Channel 5 News Anchor to Miss Broadcast Following Bike Crash
“Bit of an accident this morning,” he tweeted alongside photographs of himself with blood over his face in the back of an ambulance. “Glad to be alive after getting hit by a car on my bike. Face is a mess but I don’t think anything is broken. Thanks to Shaun and Jamie for sorting me out and the lovely copper at the scene.”A representative for Channel 5, which is owned by Paramount Global, confirmed tothat Walker would be sitting out the Monday evening broadcast.
Fellow broadcasters including Motsi Mabuse, Sally Biddulph and Shelagh Fogarty were quick to reply to Walker on the social media platform with their best wishes. “Oh goodness me get well soon, Dan!!” Fogarty tweeted while Mabuse wrote: “Oh wow !!! Get well soon.”“Walker is now in hospital recovering,” his agent reportedly told The Times of London. “It is understood the accident took place when the TV presenter was cycling from his home in Sheffield to the train station, where he was going to the Channel 5 studios in London.”
Walker was previously an anchor for BBC Breakfast before lured over to Channel 5 last summer with a reported salary of £1.5 million a year.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
French TV Anchor’s Suspension Uncovers ‘News For Hire’ Corruption Racket In International MediaA senior journalist’s suspension at a leading French TV news channel has brought to light a system of ‘news for hire’ corruption in international media. Veteran presenter Rachid M’Barki was …
Read more »
Mehdi: Bombshell text evidence confirms Fox 'is not a news channel'Mehdi Hasan: 'Fox is not a news channel. And it certainly is not 'fair and balanced.' It is actively working to further the agenda of the Republican Party. You don't have to take it from me—take it directly from Rupert Murdoch.'
Read more »
Don Lemon ‘taking holiday,’ won’t anchor ‘CNN This Morning’ MondayEmbattled CNN anchor Don Lemon won’t appear on the network’s morning show Monday for the second consecutive day as the fallout from his sexist remarks controversy swirls at the cable network. Lemon…
Read more »
Russian state TV guest clashes with host over costly Ukraine advancesAnchor Olga Skabeyeva told her guest it was 'inappropriate' to criticize slow Russian progress in Ukraine.
Read more »
Open Channel: What'd You Think of Ant-Man & Wasp: Quantumania?Ant-Man & the Wasp return in Quantumania, and we wanna know what you thought of it in this weekend's io9 Open Channel.
Read more »