There are 650 mps. Resolving the issue of whether he would return to screen has taken months, during which its believed huw edwards, the bbc� s highest paid news presenter, continued to receive his salary around £440,000 a year. Welcome to windsor. Today, his 40 Year Career at the bbc is over. From Reporting On Politics for Bbc Wales to his prestigious role bringing the news to the nation, this is now the end of an era. Katie razzall, bbc news. April 22nd is earth day, a global annual event which is supposed to remind us of the importance of protecting our environment. And there is no greater threat to the precious ecosystems we depend on, than the one thing you have probably opened today the plastic carton. The world is currently producing about 400 Million metric tonnes of plastic waste every year, and of that, just 9 is recycled. More than 50 countries, including the uk, have called