News about Anne Diamond

Nick Owen credits his enduring 40-year friendship with Anne Diamond for helping them through parallel cancer battles: 'I like to feel that we've both helped each other get through it'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 17, 2024
Many of us with long memories will certainly remember them as the first professional golden pair on breakfast television. It was long before Susanna Reid and Piers Morgan, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, or even the recently paired Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley. Owen was the ostensible yin to Diamond's vibrant yang on television-am, with a revolving wardrobe of comfy knitwear and a more relaxed, personable demeanor.

Anne Diamond shares her grief over her baby boy Sebastian's death: "I was angry that he didn't call out for me."

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 13, 2024
Sebastian's son suffered with sudden infant death syndrome in 1991 at the age of four-and-a-half.

After finding he had a'extensive' and 'aggressive' strain of the disease, former TV-am host Nick Owen admits to struggling to tell his children of his prostate cancer diagnosis

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 13, 2024
Nick Owen says he struggled to warn his children of his cancer diagnosis, but admits it was necessary for his immediate family to be'on the case.' In August, the former TV-am host announced that he was fighting 'extensive' and 'aggressive' prostate cancer, and that he has since been successfully treated. He admits that his first move was to warn his four adult children, two of whom were boys, so they would be aware of the illness and warning signs.

Anne Diamond of TV speaks to ME and MY MONEY

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 4, 2023
In the 1980s, Broadcaster Anne Diamond, 69, made her name by presenting Good Morning Britain on TV-am. She tells Dan Moore how she and co-presenter Nick Owen used to beg for their salaries before their on-screen chemistry culminated in their expulsion from Good Morning on the BBC. Anne Hollingsworth, her former husband and TV executive, has five children with her former husband. Anne lobbied for more rigorous investigation into the condition after Sebastian's cot death in 1991. Her efforts had been lauded as contributing to the drastic decline in cot deaths. Anne, a divorced person and single, lives in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. She co-presents a weekend breakfast show for GB News with Stephen Dixon. Last month, she was given an OBE for services to public health and charity.

Anne Diamond looks delighted as she receives an OBE from King Charles - after being told about the honour on the day of her breast cancer diagnosis

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 25, 2023
Anne Diamond, a veteran journalist, has been named an OBE for her contributions to public health and charity, as well as her campaigning for cot death. On Wednesday, the GB News presenter, 69, received the courtesy of King Charles at Buckingham Palace and posed for photographs after the service. She was sensational for the outing, combining a vibrant jacket with cobalt trousers and a large fascinator.

In his fight against prostate cancer, Nick Owen's side has a role: how breakfast TV actress Vicki has played a vital part in his recovery from cancer

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2023
Nick Owen, 75, revealed yesterday that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and told his wife Vicki Beevers (pictured on left with Mr Owen) had been by his side 'all the time.' Ms Beevers has also played a significant role in his recovery, as he revealed today. Although he battles the disease, Mr Owen said that his wife has done a "lot of things" for him. Ms Beevers (pictured on right at her wedding to Mr Owen) is still his most devoted supporter during this'very difficult season.'

EXCLUSIVE: When former breakfast TV co-star Nick Owen told her he was fighting cancer, it was a "terrible surprise," and the pair have been in 'constant touch' since

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2023
Anne Diamond says it was a "terrible surprise" when her BBC co-star Nick Owen told her that she was fighting cancer just months after she revealed her own diagnosis. MailOnline reveals that she and Mr Owen have been in 'constant contact' since being first diagnosed with breast cancer in December. Ms Diamond, 68, talked about how they went from being 'TV's golden couple' to loving each other as they battle the 'biggest male and female cancers' simultaneously. Their physicians' diagnosis may be a "warning" to those who need regular health checks. It comes after Mr Owen revealed today that Ms Diamond had been helping him throughout his fight against cancer.

Who is Nick Owen's wife, Vicki Beevers? In his fight against prostate cancer, the presenter's partner has been helping him

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2023
On August 7, former TV-am actor Nick Owen revealed that he is suffering from 'extensive' and 'aggressive' prostate cancer. Vicki Beevers' husband had been by his side 'all the time through this,' he revealed.' Anne Diamond, the BBC's former co-presenter of Good Morning With Anne And Nick, revealed her own breast cancer diagnosis just weeks after.

