 Huw Edwards's family is reportedly receiving crisis management advice from Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who was jailed for phone hacking. Coulson, who previously served as David Cameron's Downing Street director of communications, now runs a PR agency that specialises in crisis management for high-profile individuals. The former comms chief- who was jailed in 2014 for conspiring to intercept voicemails at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid- is understood to have assisted Huw Edwards's wife Vicky Flind issue a statement on Wednesday in which she named her husband as the figure at the centre of the BBC scandal. Flind, who has five children with the BBC star and works as a producer on ITV's politics show, reportedly reached out to Coulson for support following allegations that her husband had paid £35,000 for inappropriate pictures from a teenage user of crack cocaine. Coulson, former editor of the News of the World, was jailed for phone hacking in 2014 (Picture: Getty) She garnered widespread sympathy for her 200-word statement, in which she revealed her husband was experiencing 'serious mental health issues' following the allegations and appealed for privacy while he received in-patient hospital care due to a recent bout of depression. Following the statement, The Sun announced that it would refrain from publishing any additional accusations concerning Edwards and would instead pass the existing claims they possess over to the BBC for further investigation. Edwards has not publicly responded to any of the allegations against him and it is unknown whether he is in contact with Coulson, but he is believed to have spoken privately on the matter with colleagues and former colleagues. The extent of Coulson's attempt to influence The Sun's coverage of the scandal remains uncertain. However, his involvement in the case places him in opposition to former associ){kind=link}
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Huw Edwards’s family is reportedly receiving crisis management advice from Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor who was jailed for phone hacking.
Coulson, who previously served as David Cameron’s Downing Street director of communications, now runs a PR agency that specialises in crisis management for high-profile individuals.
The former comms chief- who was jailed in 2014 for conspiring to intercept voicemails at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid- is understood to have assisted Huw Edwards’s wife Vicky Flind issue a statement on Wednesday in which she named her husband as the figure at the centre of the BBC scandal.
Flind, who has five children with the BBC star and works as a producer on ITV’s politics show, reportedly reached out to Coulson for support following allegations that her husband had paid £35,000 for inappropriate pictures from a teenage user of crack cocaine.