Alastair Yates is a British journalist with the BBC, working on the overnight shift on BBC World News and BBC News. Born and brought up in Burton upon Trent, Yates was educated at the former Burton Grammar School. Before deciding on journalism as a career Yates was a DJ and managed pop and folk groups. Yates began his journalism career with BBC Local Radio stations in Derby, Leicester, and Birmingham.

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  • Alastair Yates is a British journalist with the BBC, working on the overnight shift on BBC World News and BBC News. Born and brought up in Burton upon Trent, Yates was educated at the former Burton Grammar School. Before deciding on journalism as a career Yates was a DJ and managed pop and folk groups. Yates began his journalism career with BBC Local Radio stations in Derby, Leicester, and Birmingham. He made his debut TV appearance reporting for BBC Midlands's regional news programme Midlands Today in Birmingham in 1978. Whilst at BBC Midlands, Yates was also a regional continuity announcer. He spent seven years with Grampian Television as a presenter and reporter for North Tonight from 1980. Afterwards, he presented Anglia Television's evening news show About Anglia. Yates joined Sky Television from its launch in 1989, becoming the first face on Sky News. In 1996 he began presenting on BBC World News, and then became an anchor on Deutsche Welle in Germany in 1998, though he soon returned to the BBC.
  • Alastair Yates est un journaliste et un présentateur de nouvelles britannique de la Société britannique de radiodiffusion (BBC), travaillant sur BBC World et BBC News 24, ce dernier étant l'équivalent de la chaîne française LCI. Il est né et a été élevé à Burton upon Trent où il a fréquenté l'ancien collège de Burton.
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  • Alastair Yates is a British journalist with the BBC, working on the overnight shift on BBC World News and BBC News. Born and brought up in Burton upon Trent, Yates was educated at the former Burton Grammar School. Before deciding on journalism as a career Yates was a DJ and managed pop and folk groups. Yates began his journalism career with BBC Local Radio stations in Derby, Leicester, and Birmingham.
  • Alastair Yates est un journaliste et un présentateur de nouvelles britannique de la Société britannique de radiodiffusion (BBC), travaillant sur BBC World et BBC News 24, ce dernier étant l'équivalent de la chaîne française LCI. Il est né et a été élevé à Burton upon Trent où il a fréquenté l'ancien collège de Burton.
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