Huw Edwards is a Welsh journalist, presenter, and newsreader. He presents BBC News at Ten, the corporation’s flagship news broadcast.
He was born on August 18, 1961, in Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, to Hywel Teifi Edwards and Aerona Protheroe.
He was educated at Llanelli Boys’ Grammar School and graduated with a first-class honors degree in French from University College, Cardiff, in 1983.
After his first degree, he started postgraduate work at Cardiff University in Medieval French, before becoming a reporter for local radio station Swansea Sound and then joining the BBC.
In January 2003, Edwards became the main presenter of the Ten O’Clock News on BBC One, the corporation’s flagship news broadcast. Along with David Dimbleby, he also presents various special programs such as the Festival of Remembrance, Trooping the Colour, and the State Opening of Parliament.
Edwards has also presented or contributed to a range of other BBC News programs, including Breakfast News, One O’Clock News, Newsnight, and Panorama. Since April 2006, Edwards has presented the newly established BBC News at Five on the 24-hour BBC News channel.