David Eades became a presenter on BBC World News in 2003 after a decade as a frontline news correspondent for BBC television and BBC radio.

As well as presenting the news daily, David focuses on major sporting events and European stories, providing live coverage of events from the World Cup to key EU summits.

David was the BBC’s Europe Correspondent for five years from 1994, covering stories from the Bosnian war to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, as well as all the main developments of the European Union.

He travelled widely from Eastern to Western Europe, but also had the opportunity to extend his global reporting on stories from Russia and China.

David moved to Belfast as Ireland Correspondent in 1999, reporting on a critical period in the evolution of the Good Friday Agreement. He moved back to London in 2001 to take up the post of senior sports news correspondent, where he broke exclusive stories on FIFA, cricket corruption and Olympic drug scandals.

David began his career in print journalism working on the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, and he continues to write articles on sport and European politics for a variety of publications.

A keen sportsman, David enjoys golf, tennis and running. He is a keen Francophile and studied at the University of Bristol, where he gained a joint honours MA degree in French and Politics.