Education
He attended Solihull School.
He attended Solihull School.
At school, in a December 1972 play, he portrayed Robert Faulconbridge in King John (play). He started his career on evening newspapers in Coventry and Birmingham. The general election he first covered was that in February 1974.
British Broadcasting Corporation
His first job for the British Broadcasting Corporation was at Radio Nottingham.
He was a political journalist for Midlands based in Birmingham. He worked on The Midlands at Westminster on BBC2.
He became the Political Editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation"s East Midlands Today in 1997. He presents the East Midlands segment for The Politics Show, in co-operation with Marie Ashby.
There are 45 MPs in the region that he covers.
He is based at the British Broadcasting Corporation Centre on London Road (A60) in Nottingham.