ITV News legend 'bows out quietly' as she quits show after 36 years on screen
ok.co.ukA long-standing ITV news presenter has quit her show after 36 year on our screens. Lucy Meacock, 64, has been one of the main female news presenters of ITV regional news programme Granada Reports since 1988.
She celebrated 35 years presenting the programme last November. Despite her long service, the star decided to leave the show without a fuss, the recent events in Southport where three children were killed in stabbing attacked weighing on her mind.
She said her goodbye on Twitter, saying: "I will bow out quietly – it's been the saddest of weeks. Like everyone else my thoughts are only with those little girls who lost their lives in Southport. "I have met some of the loveliest people this week & over my 36 years .
It has been a privilege Thank you." In her post she also shared a heart-wrenching video of the laying of flowers at the scene where the horrific murderers happened earlier this week.
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