Huw Edwards tells of 20-year struggle with depression

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BBC’s chief newsreader says illness has at times been so severe it has left him ‘bedridden’

Edwards, 60, said his bouts of depression began in 2002.The BBC’s chief newsreader, Huw Edwards, has revealed he has suffered bouts of depression that have left him “bedridden” during a 20-year struggle with his mental health.

“People tend to think that if you are confident, then you never doubt yourself. But that’s not true,” he said. “Eventually it did alleviate. And then, I had another bout that wasn’t quite so severe in the years after that.”

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