john noakes images of him with ace blue suitcase. has images of him with ace blue suitcase. john noakes has died at the age of 83. he has to blue peter in the 1960s and 70s and was the longest serving presenter, appearing for more than 12 years. david sillito looks back at his life. i'm upside down, at 30,000 feet and upside down. blue peter has had many presenters over the years, butjohn noakes, the cheery, funny daredevil from halifax was special. at this level the plinth on which nelson stands overhangs the column. i find myself literally hanging from the ladder with nothing at all beneath me. in an age with a rather relaxed attitude to health and safety the words "and then it was my turn" led to some startling tv moments. his trip down the cresta run was also terrifying. ijumped onto the ice and carried on down the track on my backside still doing around 80 miles an hour. john noakes had started out in the raf before turning to acting and landed a job on blue peter. the yorkshire accent and the willingness to do anything for a la

john noakes has died at the age of 83.erving pre5enter. david sillitoe look5 serving pre5enter. david sillitoe looks back at his life. i'm upside down, at 30,000 feet and upside down. blue peter has had many presenter5 over the years, butjohn noakes, the cheery, funny daredevil from halifax was special. at this level the plinth on which nelson stands overhangs the column. i find myself literally hanging from the ladder with nothing at all beneath me. in an age with a rather relaxed attitude to health and safety the words "and then it was my turn" led to some startling tv moments. his trip down the cresta run was also terrifying. ijumped onto the ice and carried on down the track on my backside still doing around 80 miles an hour. john noakes had started out in the raf before turning to acting and landed a job on blue peter. the yorkshire accent and the willingness to do anything for a laugh stood out in a rather more formal era of children's television. i think for a lot of people today is a very sad day. we have lost him

tell us about your friendship with john noakes very sad. withjohn noakes because you did know him, didn't you?” friendship withjohn noakes because you did know him, didn't you? i did, through the programme and as a viewer because he was my presenter in the way that hopefully i am to some of the people who watched in the 80s and i loved his relaxed, anarchic approach, he was like a naughty big brother, a cheeky authority. he was professional enough to look at the right camera, a nswer enough to look at the right camera, answer questions and make the programme run on time which was very important for a live show. when the programme celebrated its birthday, we we re programme celebrated its birthday, we were all brought together, so i didn't know him outside of television, but he didn't disappoint, he was just like television, but he didn't disappoint, he wasjust like he television, but he didn't disappoint, he was just like he was on the screen. cube is such a natural broadcaster. he really was. he always claimed that there was a massive gap

it says john noakes his family have issued a statement. ed peacefully on sunday morning. he had endured and suffered from alzheimer's disease over recent years and wealthy will greatly missed by his wife, family and many friends, his release from continuing ill health must be counted as a blessing. his many escapades with his faithful companion, shep, during his time with the pieter bulling von in many people's memories. that is how his family would like him remembered. that was a statement from his family following his death at the age of 83. let's speak to the blue peter presenter peter purves. morning, peter. how are you taking this news? i knew about it yesterday. very sad indeed. as his family have said it really is a blessing. he was suffering badly from alzheimer's and in recent years ago the chimney is serious. yes, blessing in many ways. he was unique. i remember the editor of blue peter, she reckoned he was the best presenter ever. he had qualities that no one else had. he will be remembered very fondly by a lot of people and none

john noakes family have released a statement.ied peacefully on sunday morning, 28th may. british airways continues to face questions over the failure of its computer system and how it's handled the fallout. the airline says it's making "good progress" in returning flights to normal after what it described as a "power supply issue" to its it system. experts say compensation claims, from thousands of passengers left stranded, could run into many millions of pounds. let's cross live to heathrow and our correspondent nick quraishi. bring us up to date. not everybody is happy? that's right. things are using, we are told this morning. we have been told that ba has cancelled i3 flights from heathrow between nine this morning and one o'clock this afternoon, short—haul flights. it was a far cry to what happened over the weekend with nothing operating in and out of heathrow or gatwick on saturday. yesterday, gatwick on saturday. yesterday, gatwick was getting back to normal. the airline this morning saying it is aiming to provide a full lo

that could do the things that he did on television, which the real john noakes wouldn't do.is skydiving was record—breaking and almost went wrong... and his meeting with a baby elephant... a little tv landmark. 0h, get off me foot! lulu hadn't stood on his foot butjohn noakes always knew how to get a laugh. millions of us are today saying goodbye to a much—loved part of childhood. note the prospects for the weather. we're not expecting a repeat of the storms that lit up the sky in the south—east corner of england in the early hours of this morning. the tendency is to push the wetter weather northwards, most of it heading out into the north sea. so it is becoming drierfor many of us by the end of the night, still a lot of cloud, still quite warm out there is well, 13—14 degrees minimum temperature in england and wales. we have got some changes to come. ahead of this weather front we will find some sunshine developing in many areas with one or two showers. the rain leaving northern ireland and heading across scotland, some bursts heading into northern england and wales the aft

