Huw Edwards: The Sun says it has file of 'severe' claims however has 'no plans' to publish extra allegations

The Sun has mentioned it has a file "containing serious and wide-ranging allegations" it has obtained about Huw Edwards - "including some from BBC personnel".

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However the newspaper mentioned it has "no plans" to publish additional allegations about the BBC star.

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It first reported claims towards an unnamed presenter, saying he had paid a teen tens of hundreds of kilos for sexually express photographs.

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Huw Edwards newest: BBC presenter 'suffering serious mental health issues'

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Edwards was named by his spouse as the BBC presenter at the centre of the scandal on Wednesday night - and revealed he was in hospital with "serious mental issues".

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A former editor of The Sun mentioned the paper had "inflicted terror" on Edwards and is now going through a "crisis".

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A spokesperson for the newspaper mentioned it should cooperate with the BBC's inner investigation course of.

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"The allegations published by The Sun were always very serious. Further serious allegations have emerged in the past few days," the spokesperson mentioned.

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"We will provide the BBC team with a confidential and redacted dossier containing serious and wide-ranging allegations which we have received, including some from BBC personnel."

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The Sun claims it didn't allege criminality

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Two police forces have mentioned they don't seem to be pursuing motion towards Edwards after finding no evidence of criminal offences.

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The Sun spokesperson mentioned the newspaper had "at no point" in its authentic story alleged criminality.

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The paper "also took the decision neither to name Mr Edwards nor the young person involved in the allegations", they added.

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"Suggestions about possible criminality were first made at a later date by other media outlets, including the BBC," the spokesperson mentioned.

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"From the outset, we have reported a story about two very concerned and frustrated parents who made a complaint to the BBC about the behaviour of a presenter and payments from him that fuelled the drug habit of a young person.

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"We reported that the dad and mom had already been to the police who mentioned that they could not assist. The dad and mom then made a criticism to the BBC which was not acted upon.

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"It is now for the BBC to properly investigate."

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BBC says presenter going through 'but extra allegations'

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Separately the BBC reported Edwards was going through "yet more allegations of inappropriate behaviour" - this time in direction of his colleagues on the company.

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Two present colleagues and a former BBC workers member mentioned they'd obtained inappropriate messages from the presenter.

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One informed BBC News they had been contacted this 12 months with a flirtatious message which referenced their look.

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Another mentioned they felt messages they obtained had been an abuse of energy.

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Debate over protection

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The disaster surrounding Edwards has sparked a debate about The Sun's allegations and the BBC response, with some calling the protection an invasion of privacy.

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David Yelland, who was editor of The Sun from 1998 to 2003, tweeted: "I wish [Huw Edwards] well. The Sun inflicted terror on Huw despite no evidence of any criminal offence.

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"This is not a BBC disaster, it's a disaster for the paper. Huw's privateness should now be revered. Social media additionally wants speedy reform."

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Jon Sopel, former North America editor of BBC News, called the scandal "an terrible and stunning episode" and said the presenter's "difficult non-public life" does not "really feel very non-public now".

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Former Downing Street head of communications Alastair Campbell mentioned the presenter "is the perfect target for those who would undermine and indeed would like to destroy the BBC".

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"The police having said no action to be taken, whatever he did or did not do is a matter for him and his family, and for the BBC," he tweeted.

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"The obsession with this story has been a further sign of a media that has frankly become weird."

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