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Daily Mirror
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Huw Edwards' reduced life now from shock new look to vape habit and desperate salary plea
He was once a national treasure with one of the most recognisable faces in the UK - now Huw Edwards lives a very different life away from the spotlight Disgraced BBC newsreader Huw Edwards narrowly avoided jail for making indecent images of children, with his personal and professional lives falling apart in the process. Edwards, 64, was handed a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, after he pled guilty to making seven Category A indecent images of children - the worst type - as well as 12 Category B, and 22 Category C images at Westminster Magistrates' Court in September 2024. On his birthday earlier this week, the star looked very different as he was seen clutching three mini bottles of prosecco, his grey stubble a stark contrast to the formerly clean-cut broadcaster known to millions around the UK. Edwards was pictured returning to his car after a brief shopping outing in Swansea, Wales. The presenter was earning more than £475,000 at the BBC as the anchor of News At Ten in November 2023, when disturbing reports emerged that a high-profile, unnamed BBC presenter paid tens of thousands of pounds for explicit photos. A mother claimed this went on from 2020, when their child was 17, for three years, which funded their child's drug habit. He was suspended from the BBC at the time. The TV star was arrested later that year regarding a separate investigation. Edwards' phone was seized which revealed his participation in Whats App exchanges with convicted paedophile Alex Williams, who between the years 2018 and 2021 sent him indecent images of children, including two videos of a boy believed to be between the ages of seven and nine years old. The star's wife of 30 years Vicky Flind released a statement following the original allegation saying her husband was "suffering from serious mental health issues" and receiving in-patient care. But as other accusations came to light, Vicky is said to have launched proceedings to end their marriage, with their £4.75 million home in Dulwich, South London, put up for sale. A source told The Sun: "Vicky had enough of Edwards a long time ago but this is the final nail in the coffin of their relationship. He's put her and their family through hell, so this was inevitable." Edwards continued to sport his wedding ring during his court case but the former couple are said to only communicate through their lawyers nowadays. Professionally, the broadcaster's life has also crumbled. Images from earlier this year showed Edwards frowning as he puffed on a vape. Speaking to the publication, an onlooker said: "He looked a shadow of his former, super-confident self — but there was no mistaking it was him. "He was vaping and coughing and spluttering a bit, and didn't look in the best shape. But he was lucky to be enjoying his freedom when most people think he should have been jailed for what he did." The disgraced star had been the corporation's top-earning newsreader, earning between £475,000 and £479,999 in the year 2023/24 when he was arrested. He continued to be paid by the BBC until he resigned five months later and it appears he hasn't repaid the £200,000 he earned during that period as requested by the broadcaster. BBC Chairman Samir Shah recently told Times Radio: "We've been asking him and asking him and asking him. We're getting legal advice on it", adding: "If Huw is listening, give it back. Just give it back". Edwards was estimated to be worth as much as £3.8 million at his peak, with lucrative book and documentary deals and gigs presenting top awards shows topping up his BBC salary. As Judge Paul Goldspring told the celebrity at his sentencing: "It is not an exaggeration to say your long-earned reputation is in tatters." Speaking at the Royal Television Society (RTS) London conference the month the broadcaster was convicted, BBC director-general Tim Davie stated that he "can't see" Edwards working for the corporation ever again. He will be on the sex offender register for the next seven years, meaning he will have to keep police informed of his whereabouts, with foreign travel difficult.
