Q.Wot news reader is donating his brain 2 medical science
A.Jeremy Paxman is donating his brain to medical science once he dies, to help Parkinson's disease research. It affects around 1 in 500 people in the UK.
Q.Did news reader carol barns have a brain tumor removed some years ago
A.No, Carole Barnes did not have a brain tumour removed. She suffered a severe stroke at her home in 2008 and sadly never recovered.
Q.Who was the first female UK newsreader
A.The first British female TV newsreader was Barbara Mandell, who read for the BBC, on 23 Sep 1955. Anna Ford was the first female, non-BBC, newsreader.
Q.Who was the first female presenter of the BBC 9 o'clock news
A.Angela Rippon was Britain's 1st female newsreader to present the 9 O'Clock News, in 1975. She made her 1st TV appearance for BBC Plymouth on 5 Sept 1966.