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Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has been charged by police over indecent images of children.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police told the British press: "Huw Edwards, 62, from Southwark, London has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children following an investigation by the Met Police. The offences, which allegedly occurred between December 2020 and April 2022, relate to images shared in a WhatsApp chat."

Edwards was arrested on November 8, it added. He was charged on June 26 after permission from the Crown Prosecution Service, and has been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, July 31, just two days from now.