Ex-BBC newsreader Richard Baker dies

Former BBC newsreader Richard Baker has died aged 93. The son of a plasterer, London-born Baker introduced the very first BBC TV news bulletin broadcast in July 1954. He went on to front the Last Night of the Proms and present on Radio 2, 3 and 4.

BBC director general Tony Hall was among those to pay tribute, saying he “became the face of news for millions”.