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Stewart White (born 18 April 1947) is a British journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting the
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programme '' Look East'' for 37 years. Beginning his career at several local
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stations, he later became a presenter and
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for ATV and
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. In 1984, he became the lead presenter on ''Look East'', where he remained until his sudden departure in September 2021. He became the longest-serving BBC regional news presenter in the UK following
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's retirement in 2011.


Career

White's first job for the
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was a live introduction to a
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ese television programme on the
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. From this he began a career working for
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, first at Radio Brighton, and later, Radio Derby, where he produced and presented several different programmes. He left to present the daily mid-morning show on the
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radio station 96.4 BRMB. There, he interviewed such people as former Prime Minister
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, actress
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and singer
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. He was also the last journalist in Britain to conduct a live interview with Jackson. Stewart also presented a weekly country music show on the local commercial radio station
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in
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and
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. White made the transition from radio to television by joining ATV as a
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, and worked on a number of programmes including ''Star Soccer'', ''Something Different'' as well as presenting several documentaries. After ATV became
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in 1982, White stayed at the channel, becoming the first human to appear on the satirical puppet show ''
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'', in back-to-back episodes. For several years, he provided football updates for
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from East Anglia, and presented a weekly programme on
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. In 1984, White moved back to the BBC to become a main presenter for '' Look East''. Whilst at ''Look East'', White has been involved in two minor controversies relating to swearing live on air. In July 2002, when White was interviewing a member of the
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, a feed from one of the show's video editors in the production gantry was accidentally broadcast; the editor was shouting multiple expletives at the time. The following month a prerecorded rehearsal of the ''Look East'' headlines (which featured White exclaiming "bugger" after making a mistake) was broadcast by mistake. As presenter of ''Look East'', White has hosted a number regional events, including the east's coverage of Children in Need, and other charitable evenings. His journalism has won him several awards. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BBC Nations and Regions Ruby Television Awards in 2006, and has also won a Creative Industries' Media Personality of the Year Award. He won the
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Television Personality of the Year in 2003 and Television News Presenter of the Year in 2000. He was nominated for the Royal Television Society Award for Presenter of the Year in 2007, but lost out to
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. He won the RTS award for Regional Television Presenter of the Year in 2013, and again in 2014. On 30 September 2021, White suddenly announced his departure from ''Look East'' at the end of the 6.30pm programme, after 37 years with
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. In a November 2021 interview with
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for an
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podcast, White revealed the only other person who knew about his departure in advance was the editor of ''Look East'', and he left the Norwich studios immediately after that night's programme.https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/stewart-white/id1475913485?i=1000542157946 Stewart White - Iain Dale All Talk], Apple Podcasts, 17 November 2021


Personal life

White grew up in
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. His first job was at a grocers. White is married with three children, and lives in
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and is an avid golf player. He previously lived in
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in
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, off the main
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