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In time, the former newsreader referred to some of the material as “amazing” but it is not clear whether that meant the legal or illegal images.

In July, the former newsreader admitted having 41 such images, which were sent to him on WhatsApp - including some showing a victim aged between seven and nine.

Edwards, formerly the BBC's most high-profile newsreader, continued to earn his salary for five months after he was arrested on three counts of making indecent images of children.

Former newsreader Huw Edwards has pleaded guilty in court to three counts of making indecent images of children.

The former chair of the BBC publicly thanked disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards for his "huge contribution" despite knowing he had been arrested in November last year.