Jon Kay
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 54 |
| Date of birth | November 8,1969 |
| Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
| Born | Kingston Upon Hull |
| United Kingdom | |
| Parents | Terry Kay |
| Employer | BBC |
| Siblings | Scott Kay |
| Heather Flury Kay | |
| Terri Kerr Kay | |
| Spous | Francesca Kasteliz |
| Education | Abbey Gate College Senior School (Year 7 to Year 13) |
| University of Exeter | |
| Children | 3 |
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| ID | 423698 |
Jon Kay Life story
Jonathan Francis Kay is an English TV presenter, newsreader and journalist based in the West of England. He is known for his work on BBC News.
500 Words: BBC Breakfast to relaunch children's writing competition
... BBC Breakfast presenter Jon Kay added: " We are delighted to be championing 500 Words and look forward to the no doubt stellar entries from talented, aspiring young writers up and down the country that are sure to follow in due course...
BBC Breakfast turns back the clock on 40th birthday
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Sir David Jason describes Covid collapse
... " Explaining that he had got up to go to the toilet, Sir David told Breakfast s Jon Kay: " I crawled to the bed...
Kay and Derbyshire to host BBC Breakfast and Newsnight respectively
...Jon Kay is the new regular presenter of BBC Breakfast from Monday to Wednesday, while Victoria Derbyshire will become joint lead presenter of Newsnight, it has been announced...
Encanto director invites glasses 'hero' schoolgirl Lowri to Baftas
... " A gobsmacked Lowri struggled to speak after receiving the invite and nodded vigorously before presenter Jon Kay stepped in and said: " I think that is a yes...
Cheryl Grimmer case: 'How did my sister vanish from Fairy Meadow?'
... Now he has opened up to the BBC s Jon Kay in a new true-crime podcast Fairy Meadow...
Missing girl meets her rescuer again decades later
... As part of a BBC investigation for the Fairy Meadow Podcast, correspondent Jon Kay spoke with Kathy about what she remembers - and meets one of the men that found her again...
The 52-year-search for a missing girl
... To mark the anniversary of this unique case, the BBC is launching an presented by BBC correspondent Jon Kay...
500 Words: BBC Breakfast to relaunch children's writing competition
By Paul GlynnEntertainment reporter
Bbc Breakfast is to relaunch The Children 's writing competition 500 Words, three years after it was dropped from Radio 2 .
First launched by Chris Evans on Radio 2 's breakfast show in 2011, the popular UK-wide competition continued with his successor Zoe Ball until 2020.
It will return this September, supported again by the Queen Consort .
The Bbc 's chief content officer, Charlotte Moore , said The Corporation was " thrilled" to announce its return.
She added The Contest would " help discover a range of young authors with big imaginations".
" It is fantastic that The Competition will be supported by the Queen Consort and we do hope teachers and librarians across the UK will get involved in this chance to help find The Writers of tomorrow, " Moore said.
Bbc Breakfast presenter Jon Kay added: " We Are delighted to be championing 500 Words and look forward to the No Doubt stellar entries from talented, aspiring young writers up and down the country that are sure to follow in due course. "
Speaking on his Virgin Radio show in the summer of 2020, that his former employer had brought the Creative Writing competition to a close.
Up until then, it had has received More Than one million stories Written By Children , generating More Than 440 million words; and at one stage brought keen reader Camilla to tears.
Now that it's back, teachers and librarians are being invited to join the 2023 judging panel alongside World Book Day ambassador Sir Lenny Henry - who will also read a CBeebies Bedtime Story for the occasion.
Other judges include best-selling authors Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Francesca Simon , Charlie Higson and the former Children 's laureate Malorie Blackman .
The Grand final, which will include the 50 best entries from two different age Categories - Children aged five to seven, and eight to 11 - will take place a year from now, on World Book Day 2024.
Previous locations for The Final have been Windsor Castle , Hampton Court and The Tower of London.
The winning stories will be read out by Star Names , with past narrators including Dua Lipa , Benedict Cumberbatch and Jodie Whittaker .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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