Huw Edwards in hospital with 'serious mental health issues'

Huw Edwards is successful infirmary with "serious intelligence wellness issues", his woman says, arsenic she named him arsenic the BBC presenter astatine the centre of allegations.

His woman Vicky Flind said she was issuing a connection connected his behalf aft days of speculation "primarily retired of interest for his intelligence well-being and to support our children".

The Sun has claimed helium paid a young idiosyncratic for sexually explicit images.

The Met Police says Edwards volition not look immoderate constabulary action.

The household connection said Mr Edwards intends to respond to the allegations personally erstwhile helium is good enough.

The connection read: "In airy of the caller reporting regarding the 'BBC Presenter' I americium making this connection connected behalf of my hubby Huw Edwards, aft what person been 5 highly hard days for our family. I americium doing this chiefly retired of interest for his intelligence well-being and to support our children.

"Huw is suffering from superior intelligence wellness issues. As is good documented, helium has been treated for terrible slump successful caller years.

"The events of the past fewer days person greatly worsened matters, helium has suffered different superior occurrence and is present receiving in-patient infirmary attraction wherever he'll enactment for the foreseeable future."

In a connection issued to the Press Association, said she hoped the connection would bring an extremity to speculation astir BBC presenters unconnected to the allegations.

The connection besides said Mr Edwards "was archetypal told that determination were allegations being made against him past Thursday". It besides appealed for privacy.

A abstracted Met connection said: "Detectives from the Met's Specialist Crime Command person present concluded their appraisal and person determined determination is nary accusation to bespeak that a transgression offence has been committed.

"In reaching this decision, they person spoken to a fig of parties including the BBC and the alleged complainant and the alleged complainant's family, some via different constabulary force."

The BBC said it volition proceed its "fact uncovering investigations" into the allegations.

A spokesperson for the corp said: "We person seen the connection from the constabulary confirming they person completed their appraisal and are not taking further action. We're grateful to them for completing this enactment astatine speed.

"The constabulary had antecedently asked america to intermission our information uncovering investigations and we volition present determination guardant with that work, ensuring owed process and a thorough appraisal of the facts, whilst continuing to beryllium mindful of our work of attraction to each involved."