As Luton Town FC supports him, BBC Breakfast star Nick Owen, 75, recalls the day doctors told him he had 'aggressive' prostate cancer

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 8, 2023
Anne Diamond, a 75-year-old TV-amateur, announced the devastating news just weeks after his co-star Anne Diamond, 68, revealed she is fighting breast cancer and undergone a mastectomy. When a doctor told him he had no signs and it'came out of the blue, Mr Owen said he had no symptoms and it was 'full-on'. The prognosis had been 'probably the worst day of my life,' he said. Following his detitating absence from BBC One's Midlands Today, he spoke out yesterday about the debilitating effect the condition has had on his life. Between 2008 and 2017, the journalist served as chairman of Luton Town. 'Best wishes for your recovery from all of your fellow Hatters,' Nick, who enjoyed a dramatic promotion to the Premier League in May. We're with you every step of the way and look forward to seeing you back on Kenilworth Road very soon.' The veteran host, who took to Twitter to thank people individually, has received a lot of support.

Former TV-am star Nick Owen, 75, announces he is suffering from 'extensive' and 'aggressive' prostate cancer - weeks after co-presenter Anne Diamond revealed she is battling breast cancer

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 7, 2023
Nick Owen (pictured) a former TV-am actor has announced that he is suffering from 'extensive' and'aggressive' prostate cancer. Anne Diamond, his co-presenter, announced she is fighting breast cancer and underwent mastectomy only weeks after. The pair had their own current affairs morning show on the BBC in the 1990s, as well as their time on TV-am. Following Owen's withdrawal from BBC One's Midlands Today, Owen, 75, talked on Monday about the debilitating effect the disease has had on his life.

Lizzie Webb, the TV show's fitness queen, says that it was not the happy family it seemed to be with "egos and resentment" behind the scenes - so who is she talking about?

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 30, 2023
Lizzie Webb, a fitness instructor, has admitted that the display was not the joyful family it seemed to be. TV-am first appeared on television in 1983 and featured a variety of celebrities including Anne Diamond, Nick Owen, Jayne Irving, Lorraine Kelly, and Mick Morris. Lizzie, 74, who appeared on the show until 1992, has argued that 'egos and resentment' caused the scenes.

Hornby's shares plummeted after a £6 million loss

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 22, 2023
As the consumer downturn hit industry, the model train manufacturer, which is adored by Sir Rod Stewart (pictured), reported a £5.9 million loss for the 12 months ending March 31 2023.

Anne Diamond, a TV-am celebrity, has confirmed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 8, 2023
Anne Diamond, a television actress, has come to the conclusion she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and undergone a double mastectomy. In an interview with GB News tonight, the 68-year-old fought back tears as she admitted she was fighting the disease. She recalled how she was given the news by doctors on the same day she was given an OBE, saying it had been 'a hell of a ride,' when speaking with Dan Wootton on the channel. Anne, who now works with GB News, has been off air for nearly six months and is still undergoing 'tough' therapy for the condition, including radiotherapy. Despite this, she will return to work this weekend to host Breakfast with Stephen Dixon on the channel on Saturday.

CRAIG BROWN: How we made a meal out of breakfast TV

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 24, 2023
CRAIG BROWN: Soon after the death of Princess Diana, a friend's child asked me earnestly: 'But what was Lady Di called before she died?'These days, many under the age of 40 are similarly baffled by the idea that there was once a time when there was nothing to watch: 'But what was on television before they invented breakfast television?' They find it difficult to believe that, although not all that long ago, you could turn on the TV in the morning and be confronted with nothing but a test card made up of vertical and horizontal lines.

Brian May Knighted was knighted 20 years after crashing on Buckingham Palace's roof

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 30, 2022
Brian May, a knighthood bestowed for his contributions to music and charity, performed God Save The Queen from the roof of Buckingham Palace in 2002, as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. He also opened the Platinum Jubilee concert on the Victoria Monument opposite the palace this summer. In King Charles III's first honours list, artist Grayson Perry, Sixties fashion designer Dame Mary Quant, and members of the Lionesses' Euro-winning football team are also named. Pictured from top left to right: Brian May, Grayson Perry, Virginia McKenna. Pictured bottom left to right: Anne Diamond, Stephen Graham and Dame Mary Quant

Hornby is expected to see a massive Christmas boost in shares

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 24, 2022
Hornby had a bleak Christmas last year as a result of supply chain disruptions, products arrived after the holiday season, leaving dissatisfied customers struggling to get their hands on train sets, Scalextric cars, and Airfix model planes. However, Hornby executive chairman Lyndon Davies says the company is in a better shape this year.