Every contribution you make helps to provide this county with the best regional journalism in the country. The changes will mean 450 job losses across the country – around one in seven of those who work on local programmes. To install click the Add extension button. This package only appeared late in the day, and at the start of the week there was not going to be any financial package at all. A spokesman said: “We will always try first to redeploy people into other jobs.”. “I look forward to the next phase as a Yorkshire journalist of more than 30 years standing.”. “And I have to say, we cannot accept that. The BBC said in a statement: “We can today confirm that Christa Ackroyd will not be returning to the BBC and her presenting role with regional news programme Look North (Yorkshire). [2], Whilst still teaching, Gration became a sports commentator on rugby league games which led to a three-month contract with the BBC. A BBC insider said staff were left baffled by Ms Ackroyd’s sudden disappearance earlier this year. “The BBC has a duty to explain, as a publicly-funded body that we all pay for, why a presenter with this huge salary is not on the air.” ... Harry Gration. Published: 12:49 EDT, 4 October 2019 | Updated: 06:25 EDT, 5 October 2019. Hope Harry is taking care of you both!xx', Veteran BBC presenter Harry Gration has become a father again at the age of 68 after his wife Helen gave birth aged 51, Mr Gration and his wife already have 16-year-old twins Harvey (left) and Harrison (right) and the presenter has three children from two previous marriages. “The BBC has a duty to explain, as a publicly-funded body that we all pay for, why a presenter with this huge salary is not on the air.”. In an open letter published alongside the press conference the leaders added: “We believe the Government should bring forward a separate vote on the financial package to provide an opportunity to reject the current financial package and requiring the Government to return with an improved package taking account of the important points we have raised. Lord Hall, the outgoing director-general, announced last month that all staff were to be given the chance to apply for redundancy. “We would ask that you use whatever routes might be open to you to bring about a vote in the House.”. This morning’s announcement ended weeks of speculation surrounding the highly-paid Look North presenter, who has not been seen on screen for more than three months. Comments. Gration is married to Helen, his third wife, with whom he has three children. He’s gorgeous. Harry Gration, MBE (born 22 October 1950) is an English journalist and broadcaster in Leeds.He is one of the main anchors for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme Look North.. Born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, he initially spent five years as a school teacher in the Bradford area before entering broadcasting when he joined BBC Radio Leeds. He also suggested the timing of the proposals could leave people without any financial support for several weeks, with some first payments only due in December. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology. He was impressed with the campaign and hopes to help spread the word in the coming months.”. Mr Jarvis said: "What we've seen is a top down overly-centralised approach that has not been anywhere near as effective as it should have been. That's what's happening. Client Services Director, Donna Gardner, said: “We are delighted to see Harry Gration join forces with Paxman to further increase awareness of scalp cooling as a chemotherapy treatment. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Jack Dorsey APOLOGIZES after Trump threatened to remove Facebook and Twitter protections for blocking story about Joe Biden meeting son Hunter's Ukraine business partners - as Kayleigh McEnany's Twitter account is locked for sharing it, 'I found Hunter's emails - and I feared I would be MURDERED': Trump voter reveals he is the Mac repairer with Biden's secrets - but CAN'T say if he went to FBI or they came to him and won't say how he gave a copy to Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump hints at FIRING Bill Barr as he says 'I am NOT happy with all the evidence I have' after AG's probes into unmasking and Russiagate fall flat before election, End of the road for Sin City? Editor’s note: first and foremost - and rarely have I written down these words with more sincerity - I hope this finds you well. Plans to build 85 homes on farm fields in North Yorkshire recommended for approval. They certainly don’t pay a licence fee to pay a huge salary to someone who isn’t working.”, This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). BBC Look North’s Harry Gration gave his full backing to the campaign having already brushed shoulders with Fantastic Media and award-winning Paxman at the Examiner Business Awards in 2011. It comes after Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an extension of the Jobs Support Scheme by providing firms who are legally required to close two thirds of each employees salary, up to a maximum of £2,100 a month. Harry Gration Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Harry Gration, MBE (born 22 October 1950) is a journalist and broadcaster based in Leeds. I wish all my colleagues there all the very best for the future. If you can, safely, please buy a paper or take up a subscription. Speaking to reporters on Friday afternoon, Mr Sunak said: "This is a very different scheme to what we've had before. [5][6], By 2018, Gration had been broadcasting with the BBC for 40 years,[7] although he had a spell at BBC South Today between 1995â1999. Your subscription will help us to continue to bring quality news to the people of Yorkshire. Its general secretary, Michelle Stanistreet, said: “The Covid-19 crisis has shown more than ever the need for an effective public service broadcaster and for trusted, quality journalism in an era of disinformation and fake news. He has reported from World Cups, Open Golf Championship and the Wimbledon tennis championship. Harry Gration, 68, and his wife Helen, 51, released two photos of their newborn son Hamilton. If you want to help right now, download our tablet app from the App / Play Stores. BBC news presenter Harry Gration, 68, welcomes his sixth child with wife, 51 (Picture: PA / Facebook) BBC news presenter Harry Gration has welcomed his … “But the analysis we have done of that package, and we’ve taken time to digest what the Chancellor had said, the conclusion we have reached is this package is insufficient to protect our communities as we go into the rest of the autumn and the winter.”. Under a new, “simplified” schedule each will operate the same pattern of three presenters a day. In September 2001, she switched to the BBC to present the Leeds-based edition of Look North with Harry Gration. She said no decision had yet been made on who would replace Ms Ackroyd at the helm of Look North. View Harry Gration’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Hope you are doing ok? This is not a universal approach, this is an expansion of the Jobs Support Scheme specifically for those people who are in businesses that will be formally or legally asked to close so in that sense it's very different. [8], Gration was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. Just £5 per month is the starting point. It is understood concerns about Ms Ackroyd’s tax arrangements are behind the BBC’s decision. Presenters who have been filling in for Ms Ackroyd since she went off air on February 28 are paid in the region of £40,000 a year. [2] Gration was educated at St Peter's School in York,[3] and after leaving education, he initially spent five years as a school teacher and eventually, a head of history at The Rodillian Academy,[4] a school in Rothwell, Leeds. Hamilton's birth comes after trolls sent the TV host messages in June saying the couple would be too old to look after their new son. ©JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like. The East Yorkshire edition of Look North is fronted by a single presenter, Peter Levy. Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? The insider said the BBC had been keeping a close eye on viewing figures compared to Yorkshire Television’s rival regional news programme Calendar - of which Ms Ackroyd is a former presenter - to gauge what effect her absence was having, with results so far inconclusive. The edition produced from Yorkshire will continue. REVEALED: Mistress of killer fiance Patrick Frazee told her... 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