BBC News / The Context with Christian Fraser – 12.07.2023
Hello, I’m Christian Fraser. You’re watching The Context on BBC News. Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter who has been suspended. This is a man who has embodied BBC values, has been the face of the BBC, has held the viewers’ hands through so many of the kind of momentous, significant parts of our nation’s history. Detectives from the Met’s specialist crime command have now concluded their assessment and have determined there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed. Good evening. It is a seismic evening here in the BBC newsroom. One
of the biggest faces of BBC News, Huw Edwards, has been named as the presenter suspended over his alleged inappropriate contact with people much younger than him. We will look tonight at the latest allegations. There are more from within the BBC – but the Met police tonight has ended its investigation, which means the case or cases now revert to an internal inquiry. Why has it taken so long for these allegations to come out? Should the BBC be looking more closely into into the dynamics between well-paid presenters and junior staff? We will talk later in the programme
about Nato, the end of a two-day summit, where all the talk was about a country that is not yet a member. Is President Zelensky happy with what he
