Culture Secretary to hold talks with BBC boss following Huw Edwards’ guilty plea

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy is to meet Tim Davie (Jeff Moore/PA)

The Culture Secretary will hold urgent talks with BBC director general Tim Davie in the wake of Huw Edwards admitting to accessing indecent photographs of children, the PA news agency understands.

Lisa Nandy is set to hold a meeting with the BBC boss after the corporation said it was told of the veteran broadcaster’s arrest on “suspicion of serious offences” last November but continued employing him until April.