George Alagiah.

[Hawkeye]

As with Trevor Francis, a seemingly lovely and well regarded bloke.

RIP.

[mikeunderpenyard]

Someone i knew lost their life to bowel cancer earlier this year aged 55, and my closest friend has suffered with it, but is hopefully on the mend after major surgery and clear after two years, but still not out of the woods.

It's so important that if anyone is experiencing any changes in their toilet habits, that they get themselves checked out. Don't ignore it.

www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/bowel-cancer?&infinity=ict2~net~gaw~ar~646293132457~kw~bowel%20cancer%20symptoms~mt~e~cmp~g_ps_cid_uk_gen_cancer+type_bowel_ex~ag~symptoms&gad=1&gclid=cj0kcqjwwvilbhcfarisadvyi7kdcmzxdz1gxmcdv0rdpt-u4e2xuesolvqltffo3htb6g45r_9diaaaah1gealw_wcb&gclsrc=aw.ds

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There was a touching first five minutes of the 6 o'clock news tonight which hopefully did his career/life a bit if justice.

Did everything good, including how to be poorly.

This seems a bit wrong to say, but you know one of them nonsense shows like Brass Eye, they had a stupid sketch that was in a newsroom and you know when they pass across from one segment to another this dead pan pretend female news reader just said to acknowledge him "George Alagiah big fat liar". It is because I am a simple soul what I always used to think of whenever he would pop up, and it never failed to make me smile.

The lady newsreader tonight summarised what he meant to them. Watch it back, fair play to her for holding herself together.

[Hawkeye]

I watched the 6pm news and the 10pm news surpassed all before.

The Alan Little tribute was extremely moving in its warmth and expression of the love and affection in which George was held.

It was a great shame that the BBC editorial team saw fit to introduce the ethnicity element into what was otherwise a fiiting tribute to a fine human being.

[mikeunderpenyard]

'It was a great shame that the BBC editorial team saw fit to introduce the ethnicity element into what was otherwise a fiiting tribute to a fine human being'

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[glawsterwhite]

Rip George … seemed like a top bloke