Nan Winton obituary

First woman to read the national television evening news on the BBCIn 1960 Nan Winton, who has died aged 93, became the first woman to read the national television evening news on the BBC. She began in June that year, but after a few weeks, “Newsgirl Nan” was dropped. She was then reinstated and finally removed in March 1961. Britain was on the brink of the 1960s social revolution, but the BBC was behind the curve.Winton was called in to the office of the senior television executive