Kay Burley has told Sky News viewers that after three and a half decades she is retiring:
“After over a million minutes of live TV news – more than anyone else in the world – it’s time for me to indulge in some of my other passions, including my love for travel. So after covering 12 separate general elections including Sir Keir Starmer’s victory last year I’m retiring from Sky News. Let politicians of every party just rejoice at that news…”
Sky News is undergoing a major restructuring as part of its shift away from linear TV towards digital thanks to the revenue drying up. Burley joined when the channel launched in 1989. The slow death of legacy media continues…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”