BBC TELLS STAFF: NO GOSSIP ABOUT HUW

Email’s warning over ‘delicate situation’

- LAURA ARMSTRONG

PANICKING BBC bosses told staff in an email that “gossip will not be tolerated” amid raging speculation over the Huw Edwards scandal. 

The Beeb was flung into crisis last week as it emerged Huw, 61 – who was not initially named – allegedly paid a teenager £35,000 for explicit photos.

The revelation followed a burst of finger-pointing, with the likes of Jeremy Vine, Rylan Clark and Gary Lineker having to deny they were the unnamed star. Now, Beeb sources have told how chiefs sent a widely circulated email about the “delicate situation” ahead of Huw’s identity emerging.