BBC journalist and TV presenter Edward Stourton dies

The veteran broadcaster died surrounded by his family09:09, 20 Jul 2026Broadcaster and journalist Edward Stourton has died aged 68. Mr Stourton, who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2014, died on Saturday surrounded by his family, the BBC announced in a statement.‌Mr Stourton's career in journalism spanned more than 40 years, including presenting the BBC One O'Clock News. In his 2023 memoir Confessions, he revealed he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer nearly a decade earlier. Mr Stourton had treatment but was later told it had become incurable and spread. He continued to work until very recently.‌Stourton helped launch Channel 4 News and became the programme's first Washington correspondent in the latter years of the Reagan presidency.‌He joined the BBC as Paris corresponde