''Sky News Today'' is a live news programme on

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which usually runs between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on weekdays. The programme was presented by two anchors, however following on from the social distancing measures due to

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, and the departure of

Colin Brazier Colin Brazier (born 28 March 1968) is an English journalist, having previously worked for GB News between 2021 and 2022, and Sky News between 1997 and 2021. He presented ''Sky News Today'' on the channel alongside Jayne Secker since Septembe ...

from Sky News, the programme is now solo anchored.

Jayne Secker Katherine Jayne Secker (born 12 July 1972) is an English journalist and newsreader for Sky News. She has presented ''Sky News Today'' on the channel since September 2014, formerly alongside Colin Brazier. Early life Secker was born in 1972 i ...

is the main presenter of the programme from Monday to Thursday with Samantha Washington usually presenting the Friday edition.

Overview

''Sky News Today'' was launched in September 2002, presented by Martin Stanford and

Julie Etchingham Julie Anne Etchingham (born 21 August 1969) is an English journalist who works as a television newsreader with ITV News. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Etchingham joined the BBC as a trainee after completing her studies, and went on ...

, broadcast on weekdays between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm. In contrast to the rest of Sky News' coverage at that time, ''Sky News Today'' was largely presented from the heart of the newsroom, with frequent use being made of a large videowall at the back of the newsroom. When Sky News underwent a major relaunch in October 2005, ''Sky News Today'' relaunched with it; it was brought forward an hour, now running from 9 am to 12 pm, and an afternoon edition was introduced, from 2 pm until 5 pm. The programme was now also presented by three presenters at a time: the morning edition by Martin Stanford,

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and former BBC News presenter Anna Jones, and the afternoon edition by

Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst is a British news presenter. Longhurst presented on ITV's regional news, ITV News West Country until October 2017. Before this, he was a presenter at Sky News, where he presented the channel's evening news programmes from Friday to ...

, Stephen Dixon and new signing

Ginny Buckley Virginia Louise Buckley (born 1 April 1968 in Rochdale) is a British journalist, radio and television presenter. Early life Buckley was born and brought up in Rochdale, England, before moving to Australia at the age of 18. She started her ca ...

. The three-presenter format was axed in early 2006, with the strand returning to a more traditional two-presenter format. In October 2007, Sky made the move to single headed presentation with Julie Etchingham becoming the anchor of ''Sky News Today'' between 9 am and 1 pm on weekdays; news summaries were presented by

. From Tuesday 8 January 2008, former

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anchor

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replaced Julie Etchingham as main presenter of the show. Etchingham moved to

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to present the relaunched '' News at Ten'' with Sir Trevor McDonald. Likewise

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took over the news summaries from

who moved to ''

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'' to work alongside Kay Burley. However, shortly after taking up the headline post, Crosby moved to Sky's business news department, and then onto

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. In February 2009, ''Sky News Today'' was reduced by one hour, broadcasting from 10 am to 1 pm (once again since October 2005), with '' The Live Desk'' running from 9 am to 10 am. From January 2011, the strand started airing on Saturdays, and no longer featured a news summary presenter. Dermot now presented Monday to Wednesday with

presenting from Thursday - Saturday. In September 2014, as part of a schedule revamp at Sky News, double-headed presentation was reinstated; a new strand running from 9 am to 12 pm weekdays was launched, presented by Colin Brazier and

. Dermot Murnaghan now presents a lunchtime slot from Monday to Wednesday. From 26 September 2016, the slot moved to start at 11 am, as part of a new schedule; from 24 October, it was extended to 4 hours, finishing at 3 pm. During the summer of 2017, the programme had a different format. Seeing as ''

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'' was on a summer break, one presenter presented from 10 to 12, it was double headed from 12–1, and then the presenter who started at noon took over from 1–3. From April 2019, on Mondays to Thursdays the programme runs from 11 am until 1:30 pm, with ''

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'' following from 1:30 pm until 2 pm. On Fridays, the programme runs from 11 am until 2 pm as there is no ''Ian King Live''. In September 2020, the timings changed once more with the show airing from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm. On Wednesdays however the show typically airs from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm allowing an extended

to cover

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. On occasion, the show airs an hour earlier from 11 am if ''All Out Politics'' isn't on air, such as during parliamentary recess. In February 2021, it was announced that

was to leave ''Sky News Today'' to join

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, a new television news channel due to launch in the UK. Following

Adam Boulton Thomas Adam Babington Boulton (born 15 February 1959) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is regular panelist on TalkTV. He was formerly editor-at-large of Sky News, and presenter of '' All Out Politics'' and ''Week In Review''. He is a ...

’s departure from Sky News, as of January 2022, Sky News Today now airs from 11 am each day and runs for 3 hours. During some holiday periods, the programme airs from 10 am - replacing Ian King Live - and aiding for four hours.

Presenters

Current presenters

Presenter history

Morning edition Afternoon edition

References

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