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Jon Kay

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Gender Male
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
SpousFrancesca Kasteliz
Education Abbey Gate College Senior School (Year 7 to Year 13)
University of Exeter
Children 3
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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

500 Words: BBC Breakfast to relaunch children's writing competition
Mar 1,2023 8:10 pm

... 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

BBC Breakfast turns back the clock on 40th birthday
Jan 17,2023 5:01 am

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Sir David Jason describes Covid collapse

Sir David Jason describes Covid collapse
Oct 11,2022 10:31 pm

... " 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

Kay and Derbyshire to host BBC Breakfast and Newsnight respectively
Jul 8,2022 3:00 pm

...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

Encanto director invites glasses 'hero' schoolgirl Lowri to Baftas
Mar 9,2022 5:45 pm

... " 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?'

Cheryl Grimmer case: 'How did my sister vanish from Fairy Meadow?'
Feb 5,2022 5:08 pm

... 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

Missing girl meets her rescuer again decades later
Jan 26,2022 9:50 am

... 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

The 52-year-search for a missing girl
Jan 12,2022 3:32 am

... To mark the anniversary of this unique case, the BBC is launching an presented by BBC correspondent Jon Kay...

Kay and Derbyshire to host BBC Breakfast and Newsnight respectively

Feb 16,2020 9:25 am

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.

Kay said he was " over the moon" about his new role, which begins with immediate effect.

Derbyshire, who will join Kirsty Wark from September, she was " delighted".

Bbc Breakfast and Newsnight are The Corporation 's flagship news and Current Affairs TV programmes.

Kay said: " I'm over the moon to become the new regular presenter of Bbc Breakfast and I'm Looking Forward to bringing our brilliant viewers the very latest news each morning alongside my good friend Sally [Nugent] and the rest of The Team . "

He has already been filling in on The Show since Dan Walker .

" Sitting on the famous red sofa is a real privilege while covering the stories and issues that matter to our Audience - Home and abroad. "

Victoria Derbyshire 's role follows the departures from the programme of Emily Maitlis and Emma Barnett earlier this year.

Derbyshire said she was " so delighted to be joining The Legend that is Kirsty Wark and the talented Newsnight team under new and ambitious leadership. "

'Stories about people's lives'

" This is a special opportunity to take on one of The Best jobs in British journalism and help shape the programme's future, " She Said .

" I can't wait to champion More Stories about people's lives while holding those who represent them to account. "

Broadcaster and journalist Derbyshire previously fronted her own BBC Current Affairs show, which was simulcast on TV and radio, from 2015 to 2020.

In 2017 she described the reaction to her revealing she had been wearing a wig on-air after months of chemotherapy for breast cancer.

She has previously filled in as host of Newsnight and Panorama, and also appeared on ITV's The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night - an entertainment documentary to raise awareness of breast cancer.

Presenter and newsreader Kay has worked as a news correspondent for Bbc News , reporting from Portugal on The Investigation into The Disappearance of Madeleine Mccann in 2014; and from Cape Town on The Trial of Shrien Dewani .

Jonathan Munro , interim director of Bbc News , said it was " fantastic" to appoint " two talented presenters to start and finish The Day on two of our most important news programmes".

Newsnight editor Stewart Maclean said Derbyshire and current host Wark " will be a formidable partnership at The Heart of our presenter line-up".



Source of news: bbc.com

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