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McCoy was born in Hammersmith.
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Simon McCoy
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He was educated at the independent Sherborne School in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England.
Career
He is also a regular presenter of the British Broadcasting Corporation News at One and a relief presenter of British Broadcasting Corporation Weekend News. Shortly before 1pm on 18 March 2013, McCoy and co-presenter Sophie Long read the final British Broadcasting Corporation News bulletin from British Broadcasting Corporation Television Centre, with British Broadcasting Corporation News moving to Broadcasting House in Central London for the British Broadcasting Corporation News at One. McCoy started his journalism career at the Fleet Street News Agency in London before joining Thames television as a researcher for Thames News in 1983.
After time as a scriptwriter at Thames television in 1986 he joined the breakfast television station television-am as a news editors
In 1988 Simon left to go to a new satellite channel called Sky - initially as a producer on the Sky News breakfast programme Sunrise. After a year as a general reporter for the station he was appointed Royal Correspondent and between 1991 and 1996 Simon covered all the major stories which affected the Royal After a job which involved travel around the world throughout the years Simon took a desk job, presenting Sunrise on Sky News.
In 2003 McCoy co-anchored Sky"s coverage of the Iraq war on location in Kuwait and Basra. He was on air for five hours every day of the conflict.
In January 2004 McCoy joined the British Broadcasting Corporation, and could be seen on British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast and British Broadcasting Corporation News 24, initially as a cover presenter for both.
In September 2005 he took over the morning slot on British Broadcasting Corporation News alongside Kate Silverton following Phillip Hayton"s sudden departure after Hayton fell out with Silverton. In December 2007 Silverton left the shift to host the 8pm Update. McCoy presents the weekday 2-5pm slot on the British Broadcasting Corporation News channel alongside Emily Maitlis on Mondays and Jane Hill from Tuesday to Friday.
In 2006 McCoy stopped regular appearances on British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast upon Charlie Stayt"s arrival at the British Broadcasting Corporation, but continued to be a relief presenter on the British Broadcasting Corporation Weekend News.
Since 2008 McCoy has made a number of appearances as a stand in presenter on Breakfast. On 9 March 2012 McCoy was apparently caught asleep at the newsdesk as British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast handed over to the British Broadcasting Corporation News channel at 8:30am, although McCoy denied he was dozing.
On 7 June 2013 McCoy presented coverage of the Queen"s visit to Broadcasting House to officially open the new part of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Headquarters which features the largest live newsroom in Europe. The new Broadcasting House sees the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Television, News and Radio departments in one complex.
The British Broadcasting Corporation"s Children"s and Radio 5 Live moved to Salford"s MediaCity in 2012.
The Queen opened the new complex with a live public broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s Today" programme. On 22 July McCoy was on the roster for coverage of the birth of the first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who a few days later became Prince George of Cambridge. Stationed outside the Lindo Wing at Street Mary"s Hospital with often little or no news to share, McCoy"s comments concerning the value of the news coverage made for (often sympathetic) headlines.
And famously said "The News is there is no News".
McCoy appeared as himself, reading the news, in the 2007 British Broadcasting Corporation Two drama Party Animals. He has also appeared in several episodes of Spooks, in the BBC1 drama Holby Blue, and in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard.
Simon also had a newsreading role in the 2006 Anthony Horowitz movie Stormbreaker.
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He also presented the Tonight programme - a topical chat show involving interviews with people from the worlds of showbiz, politics and sport. When reviewing the papers the following day McCoy tried to point out the story, but was prevented by Silverton.
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