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The revelation was the culmination of 18 months\u2019 investigating, unravelling and reporting on the shocking online life Edwards had been leading for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sun-Edwards2-pdf-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17104\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamilton and chief Sunday reporter Scarlet Howes were contacted by a man who revealed Edwards had been sending his teenage stepson money in exchange for sexual images, and that a detailed complaint to the BBC had yielded no response. The Sun handed a dossier of evidence to the BBC, which resulted in an apology to the boy\u2019s parents, Edwards\u2019s resignation, and new staff guidelines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17101,"template":"","published":[64],"region":[20],"class_list":["post-17100","case-studies","type-case-studies","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","published-64","region-national-campaigns"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Huw Edwards Charged with Indecent Images - News Media Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/case-studies\/huw-edwards-charged-with-indecent-images\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Huw Edwards Charged with Indecent Images - News Media Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Described by the 2025 Press Awards judges as \u201cthe definitive jaw dropper,\u201d\u00a0The Sun\u2019s revelation that long-time BBC News anchor Huw Edwards had been charged with creating Category A indecent images stood out as a powerful and hard-hitting scoop. 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