He was born in Trinidad in the West Indies. He worked for the BBC World Service as a producer in the 1960s, and moved to Britain at the end of that decade.
He joined ITN as a reporter in 1973, and steadilly rose to become, a newsreader by the late 1970s, and for years presented the 'News at Ten' bulletin.
He is now seen as being a part of the broadcasting establishment, and was Kinighted in 1999.
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