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Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell (born 23 September 1953) is an English journalist. He is a newscaster and diplomatic and royal correspondent for BBC News. ==Early life and career== Witchell was born in Shropshire. He was educated at Epsom College, a British public (fee-paying) school in Surrey, and at Leeds University, where he read Law and edited the ''Leeds Student'' newspaper. In 1974 Terence Dalton Limited published Witchell's book ''The Loch Ness Story''. The book provides a history of the alleged sightings of the Loch Ness Monster and includes a chapter entitled 'The "Monster" on Land'. He has worked for the BBC since 1976.〔Tim Luckhurst ("Nicholas Witchell: more touchy than feely" ); ''The Independent'', 28 August 2005. Retrieved on 30 June 2008. 〕 The programme launched on 3 September 1984, replacing early evening news magazine ''Sixty Minutes'' and was originally presented by Sue Lawley and Nicholas Witchell. Witchell, along with Sue Lawley, then became the first newsreader of the ''BBC Six O'Clock News'' when the programme was launched in 1984. In 1988, the ''Six O'Clock News'' studio was invaded during a live broadcast by a group of women protesting against Britain's Section 28 (which prevented councils from promoting homosexuality). Witchell grappled with the protesters and is said to have sat on one woman, provoking the ambiguous frontpage headline in the ''Daily Mirror'', "Beeb man sits on lesbian". In 1989 he moved from the evening to the breakfast news slot, where he remained for five years.〔(About BBC News: Nicholas Witchell profile ), BBC News website〕 During the 1991 Gulf War he was a volunteer presenter on the BBC Radio 4 News FM service.〔(Sound Matters - Five Live - the War of Broadcasting House - a morality story )〕 He was the first reporter to relay the news of the Lockerbie disaster, the Zeebrugge ferry disaster and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicholas Witchell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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