Children, seven were said to be of an extreme sexual nature. Two involved a child between the ages of seven and nine. When he appeared in the Court Backin when he appeared in the Court back injuly, his barrister told the Court Mr edwards did not keep any images, did not send any to anyone else and did not and has not sought similar images from anywhere else. We also had he had Mental Health and physical health problems. The prosecution asked the magistrate to consider a suspended Sentence But Prison is a possibility. There are other options like a Community Order or sending him on a sex offender programme. We should find out more whether the sentencing is going to take place after ten oclock when the hearing starts. No doubt about it, this is a huge full from grace. One of the Bbc Newss biggest star is now a convicted criminal awaiting his punishment. Convicted criminal awaiting his punishment punishment. Talk to us a little bit more about punishment. Talk to us a little bit more about
Has also exited to court with his legal team and we are told that the magistrate should be backin that the magistrate should be back in the court at around 12 30pm with his decision. Over the last 20 minutes or so we heard the defence say that Mr Edwards switches to apologise, he wishes to coach a know how profoundly sorry he is. He says he recognises the repugnant nature of such images aren t a heart that is done to those who appear in such images. For his part in that he apologise sincerely and makes it clear he has the utmost regret. This is significant because it puts forward her remarks how remorseful Mr Edwards is for his crimes. As barrister is using that as a mitigating factor. We have 30 has mental and physical health problems. We have been hurt that he has been struggling for the last few years. Mr edwards s mental Health Battle has been in the Public Domain. He has spoken about it while he was anchoring the ten o clock news. This is significant because we have some timings c
arrested in connection with the incident. you can see the tweets there from gloucestershire constabulary. they tweeted saying that the school had been locked down because of the ongoing situation. we don t know if the school is still in lockdown now. it is at the tewkesbury school on ashchurch road. a teenage boy has been arrested with the incident and an adult has been taken to hospital with a suspected stab wound. they were called at 9:10am this morning with reports that a people had stabbed a teacher. the bbc is meeting with london s metropolitan police today to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter, who hasn t been named, has been suspended, but the young person s family is said, by the sun newspaper, to be upset by the corporation s latest response. let s just take a look at the chain of events. the family first complained to the bbc about the presenter s behaviour on 19
do you think thatjourney of yours affects the way you use the role of bishop? i hope it does in the sense that i can only operate from being me and being me is covered with where i m coming from and certainly the journey that i have been on. so it will be veryjamaican. are you instinctively a champion of the underdog? passionately so, but i must say that it is wrapped up with the gospel because it is there that i am learning, that i have learned ofjesus s his passion for those who are the underdogs, for those who are, you know, the last, the least, and the lost. and i don t see how i can but be the same as a disciple of christ. interesting you say that, because i m also very aware that we are sitting right next to one of the finest cathedrals in england in a sense, a symbol of the power of the anglican church in this country. other symbols would include the fact that at the king s coronation, we saw that the relationship between church and state is so very intertwined in
included prayers and a funfair at a local park. and time now for ten seconds of chimpanzee cuteness. this is the moment vanilla sees the outdoors for the first time after 28 years in a medicine lab. thankfully, she is now at her animal sanctuary home. you are all caught up now. see you later. voiceover: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. today, i m in canterbury, a place of christian pilgrimage for centuries, steeped in the history of the church of england. the c of e is woven into the fabric of the english establishment. but church leaders have become fierce critics of government policy. the anglican church is also a worldwide faith, but it is beset by divisions between progressives and conservatives. my guest today is the first black female bishop in the church of england, rose hudson wilkin. is her church in danger of breaking apart?