Huw edwards, resigned from the corporation earlier this year following unrelated allegations that he paid a young person for sexually explicit photos. He will be sentenced in september. Our special correspondent, lucy manning, was in court. The man who read the News Headlines is now in them. In the middle of the jostling cameras and reporters who he would normally have worked alongside. Facing serious charges that he accessed indecent photographs and videos of children, including a boy as young as seven to nine years old. No words outside court but three key ones inside. The former newsreader stood in the dock and as the counts were read out calmly, quietly he replied guilty then again guilty and for the third time, guilty. The court heard Huw Edwards had been in a Whatsapp Chat with a man he met online, who sent him pictures and videos. Of the 377 sexual images, 41 were indecent images of children, mostly between 12 and 15 years old. But two of the most extreme images were videos of a
Edition of the ingraham angle. Biden. Hes out. Well, its pretty wild, though, right . Considering just this morning, bidens campaign cochair, Cedric Richmond was saying thi. I want to be crystal clear. Hes made a decision. And that decision is to accept the nomination and run for reelection, win reelection, okay. Just a few hours later, a letter was released bearing bidens signature, announcing hes going to step aside from the race. So what happened between around 11 a. M. And 1 46 p. M, when we all got the alert on our phones . Senior white House Correspondent Peter doocy is standing by. He can give us some insights. Peter, good to see you on a sunday night. Good to see you, laura. And we understand that for the president s top advisers made a pilgrimage to The Beach house. It was ron klain, anita dunn, Steve Ricchetti and mike donilon. They were all there Last Night. And then this morning, President Biden phoned Kamala Harris a few times to let her know what exactly was going to happ
factor in the chilling effect that easterly wind and actually step outside and for many it will feel closer to somewhere between 3 and minus five degrees. the easterly wind particularly strong as we head into monday as well, that shower streaming further westwards. this is bbc news, the headlines: the oxford astrazeneca vaccine offers limited protection against mild disease caused by the south african variant of covid 19, according to early trials doctors in england are to be paid an additional £10 for each house bound patient they vaccinate against coronavirus. and covid testing is being offered to more companies in england, for staff who can t work from home during lockdown. tens of thousands of protestors gather for a second day in myanmar s main city to condemn the military coup and demand the release of leader aung sann suu kyi. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s for the first time in 38 years, scotland have beaten england at twickenham in
characters facing very human dilemmas. they are painstakingly put together and not always easy to watch. is the demand for his kind of artistic vision dwindling? mike leigh, welcome to hardtalk. it s very nice to be here. it is great to have you here. we ve all lived through difficult times thanks to the covid pandemic. in the use of all times, do you buy into this notion that escapism is a key motivation that gets people to the cinema? well, people want to escape, but people also want to be stimulated. so, i think the force notion is that there s either escapist escapist material or there s boring stuff that isn t escapist and therefore nobody wants to watch it. it s rubbish, basically. my experience over a long time is that people want to be stimulated. no film, no piece of entertainment is any. it s not actually entertaining, as far as i m concerned, and i make serious films that are also comic as well. i mean, comedy is very much part of what it s all about. alfred hitchc
elon musk has launched a hostile bid to take over his hobby twitter. the billionaire behind tesla uses the platform to connect with his 81 million followers. he thinks the company is essential to the functioning of democracy and that he s the right person to unlock what he describes as its extraordinary potential . yes he s recently emerged as its biggest shareholder but the announcement still took the corporate world by surprise. he s offered to pay $54.70 cents a share more than what the shares are currently trading for. at that figure, the business would be worth $15 billion. joining me now is debra aho williamson, principal analyst at insider intelligence. he s not short of a few bob but is he good for that kind of money? certainly, he s the richest man in the world, he certainly has the money, or can probably obtain the money if he is smart and he really wants to do this. i think the big question for me is, does he really want to do this or is this just yet