In a custody photograph. Hes been given a six month suspended Prison Sentence after admitting charges of making indecent images of children, one of whom was aged between seven and nine. Edwards previously pleaded guilty to three charges after he was sent 41 illegal images by a convicted Sex Offender. His lawyer told the court that edwards was profoundly sorry and that he recognised the repugnant nature of the images. The bbc said he had betrayed not just the corporation but also audiences who put their trust in him. Our special Correspondent Lucy manning was in court. Huw edwards facing the camera not his usual one in the bbc studios, but the metropolitan polices after he was arrested. This is his custody photo, a Far Cry from his smart on screen image. Mr edwards, do you apologise for your crimes . Now a convicted Sex Offender, he came with a suitcase, prepared of his punishment was present. The court heard disturbing and graphic descriptions of his crime, descriptions of his crime, d
Good evening. After admitting his crimes, today came the punishment. Huw edwards was spared jail but received a six month suspended Prison Sentence on three charges of obtaining indecent images of children, with one of the victims in the pictures aged between seven and nine. In all, 41 illegal images were sent to the former Bbc News presenter, with his lawyer telling the Court Edwards was profoundly sorry, and that he recognised the repugnant nature of the images. The bbc says edwards betrayed not just The Corporation, but the audiences who put their trust in him. His name is now on the Sex Offenders register for the next seven years. Lucy manning has our top story. Huw edwards facing the camera not his usual one in the bbc s studios, but the metropolitan polices after he was arrested. This his Custody Photo a Far Cry from his smart on screen image. Mr edwards, do you apologise . Mr edwards, do you apologise for your crimes . Now a convicted Sex Offender, he came with a suitcase, prepa
Was about having the chance to not talk notjust about a particular Step Or Tactic but a strategy in relation to ukraine. Vladimir putin says lifting these restrictions would represent the nato alliances direct participation in the ukraine war. We heard the same argument from Russias Representative at the un. Translation if the decision to lift restrictions is really taken, from that moment, nato countries are conducting direct war with russia. In this case, we will have to take the relevant decisions with all the consequences for this that the western aggressors would face. Ukraine very much wants to be able to use these weapons. Our Security Correspondent Gordon Corera explains why. These are the western weapons at the heart of todays debate. They include american atacms and this, the british Storm Shadow system, which has a range of at least 250 kilometres. Storm shadow has already been used by ukraine against a russian base in occupied crimea last year, but up until now the countri
In england and wales. That policy sees the proportion of sentences which some inmates must serve behind bars temporarily cut from 50 to A0 . But latest government figures suggest more than a quarter of prisoners will go on to reoffend within a year of being released. The problem is there are no guarantees that anybody who is released early will not reoffend, because weve got to do ourjob in our prisons of trying to rehabilitate people. We simply cannot do that if theyre used as Human Warehouses and were overcrowded. We must be given a chance to give people hope. The Ministry Ofjustice says it cannot comment on individual cases but insists that anyone who breaks their Licence Conditions upon release, or who commits further crimes, will be punished, and the government says without the early release scheme, police would not be able to make arrests and the courts would not be able to hold trials. The Prison Population in england and wales has dropped by more than 2,000 in a week following
Good evenIng. PresIdent putIn wIll not prevaIl. The words of PresIdent BIden, who has been HoldIng Talks wIth SIr KeIr Starmer In the WhIte House talks whIch could pave the way for ukraIne to use long range mIssIles, supplIed by the west, on russIan terrItory. It comes as moscow contInues to warn of the consequences of any such move wIth Its ambassador to the un tellIng the SecurIty CouncIl that It would mean nato was conductIng dIrect war wIth russIa. In another sIgn of the raIsed tensIons, sIx brItIsh dIplomatIc staff have been expelled from russIa, accused of spyIng. The ForeIgn OffIce says the claIm Is baseless. Lets joIn ChrIs Mason, whos In washIngton for us now. Yes, good evenIng to you, reeta. The Central QuestIon here tonIght buIlds on those remarks from the presIdent. How does the west avoId vladImIr putIn from prevaIlIng In ukraIne . And there Is a subtlety of dIfference In InstInct, both wIthIn and between countrIes that are allIed to ukraIne, partIcularly on thIs Central Q