that could do the things that he did on television that the real john noakes wouldn't do.ing with a baby elephant... ..a little tv landmark. oh, get off me foot! lulu hadn't stood on his foot, butjohn noakes always knew how to get a laugh. millions today were saying goodbye to a much loved part of childhood. the former blue peter presenterjohn noakes, who has died at the age of 83. ukip's paul nuttall was the latest party leader to face questions from andrew neil. speaking about his views on counter—terrorism, mr nuttall said he "wouldn't rule out internment" for terror suspects, saying that politicians had to look at ways of ensuring that people were safe. when you read this morning that there is suspected 23,000 jihadis that could be living amongst us, obviously, mi5 are stretched to capacity at this present moment in time. i think we've got to look at ways of ensuring that our people are safe, whether that's a return to — hold on, let me finish — whether that's a return to control orders, whether that's tagging these people, who knows. more on the election now, and penz

if you think about the programme go with noakes, it was johnin programme go with noakes, it was john have conversations with him. he was genuinely sad when shep died. the kind of thing that if you showed on television today, you would watch it. it was riveting to watch. good to have your memories, thank you very much. more than 200 drivers a day have been caught using their mobile phones in the month after the law was tightened. police across britain caught almost 6,000 motorists in march, but the figure could be higher because seven forces didn't respond to freedom of information requests. drivers caught using mobiles now face six points on their licence and a £200 fine — double the previous penalty. it is dangerous, illegal and you can be fined £200 and get six points on your licence. but new figures suggest lots of people are still using their mobile phone whilst driving. the guy showed down in front of me so i could overtake and i could see him text thing on his lap. you will see an example of it, text link or talking on your phone. ican see text link or talking on your phone. i c

blue peter's longest running presenter, john noakes, has passed away.g their mobile phones in the month after the law was tightened. police across britain caught almost 6,000 motorists in march, but the figure could be higher because seven forces didn't respond to freedom of information requests. from march 1st, people caught using mobiles face six points on their licence and a £200 fine, double the previous penalty. new figures suggest that lots of people are still using their mobile phone while driving. when i saw a quy phone while driving. when i saw a guy slowing down, i saw him texting on his lap. whether it's texting or talking on the bone. as my car slows down i can see people using their phones, and it really scares me, particularly when i'm walking along with my children. people go to fast a nyway with my children. people go to fast anyway and drive erratically when they are holding their phones.|j used a text on my phone but not any more. because of those new penalties? yes. police forces have caught 6000 people using their phones at the wheel

it's always sad when a legend goes and john noakes was a legend, not just of legend goes and john noakeseverybody, notjust children. the time slot television for everybody, notjust children. the time 5lotju5t before the news of blue peter meant that john was watched by a cross section of people. kids, adults. for most people, they watched the programme to see whatjohn would do and what his adventures were. what would you do live in the studio? he would make something happen, it wasjust scintillating viewing. did you grow up scintillating viewing. did you grow up watching him? i related to john asa up watching him? i related to john a5 a kid because i am also from yorkshire. i recognise the accent and he was just funny. i've yorkshire. i recognise the accent and he wasjust funny. i've remember himjumping around and he wasjust funny. i've remember him jumping around after a kangaroo ina him jumping around after a kangaroo in a studio. the kangaroo set of un5old john imitated him. john slipped through the mess of the elephant and turned it into a job. 20 client —— when he climbed nelson's c

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earlier we spoke to peter purves, who presented blue peter alongside john noakes. he was unique.as the best presenter ever. he had qualities that no one else had and he'll be remembered very fondly by a lot of people and none more so than me. what made him, what gave him that star appeal? he... he was a happy—go—lucky guy in many ways and actually quite serious as well. very, very shy. that's what you really wouldn't realise about him, i suppose. he performed asjohn noakes, he didn'tjust bejohn noakes. when he was off—screen, he wasn't quite as scatty or as free or as loose and sometimes quite odd. you felt you were protecting him sometimes when you were working with him on television because you didn't know quite what he was going to do next, but we had so many laughs and so much fun together over the years. i mean, hundreds and hundreds of happy memories. i'll neverforget him. he was a good friend. for many of us, of a certain age, we will remember him from our childhood days of watching him on blue peter. he's been described as being so brave. i mean, wejust saw a shot of him

blue peter's longest serving presenter, john noakes, dies at the age of 83.lso this hour: a crackdown on drivers using their mobile phones. more than 200 people a day have been caught breaking the law in the month since the rules were tightened.

the former blue peter presenter, john noakes, who has died at the age of 83.ere she spoke about the government's response to the manchester terror attack. our political correspondent mark lobel is here. what else has she been saying? this was the first time theresa may was asked about a particular initiative that was created in 2015 called the temporary exclusion measures. it is to deal with suspected terror suspects, british suspects going abroad and what happens to them when they come back. this power was created in 2015. the way it works, when you are coming back, as the person who is potentially fighting abroad, you tell the authorities and they either prosecute you blame on they either prosecute you blame on the two, and if you don't tell them, you might not be allowed into the country for two years. but it was revealed recently by the home secretary, only one of those temporary exclusion orders has been used. a couple ofjournalists as the prime minister why only one happy news? i was home secretary over dosages. i excluded more hate preachers from coming

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