Veteran Presenter Sandy Gall Dies at 97

Sandy Gall, the renowned broadcaster and long-time presenter of ITV’s News At Ten, has died at the age of 97 at his home in Kent, his family confirmed. Gall's journalism career began at the Aberdeen Press and Journal in 1952 before joining Reuters and later becoming News At Ten's anchor from 1970 to 1991. He reported on major global events including the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, the Suez Crisis, the Lockerbie bombing, and the American civil rights movement, interviewing figures like Martin Luther King Jr. Gall was admired by colleagues such as Sir Trevor McDonald and inspired generations of journalists. Beyond journalism, he engaged in charity work and continued contributing to media after his retirement. His family described his life as 'generously and courageously lived.'