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FAMILY MEMBERS OF MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TYRELL MATTHEWS-BURTON APPEAL FOR WITNESSES TO COME FORWARD ON ‘DAYBREAK’

August 2, 2013

British teenager Myles Litchmore-Dunbar, 19, is accused of stabbing a fellow holidaymaker to death and  faces a one year wait in a Greek prison cell until he gets a trial. He will appear in court on Monday in an attempt to get bailed back to the UK. 19-year-old Tyrell Matthews-Burton was stabbed to death during a terrifying 30-man brawl outside a nightclub in the holiday resort of Malia, Crete, last Tuesday morning. Litchmore-Dunbar denies stabbing Tyrell and says he has no idea […]

PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY: JASON DERULO LIVE ON DAYBREAK

June 14, 2013

US Singer Jason Derulo performed his new single ‘The Other Side’ live on Daybreak this morning and so many things sprang to mind while watching this performance. Jason was out of action early last year after fracturing his neck during tour rehearsals, so you would have thought that this morning’s standing on your head antics would have been left alone. … Hahaha Your thoughts please….

UK NEWS: BOXER CURTIS WOODHOUSE RECEIVES APOLOGY FROM TWITTER TROLL LIVE ON ‘DAYBREAK’

March 14, 2013

Former footballer turned boxer Curtis Woodhouse received an apology live on television this morning from a Twitter troll. James O’Brien had been sending a series of abusive tweets for up to eight months to the boxer, but had to apologise after Woodhouse eventually snapped, tracked down O’Brien’s address details via his Twitter followers and drove to the troll’s home to discuss matters further. The final straw came when O’Brien called Woodhouse a “disgrace” after he lost his English light-welterweight title last week. Woodhouse drove from Hull to  Sheffield and tweeted a […]

UK TV: ITV AXES HOSTS ADRIAN CHILES AND CHRISTINE BLEAKLEY FROM DAYBREAK

November 20, 2011

When it was first announced over a year ago that Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles were leaving the BBC and moving over to ITV for big bucks (£1million deal) and to front breakfast show Daybreak there was nothing but pure hype and excitement. Now it’s ended like this…. It was leaked on Friday that both presenters have been axed from the show and an angry and embarrassed Adrian Chiles had this to say about the axing, ‘Myself and Christine were told we […]

UK MEDIA VACANCY: ITV 1 SHOWS DAYBREAK & LORRAINE SEEK NEW EDITOR

May 3, 2011

Are you an experienced Editor looking for that next challenge within the online space? Do you thrive working in a fast paced, ever changing commercial environment? If so, then read on. We are looking for a talented Editor to help drive the Daybreak and Lorraine brands forward across our digital platforms. As our Editor, Daybreak and Lorraine you will be conceiving and producing high quality, imaginative and impactful editorial content for web, mobile and connected TV. You will be responsible for driving […]

UK TV: NEW BREAKFAST SHOW DAYBREAK FLOPS

September 19, 2010

What were ITV executives thinking??? Did they actually think that viewers would tune in to the new breakfast show Daybreak because the over-rated Christina Bleakley and Adrian Chiles would be hosting the show together? Did they actually think that because Christine and Adrian did a reasonably good job of hosting the BBC’s One Show that they would also do a good job of hosting an early morning breakfast show? Did they actually think that a constantly grinning Christine and her relationship with […]