Simon McCoy (born on 7 October 1961) is a journalist and newsreader most popular for showing up on the BBC News channel. 

Early life 

McCoy was born in Hammersmith. He was taught at the free Sherborne School in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. 

Profession 

McCoy began his news-casting vocation at the Fleet Street News Agency in London prior to joining Thames TV as a specialist for Thames News in 1983.

After time as a scriptwriter at Thames TV, in 1986 he joined the morning meal TV station TV-am as a news manager. In 1988, McCoy left to go to the new satellite station Sky – at first as a maker on the Sky News breakfast program Sunrise. 

Following a year as an overall journalist for the station, he was designated Royal Correspondent, and somewhere in the range of 1991 and 1996 McCoy covered significant stories which influenced the Royal Family. 

After a task that elaborate travel around the planet consistently, McCoy took a work area work, introducing Sunrise on Sky News. He additionally introduced the Tonight program – an effective talk show including interviews with individuals from the universes of showbiz, governmental issues, and game. 

In 2003, McCoy co-moored Sky's inclusion of the Iraq War on the spot in Kuwait and Basra. He was on air for five hours the entire clash. 

In January 2004, McCoy joined the BBC and could be seen on BBC Breakfast and BBC News 24, at first as a cover moderator for both. In September 2005, he assumed control over the morning opening on BBC News close by Kate Silverton following Phillip Hayton's abrupt takeoff after Hayton dropped out with Silverton.

While surveying the papers the next day, McCoy attempted to bring up the story yet was forestalled by Silverton. In December 2007, Silverton left the move to have the 8 pm Update. 

In 2006, McCoy halted normal appearances on BBC Breakfast upon Charlie Stayt's landing in the BBC however kept on being an alleviation moderator on the BBC Weekend News. Since 2008, McCoy has shown up as a substitute moderator on Breakfast. 

On 9 March 2012, McCoy was clearly gotten sleeping at the newsdesk as BBC Breakfast gave over to the BBC News channel at 8:30 am, despite the fact that McCoy denied he was resting. 

Quickly before 1 pm, GMT on 18 March 2013, McCoy and co-moderator Sophie Long read the last BBC News announcement from BBC Television Center, with BBC News moving to Broadcasting House in the West End of London for the BBC News at One. 

On 7 June 2013, McCoy introduced the inclusion of the Queen's visit to Broadcasting House to authoritatively open the new piece of the BBC's Headquarters which includes the biggest live newsroom in Europe.

The new Broadcasting House sees the BBC's Television, News, and Radio divisions in a single complex. The BBC's Children's and Radio 5 Live moved to Salford's MediaCity in 2012. The Queen opened the new unpredictable with live open transmission on BBC Radio 4's Today program. 

On 22 July, McCoy was on the list for inclusion of the introduction of the principal offspring of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who a couple of days after the fact was named Prince George of Cambridge.

Positioned outside the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital with frequently almost no news to share, McCoy's remarks concerning the estimation of the news inclusion made for (regularly thoughtful) features. He said: "The news is there is no information". 

In September 2013, a live transmission by McCoy turned into a web sensation after he incidentally got a top-off a pack of A4 printer paper rather than his iPad while introducing it to the camera.

A BBC representative said: "today as Simon McCoy was planning to present this story, rather than getting his tablet to hold as he went to air, he erroneously got a ream of paper that was sitting close to it. In the surge of live news, he didn't have a chance to trade the things, so essentially went with it." 

McCoy introduced the workday 2–5 pm space, presently named Afternoon Live, on BBC News. 

McCoy made his presentation on the BBC News at Ten on 27 August 2019. 

In March 2020, McCoy took up the job of the fundamental moderator of the BBC News at One. 

On 25 March 2021, McCoy declared it was his last day working for the BBC. It was subsequently reported that he is moving to GB News to introduce an evening show. 

Individual life 

McCoy has a child, Max (born in 1993), from his first marriage. 

On 28 September 2007, he wedded Victoria Graham of BBC South West. They declared their detachment in January 2019. He is presently involved with Emma Samms.