{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/64b010fb955b150011e3f7f8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Huw Edwards scandal: Web gossip, privacy & public interest","description":"<p>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.</p><p>It took the newsreader’s wife, Vicky Flind, to go public with his name after five days of social media guess-who gossip.</p><p>In a statement, she said Edwards is receiving in-patient hospital care for his mental health after a “serious episode” worsened by recent revelations.</p><p>Now, fresh claims - reported by the BBC - have emerged of what’s been described as “inappropriate” messages allegedly sent by Edwards to three junior staff members.</p><p>His former colleague Jon Sopel has said Edwards was “very angry” and “felt very let down” by the coverage of the allegations made about him,&nbsp;</p><p>For the latest, the Leader podcast’s joined by Evening Standard arts correspondent Robert Dex.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}