at hiding their mental health, it has also been widely reported Huw had a history of mental health issues before this.

What about the poor young kid he pressurized into sending him pics?

Did the young person ever say they were pressurised into sending a picture, it would appear not -

The initial allegations, first reported by the Sun online on Friday evening, were that the news presenter paid a young person for sexually explicit photos, beginning when they were 17.
In later versions of the story, the Sun changed the wording of this allegation to "it is understood contact between the two started when the youngster was 17".
The paper had quoted the person's mother as saying her child, now 20, had used the money that had been paid for the photos to fund a crack cocaine habit, and she was worried they could "wind up dead".
A lawyer for the young person has since said the accusations were "rubbish" but the family are standing by the account.
A statement issued by the Met on Wednesday said police "determined there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed".

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Lawyer on 5 live today -

1 - They knew Huw had mental health issues before they published as its in the public domain and a simple check would have proved it they knew they were dealing with someone venerable so they had to get it right. (They didnt)

2 - They didn't tell the readers the 20 year old "victim" had said the story was not true.

3 - They didn't tell readers the 20 year old said they were not a victim and nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened.

4 - The Sun implied there was a criminal offence, the second headline they ran said "Top BBC star paid child (not true) for *** pictures could be charged by cops and face years in prison - expert says" and now they are trying to say "Oh we never meant to say there was criminal activity" which is false and unethical and its because the Sun will stop at nothing to damage a commercial rival the BBC.

 

[TonyT]

This hasn't stopped the Dail Mail, my source of the truth, from continuing its drip feed of news items. The method is simple, publish a similar article to the previous day and add another one to compound the pressure. Often, the new article has no particular value but worded in such a way as to imply wrongdoing. This flood of publication is prepared in advance, so not really news.
Allegation implies many things but the term is used to avoid litigation. I'm surprised that the sports results in that rag aren't allegations and quoted in inverted commas.

Daily Mail. Source of truth. HAHAHAHA! Oh my aching sides, oooh my wet pants!

 

[scomet]

CAUTION very bad language but I think this just about sums it up!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

"Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC" - BBC News.

​

Huw Edwards leaves BBC on medical advice​

TV news presenter Huw Edwards has resigned from the BBC on "medical advice", the corporation has said.
The broadcaster has been off air since last July following newspaper reports claiming he paid a young person for sexually explicit images.
He was the BBC's most high-profile news anchor, often chosen to front coverage of major national events.
"Huw Edwards has today resigned and left the BBC," a short statement said on Monday.
"After 40 years of service, Huw has explained that his decision was made on the basis of medical advice from his doctors.
"The BBC has accepted his resignation which it believes will allow all parties to move forward. We don't believe it appropriate to comment further."

No police action​

His departure comes nine months after his wife said he had been admitted to hospital with "serious mental health issues".
Police did not take action against him, saying there was no evidence that a criminal offence had been committed.
The allegations arose when the Sun newspaper claimed an unnamed BBC presenter paid a young person for explicit photos, beginning when they were 17.
The paper's source was the mother and step-father of the young person, but a letter issued on the young person's behalf by a lawyer described their account as "rubbish".
The paper and the BBC also reported several further claims of inappropriate behaviour, and the BBC launched an internal investigation.
After days of speculation about the presenter's identity, Edwards' wife Vicky Flind publicly named him.

She said she was doing so primarily out of concern for his mental wellbeing and to protect their children, and that he had been treated for severe depression in recent years.
In February, the BBC apologised for the way it handled the original complaint, made by the young person's family to the corporation last May, two months before the Sun ran its story.
Edwards, 62, has not publicly commented. He had been suspended since July.
The normal policy is that an employee receives full pay while suspended. He was the corporation's highest-paid newsreader, receiving between £435,000 and £439,999 in the year 2022/2023.
The BBC has confirmed that Edwards has not been paid off as part of his departure.
The Welsh presenter joined BBC News as a trainee in 1984, and in 2003 became one of the main presenters on BBC One's Ten O'Clock News, widely seen as the corporation's flagship bulletin.
He also presented and commentated on events like general elections and royal weddings and funerals, and announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II to the nation in 2022.