Mark Austin took over from McDonald (Austin already hosted the programme on Fridays), with Mary Nightingale, James Mates and Alastair Stewart acting as relief presenters.
James Mates is the son of Conservative party politician Michael Mates.
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During his time as Moscow correspondent one of James Mates' reports, on the use of ice as an anaesthetic in a Russian hospital, was awarded the Prix du Press Club de France at the 7th International Scoop & News Festival of Angers, France.
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During that time he had spent his 1981 summer vacation working as a researcher for John Tower on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
They had two sons (James, a senior reporter and presenter for ITN, and Rory) and two daughters (Caroline and Emily).
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