Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell (born 23 September 1953) is a English journalist. He is the current royal and diplomatic correspondent for BBC News. Previously he was a newscaster.
Witchell was born in Shropshire and educated at Epsom College, a British Independent school in Surrey, and later studied law at the University of Leeds, where he edited the student newspaper. In 1974 Terence Dalton Limited published Witchell's book, "The Loch Ness St...
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Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell (born 23 September 1953) is a English journalist. He is the current royal and diplomatic correspondent for BBC News. Previously he was a newscaster.
Witchell was born in Shropshire and educated at Epsom College, a British Independent school in Surrey, and later studied law at the University of Leeds, where he edited the student newspaper. In 1974 Terence Dalton Limited published Witchell's book, "The Loch Ness Story". The book provides a history of the alleged sightings of the Loch Ness Monster and includes a chapter entitled "The "Monster" on Land". Witchell's belief in the existence of the creature is described as "quite unshakeable". He has worked for the BBC since 1976. He reported from Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands during the 1982 Falklands War.
Witchell, along with Sue Lawley, then became the first newsreader of the BBC Six O'Clock News when that programme was launched in 1984, now called the BBC News at Six. In 1988, the Six O'Clock...
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