The Independent
11-08-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Nicola Sturgeon says rapist Isla Bryson is a ‘biological male'
Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has said Isla Bryson is 'a biological male', as she conceded she 'should have been much more straightforward' on the issue of the double rapist's gender. However, she told ITV news that 'all sense of rationality' had been lost amid the furious debate over gender identity which had raged in Scotland. Controversial reforms, which would have allowed transgender people to self identify as their preferred gender, had been passed by Holyrood late in 2022, only to be blocked by Westminster in January 2023. Not long afterwards Bryson – who was born Adam Graham – was sent to a women's only jail after being convicted of raping two women, before being transferred to a male prison. In her first television interview ahead of the publication of her memoir Frankly this week, Ms Sturgeon said that anyone who commits the 'most heinous male crime against women probably forfeits the right to be the gender of their choice'. However, the former SNP leader went on to tell ITV News At Ten presenter Julie Etchingham that 'that probably was not the best phrase to use'. That remark came after Ms Sturgeon stated: 'Isla Bryson identified as a woman. 'I think what I would say now is anybody who commits the most heinous male crime against women probably forfeits the right to be the gender of their choice.' Asked why she did not simply say Bryson is a biological male, Ms Sturgeon said that 'they are a biological male' but added the issue 'gets back into the self-ID thing'. The former first minister continued: 'I should have been much more straightforward, I wasn't, but that's because of the debate. We'd lost all sense of rationality in this debate. I'm partly responsible for that.' However, Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay said: 'Frankly, Nicola Sturgeon must be delusional if she thinks the women of Scotland will swallow this drivel.' The Conservative MSP said Ms Sturgeon had 'ignored all warnings that gender self-ID would be a gift to male predators like Isla Bryson' adding that she 'ordered her SNP MSPs to vote down my attempts to block rapists and other sex criminals from being able to legally change their gender by self-declaration'. Mr Findlay said: 'Her absurd ideological belief in self-ID collapses with her belated mealy-mouthed admission that this rapist is a man, but she still can't bring herself to say sorry for all the pain and misery she has caused.' Referring to then Conservative Scottish secretary Alister Jack's decision to step in and prevent the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from becoming law, Mr Findlay said that without this 'common-sense decision to block Sturgeon's dangerous law, every rapist in Scotland would be able to declare themselves as women with the full support of the state'.
Western Telegraph
11-08-2025
- Politics
- Western Telegraph
Nicola Sturgeon says rapist Isla Bryson is a ‘biological male'
However, she told ITV news that 'all sense of rationality' had been lost amid the furious debate over gender identity which had raged in Scotland. Controversial reforms, which would have allowed transgender people to self identify as their preferred gender, had been passed by Holyrood late in 2022, only to be blocked by Westminster in January 2023. Not long afterwards Bryson – who was born Adam Graham – was sent to a women's only jail after being convicted of raping two women, before being transferred to a male prison. Isla Bryson was jailed for eight years in 2023 for raping two women (Andrew Milligan/PA) In her first television interview ahead of the publication of her memoir Frankly this week, Ms Sturgeon said that anyone who commits the 'most heinous male crime against women probably forfeits the right to be the gender of their choice'. However, the former SNP leader went on to tell ITV News At Ten presenter Julie Etchingham that 'that probably was not the best phrase to use'. That remark came after Ms Sturgeon stated: 'Isla Bryson identified as a woman. 'I think what I would say now is anybody who commits the most heinous male crime against women probably forfeits the right to be the gender of their choice.' Asked why she did not simply say Bryson is a biological male, Ms Sturgeon said that 'they are a biological male' but added the issue 'gets back into the self-ID thing'. The former first minister continued: 'I should have been much more straightforward, I wasn't, but that's because of the debate. We'd lost all sense of rationality in this debate. I'm partly responsible for that.' However, Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay said: 'Frankly, Nicola Sturgeon must be delusional if she thinks the women of Scotland will swallow this drivel.' The Conservative MSP said Ms Sturgeon had 'ignored all warnings that gender self-ID would be a gift to male predators like Isla Bryson' adding that she 'ordered her SNP MSPs to vote down my attempts to block rapists and other sex criminals from being able to legally change their gender by self-declaration'. Mr Findlay said: 'Her absurd ideological belief in self-ID collapses with her belated mealy-mouthed admission that this rapist is a man, but she still can't bring herself to say sorry for all the pain and misery she has caused.' Referring to then Conservative Scottish secretary Alister Jack's decision to step in and prevent the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from becoming law, Mr Findlay said that without this 'common-sense decision to block Sturgeon's dangerous law, every rapist in Scotland would be able to declare themselves as women with the full support of the state'.
