ITV News presenter Rageh Omaar was seen slurring his words as he introduced the last news item on the News at 10 bulletin, and his left eye appeared to start drooping
Close friends of Rageh Omaar say he is 'up and about at home and doing OK' after suffering a suspected mini-stroke during the ITV News at Ten on Friday.
'Even if you think that he was just having an off day, you don't need a medical degree to see that it was clear when you watched that something was seriously wrong.' 'It is true that they were trying to get him to come off air but someone needs to be able overrule the presenters when there is a medical emergency.
One former ITN executive called for an inquiry into how Mr Omaar was allowed to present, given that other qualified presenters were on-air at the time. Advertisement He won numerous awards for his exceptional work during this time, including a Peabody Award for his reports for the BBC from Sudan and a BAFTA for the BBC's coverage of the invasion of Afghanistan in which he was the only western TV journalist to report from inside Taliban-held Kabul.
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