Episode 2260
Huw Edwards
Tue, 2023-Jul-11 01:55 UTC
Length - 2:05
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With 354,543 views on Monday, 10 July 2023 our article of the day is Huw Edwards.
Huw Edwards (; born 18 August 1961) is a Welsh journalist, presenter and newsreader. Edwards presents BBC News at Ten, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s flagship news broadcast.
Edwards also anchors BBC coverage of state and international events, and he is occasionally seen either as relief or as the BBC's chief presenter BBC News at Six, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News and Daily Politics, as well as on the BBC's international news channel BBC World News. Edwards presented the BBC's coverage of major royal events, including the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the funeral of Prince Philip, the death and state funeral of Elizabeth II and the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. He also presented BBC News at Five, which was broadcast on BBC News from 2006 until 2020.
Edwards succeeded David Dimbleby as the host of BBC election night coverage and was the lead presenter for the 2019 general election coverage on 12 and 13 December.
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For the full current version of the article, see Huw Edwards on Wikipedia.
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