Tributes flood in for ITN's Burnet

Alastair Burnet

Alastair Burnet, most famous for fronting ITN’s News at Ten and the nightly ITN bulletin, passed away following a series of strokes at a London nursing home last night.

Newsreader who lived by the mantra: “The news is the star - we just read it.”

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