David Eades

David Eades began presenting for BBC World News in 2003 after a decade as a frontline correspondent for BBC television and radio. As well as presenting the news daily, David Eades focuses on major sporting events and European stories, providing live coverage of events from the World Cup to key EU summits.

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

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