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Photo: BBC By Katie Razzall of the BBC The man who was once the most trusted and most recognisable face of BBC journalism has pleaded guilty over images that show child sexual abuse - and the BBC has serious questions to answer. The director general faces some stark and uncomfortable truths. Most difficult to explain is why the BBC continued to pay Huw Edwards his vast salary for five months after he had been arrested. Edwards resigned in April citing medical advice. The BBC said in its statement that if Edwards had been charged, it would have acted. It's true that a charge would have indicated prosecutors believed they had the evidence to convict. Edwards wasn't charged until after he had resigned. But for many, his guilty pleas on Wednesday make it difficult to justify those months pay...

An ultra-wholesome Japanese dating series on Netflix has hooked viewers globally. Photo: Netflix An ultra-wholesome Japanese dating series on Netflix has hooked viewers globally. It's part of a wave of reality shows showing the nuances, and differences, of gay relationships. It is a concept that we've seen many times before: a group of strangers enter a house and, as cameras film their every move, they search for a romantic connection. But conceptually, Netflix's The Boyfriend is actually a million miles from the Love Island villa, where singles with chiselled abs search for love (and Instagram fame). The Netflix series is Japan's first ever same-sex dating show - a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ representation. The premise is simple: in Tateyama, a quiet coastal city in Japan, a seaside be...

Former BBC news anchor Huw Edwards leaves after a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP By Ian Youngs, BBC culture reporter and Lucy Manning, BBC News Huw Edwards, once the BBC's most senior news presenter, has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. He admitted having 41 indecent images of children, which had been sent to him by another man on WhatsApp, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard. They included seven category A images, the most serious classification - two of which showed a child aged between about seven and nine. Police later revealed the man who sent the images to Edwards was a convicted paedophile. Until last year, Edwards was one of the main presenters on BBC One's News at Ten and often fronted coverage...

By Dean Bilton, ABC reporter at Chateau de Versailles Riders from the equestrian academy and their horses ride towards the Royal Gate of the Palace of Versailles before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. Photo: HENRIQUE CAMPOS / AFP Analysis - There's an episode of The Sopranos late in its run called "Cold Stones", in which Carmela Soprano and her friend Rosalie Aprile visit Paris. Rosalie, whose life has been marred by horror and tragedy back home, escapes within the tourist delights of Paris. She eats, she shops, she courts young French men on motorbikes, and she has a wonderful time. Carmela arrives prepared for the same experience, but instead is propelled into existential crisis at the sight of the city's golden statues, centuries-old architecture and artistic marvels. Paris ...