News about Alastair Stewart

Alastair Stewart and his wife Sally share the challenges so many families will recognise: 'When the doctor asked Alastair how he was feeling, he replied 'How the **** do you think? I have dementia.' That didn't go down too well'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 29, 2023
Alastair Stewart, a veteran newscaster, spent five decades helping the majority of us make sense of the world, and he still has the calming air of authority. Despite the fact that he is only broadcasting across his own kitchen today, you immediately feel at a safe place with the familiar voice and impeccable diction. What memories he has from childhood.

After being booed by The Green Brigade, Sir Rod Stewart flashes the middle finger at the Celtic vs. Motherwell football match

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 25, 2023
At the Celtic vs. Motherwell football match at Celtic Park on Saturday, Sir Rod Stewart flashed the middle finger. The stylish rocker, 78, was dressed and booted, and he wore a long camel-colored jacket with a white shirt and brown cardigan. The star of the Grammy Award-winning outfit, on the other hand, was his vivid green tie, which he wore proudly with a gold 'Celtic' pin.

Red Ken, the former Labour mayor, has been forced to leave public life and is being cared for by family and relatives who are 'living with' Alzheimer's

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 20, 2023
Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London who was known as 'Red Ken' for his left-wing views, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the age of 78. As he steps away from public life, the one-time figurehead of the Labour left, who served as the capital from 2000 to 2008, is being 'well cared for by his family and friends.' The news came after journalists Alastair Stewart and Fiona Phillips, among other notable journalists, decided to share their own battles with the disease. 'Red Ken,' as he is widely known, had tense rivalry with Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s, leading to the authority's removal.' He served as a Labour MP for Brent East in 1987 before being elected as the first modern-day Mayor of London in 2005. However, Red Ken has been involved in a number of scandals surrounding antisemitism, most recently in 2016 when he was barred from the Labour Party for suggesting that Adolf Hitler favoured Zionism, which is the campaign favoring the establishment of a Jewish state in what is now modern-day Israel.

Author Wendy Mitchell, who has lived with dementia for nine years, sends the radio host a deeply moving letter

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 13, 2023
WENDY MITCHELL (inset): My dear Alastair (pictured with his wife Sally), being diagnosed with early onset vascular dementia is devastating, isn't it? I know, believe me. I was in the same situation nine years ago as you are now, aged 71. When I first saw in a consultant's room and heard those words, I was 58. And, not even close to being bitten. I also know what you'll have been thinking in those first few hours after being told the news. Your body will have shifted to fast-forward, envisioning your future self, confused, disorientated, and unable to recognize those around you. Everyone who is sick imagines something like this. However, I wanted to write to you because I have a different experience with this disease, and it may not necessarily be what you expected.

Alastair Stewart, 71, reveals he has early onset dementia: Britain's longest-serving newsreader who stepped down from GB News in March, says he is suffering with vascular dementia and has had a series of minor strokes

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 10, 2023
After 47 years as a journalist on local and national television in the United Kingdom, the 71-year-old news anchor announced his retirement in March.

Do YOU know what B&M stands for?Shoppers are only just realising there's a story behind the name

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 2, 2023
It's the discount store that has attracted millions of fans throughout the United Kingdom due to its budget compromises. However, customers are only now finding out what the store name B&M actually stands for. Even billionaire boss Simon Arora confessed that he had no idea what 'B&M' stands for.

Do YOU know what B&Q stands for?

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 30, 2023
B&Q's name shocked shoppers after finding out what the name of the hardware store B&Q stands for. One Twitter user challenged his followers by asking: 'Without googling etc…what does B&Q stand for?' His question left fellow shoppers perplexed, and they were surprised to discover that the DIY store was actually named after the company's founders, Richard Block and his brother-in-law David Quayle. Their first store was located in a disused theatre in Southampton, and was originally called Block and Quayle, but this was later reduced to B&Q. When supplies were previously limited to builders' stores and hardware stores, the founding partners launched the brand with the intention of providing high-value DIY products to all customers.

Aisle be damned!Shoppers left stunned after finding out what Asda REALLY stands for

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 29, 2023
Since discovering what Asda really stands for, shoppers have been left speechless. In 2021, ITV News host Alastair Stewart, 70, posed the question to his 81,000 Twitter followers. The broadcaster, who resigned last week after nearly 50 years on screen, wanted to know if people knew the answer without having to look it up. Although Asda was established in 1965 after a merger between two companies, the company dates back nearly 100 years. Pictured: the Asda superstore in Warrington

After almost 50 years on camera, Alastair Stewart, 70, has resigned from news presenting

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 22, 2023
Alastair Stewart, a veteran news presenter, has announced that he will be retiring from regular television broadcasting. After 47 years of being a journalist on local and national television in the United Kingdom, the 70-year-old news anchor is bringing an end to his career. He wanted to leave although he was still a "old broadcaster" not a "ancient one," according to a tweet.

Huw Edwards 'practised the Queen's death in the bathroom mirror.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 9, 2022
When Queen Elizabeth II (right) died, the public service broadcaster had a total of 9.83 million viewers tuned into BBC One at 6.30 p.m., when it was officially announced. After Buckingham Palace's statement that doctors were "concerned" for Her Majesty's wellbeing, Huw Edwards (left) anchored the majority of the day's coverage on Thursday, with senior royals seen rushing to Balmoral to be at her bedside. Huw Edwards had been apparently preparing for this moment by'rehearsing in front of his bathroom mirror for a long time,' (inset). The 61-year-old news presenter briefly announced that the news broke solemnly, gazing into the camera to repeat Buckingham Palace's words twice.

As BBC's Huw Edwards wears a black tie, Alastair Stewart slammed 'pre-emptive and misjudged' coverage

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 8, 2022
Stewart accused the BBC of avoiding the criticism it received over coverage of the Queen Mother's death in 2002, when presenter Peter Sissons was chastised for wearing a burgundy tie. The BBC's regular scheduled programming to provide continuing coverage of the Queen's health problems, including Stewart, a presenter for GB News. After doctors became concerned about her wellbeing, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had been placed under medical surveillance earlier today.

Rishi Sunak brands himself 'underdog' in Tory leadership race against frontrunner Liz Truss

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 19, 2022
Rishi Sunak admitted tonight that he is the 'underdog' in Tory's leadership race, as the former chancellor committed another gaffe in his quest to become Prime Minister. Mr Sunak blasted Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the recent Conservative hustings event in Manchester, despite the fact that he is second in last year's struggle to reach Downing Street. Mr Sunak's staff's latest campaign video revealed that their candidate was 'the underdog,' but that the ex-Cabinet minister later said he'will 'fight to the last day of the race'. Mr Sunak, who was a Southampton football fan, wondered how he could return to 'winning ways' in the fight to become Boris Johnson's replacement, was questioned at the hustings event. However, his attempts to avoid a friendly banter with the Manchester audience led him to a blunder in his football knowledge. 'I'm going to be outspoken for saying it here,' Mr Sunak told the occasion, 'I'm going to be unpopular for saying it here, starting with beating United this weekend.' Southampton will not be able to play Manchester United until August 27th, and in fact, the team will be playing Leicester City this weekend. Mr Sunak's own goal emerged just two days after he was mocked for boasting to always enjoy a McDonald's breakfast wrap when out with his children, despite the fact that the product hasn't been available since March 2020.