BBC asks Huw Edwards to return the salary he was paid after his arrest

The BBC veteran pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children on July 31

Former BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards leaves Westminster Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children (Aaron Chown/PA)

The BBC has asked Huw Edwards to return the salary he was paid during the period following his arrest in November last year, after his guilty plea to charges of having indecent images of children.

It comes after the British culture secretary had urged the disgraced newsreader to “return his salary”, while she also asked the BBC to look into whether it can recoup an estimated £200,000 paid to Edwards between his arrest and resignation.