[Stooky Bill]

Well it was a Friday, so possibly something to do with that period where Thames provided LWT's news service? But why they would do it rather than ITN is strange.

I would have thought its just a co-incidence that it's a Thames reporter doing it, he was probably just who was on shift at ITN that night. 

Thames just did a news bulletin at 6pm, there wouldn't have been any responsibility after that and certainly not for news about the American President - way out of Thames' patch! 

Presumably it was done from LWT as they had a studio and we're staffed and ITN weren't. If it had been the night before it might have been an ITN reporter in the Thames studio.... Thames and ITN were a walkable distance. 

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I wonder what staffing at ITN was in those days before 24 hour TV? They will almost certainly have been some sort of newsroom presence overnight, but without any TV network to provide for until 9:25 (until The Channel 4 Daily started) there'd be little point having anyone else