BBC hit by £1.3mn bill for Huw Edwards scandal

Huge sum of money BBC has paid out probing Huw Edwards revealed

The amount of money spent on an investigation into the disgraced newsreader has been revealed

BBC's huge sum for Huw Edwards & Tim Westwood probes sparks victim fury

THE BBC has spent almost £5million looking into the Huw Edwards and Tim Westwood scandals.Its investigations into paedophile newsreader Edwards have

BBC spent £1.3m investigating Huw Edwards scandal

Costs of consultants and legal advice over corporation’s handling of disgraced presenter disclosed in FoI request

BBC hit by £1.3mn bill for Huw Edwards scandal

Broadcaster’s spending under scrutiny as it enters talks with the government over the future of the licence fee

FOI data: the BBC spent £1.3M+ on investigating the Huw Edwards scandal and a resulting review of its procedures, on top of £3.3M to investigate Tim Westwood

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RTE sent back €8m of the State cash injection after rise in licence-fee receipts

An increase in people paying their TV licence fees has meant €8 million of the cash injection provided to RTÉ was sent back to the Exchequer. In November 2023, the Government agreed to provide the State broadcaster with interim funding of €56 million, with €16 million to be used that year and the remaining €40 million to be spent in 2024. In the months after a series of scandals rocked Montrose, including secret payments to presenter Ryan Tubrid…