David Garmston is an English journalist who currently works as a presenter on ''

BBC Points West ''BBC Points West'' (known as ''News West'' from June 1991 until May 2000) is the BBC's regional TV news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, northern, eastern and parts of western ...

'' and ''Sunday Politics West.'' He has worked in television in the

West Country The West Country (occasionally Westcountry) is a loosely defined area of South West England, usually taken to include all, some, or parts of the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, and, less commonly, Wiltshire, Gloucesters ...

for nearly three decades.

Biography

Garmston was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

and attended

Cotham Grammar School Cotham School is a secondary school with academy status in Cotham, a suburb of Bristol, England. The catchment area for this school is Cotham, Clifton, Kingsdown ,southern Redland, Bishopston, St Paul’s and Easton The school shares a sixth f ...

. He began his career appearing in several films in Bristol and the West, whilst training as a journalist with the weekly ''Sevenoaks Chronicle'' and the evening newspaper, ''The Gloucestershire Echo''. Once qualified by the NCTJ (coming joint top in the UK) he joined the new independent radio station for Bristol and

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, ''Radio West''. Garmston has, since 1985, been the male anchor on ''BBC Points West'', working alongside

Alex Lovell Alexandra "Alex" Lovell (born 28 March 1973) is an English television presenter and voice-over artist. She has presented the BBC's regional news programme ''BBC Points West'' since 2005. Early life Lovell was born in Gravesend, Kent, grew up i ...

, Amanda Parr and Imogen Sellers. On Sundays, he presents the regional opt-out of ''

Sunday Politics ''Daily Politics'' was a BBC Television programme which aired between 6 January, 2003 and 24 July, 2018, presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn. ''Daily Politics'' took an in-depth review of the daily events in both Westminster and other areas a ...

'', ''Sunday Politics West. '' Garmston plays second Cornet with a local brass band. He has featured in The Bristol evening Post Jan 10th 1997 with the band.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Journalists from Bristol English television journalists {{UK-journalist-stub