Wales Online
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Tributes paid as journalist and TV presenter Sandy Gall dies aged 97
Tributes paid as journalist and TV presenter Sandy Gall dies aged 97 His journalism career spanned more than 50 years and he was a renowned foreign correspondent for ITN and the face of ITV's News At Ten from 1963 until 1992. Sandy Gall reported from Vietnam and Afghanistan (Image: PA Archive/PA Images ) Journalist Sandy Gall has been praised as a "giant and a gentleman" after his death at the age of 97. His journalism career spanned more than 50 years and he was a renowned foreign correspondent for ITN and the face of ITV's News At Ten from 1963 until 1992. His family revealed that he died at his home in Kent on Sunday, and said: "His was a great life, generously and courageously lived." Gall covered major events such as the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, the civil rights movement and the Lockerbie disaster, after entering journalism as a reporter for the Aberdeen Press and Journal in 1952. Tom Bradby, lead anchor of News At Ten, said: "He had, as a foreign correspondent, been there and done everything. "As a trainee walking through the doors of ITN 35 years ago, I was one of many young would-be reporters he inspired. Article continues below "His old-world charm and on-screen presence endeared him to so many viewers and so many of us. "He was a giant and a gentleman of our business. Everyone loved Sandy." Sir Trevor McDonald, former News At Ten presenter, said: "I think Sandy Gall was one of the most brilliant journalists out there. "And, around his work, ITN was able to build an enormous reputation. "He travelled the world, he covered wars, he covered political upheavals, and what he said, people believed. "He gave ITN and News At Ten its credibility. When Sandy Gall said something, everyone believed it." During his time as a foreign correspondent, Gall covered the arrival of the US into the Vietnam War in 1965, and the end of the conflict when the North Vietnamese army entered Saigon in 1975. Despite becoming a news presenter in 1970, he continued to report first-hand, spending weeks travelling on horseback to follow the Mujahideen in their guerilla war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. After his retirement in 1992, he founded and became chairman of Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal, a charity for disabled Afghans that helped war-related casualties, as well as children in refugee camps, for nearly 40 years. He was made a CBE in 1987 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2011. Tom Tugendhat MP said: "Quite simply, a hero. "Sandy Gall told the stories we needed to hear and kept up with those whose lives he had brought to our notice. Article continues below "My condolences go to Carlotta Gall and the whole family. He was a legend to many, and a father to a lucky few."
BreakingNews.ie
01-07-2025
- General
- BreakingNews.ie
Tributes paid as journalist and TV presenter Sandy Gall dies aged 97
Journalist Sandy Gall has been praised as a 'giant and a gentleman' after his death at the age of 97. His journalism career spanned more than 50 years and he was a renowned foreign correspondent for ITN and the face of ITV's News At Ten from 1963 until 1992. Advertisement His family revealed that he died at his home in Kent on Sunday, and said: 'His was a great life, generously and courageously lived.' Gall covered major events such as the assassination of US president John F Kennedy, the civil rights movement and the Lockerbie disaster, after entering journalism as a reporter for the Aberdeen Press and Journal in 1952. Tom Bradby, lead anchor of News At Ten, said: 'He had, as a foreign correspondent, been there and done everything. 'As a trainee walking through the doors of ITN 35 years ago, I was one of many young would-be reporters he inspired. Advertisement 'His old-world charm and on-screen presence endeared him to so many viewers and so many of us. 'He was a giant and a gentleman of our business. Everyone loved Sandy.' Sir Trevor McDonald, former News At Ten presenter, said: 'I think Sandy Gall was one of the most brilliant journalists out there. 'And, around his work, ITN was able to build an enormous reputation. Advertisement Sandy Gall reported from Vietnam and Afghanistan. Photo: Myung Jung Kim/PA. 'He travelled the world, he covered wars, he covered political upheavals, and what he said, people believed. 'He gave ITN and News At Ten its credibility. When Sandy Gall said something, everyone believed it.' During his time as a foreign correspondent, Gall covered the arrival of the US into the Vietnam War in 1965, and the end of the conflict when the North Vietnamese army entered Saigon in 1975. Despite becoming a news presenter in 1970, he continued to report first-hand, spending weeks travelling on horseback to follow the Mujahideen in their guerilla war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Advertisement After his retirement in 1992, he founded and became chairman of Sandy Gall's Afghanistan Appeal, a charity for disabled Afghans that helped war-related casualties, as well as children in refugee camps, for nearly 40 years. He was made a CBE in 1987 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2011. Tom Tugendhat MP said: 'Quite simply, a hero. 'Sandy Gall told the stories we needed to hear and kept up with those whose lives he had brought to our notice. Advertisement 'My condolences go to Carlotta Gall and the whole family. He was a legend to many, and a father to a lucky few.'
