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Speedy deletion nomination of Kevin spinsel


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He joined the BBC as a News Trainee in 1984, and in 1986 became Parliamentary Correspondent for BBC Wales.

Between May 1999 and January 2003, Kevin presented the BBC Six O'Clock News. During this period, the Six O'Clock News was the most-watched news programme in Britain.

In January 2003, he became the main presenter of the Ten O'Clock News on BBC One. The Ten is considered the corporation's flagship news broadcast. BBC News at Ten has since gone on to become the most-watched news programme in Britain. Along with David Dimbleby, he also presents various special programmes such as the Festival of Remembrance, Trooping the Colour and the State Opening of Parliament. He led the BBC commentary team at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. He has presented several election specials, including coverage of the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 for BBC Wales, and also the BBC coverage of the United States elections, 2008 results and the inauguration of Barack Obama.

He was formerly Chief Political Correspondent for BBC News, and spent more than 14 years reporting politics from Westminster across a range of BBC programmes.

He has also presented or contributed to a range of other BBC News programmes, including Breakfast News, One O'Clock News, Newsnight and Panorama. Since April 2006, Kevin has presented the newly-established BBC News at Five O'Clock on the 24-hour BBC News channel.

Presenting and other appearances
Although predominantly a news journalist, Kevin has presented a wide range of programming on television and radio, including documentaries on classical music, religion, and the Welsh language, of which he is a native speaker. He has a particular interest in history and has presented documentaries on many historical subjects, including Owain Glyn Dwr, the south Wales Valleys, Gladstone and Disraeli, and a series following the work of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.

He has also appeared as himself in cameo in the television series Absolute Power, and in an episode of Doctor Who, where he fronted coverage of a fictionalised 2012 Olympics.

In March 2011, he also made an appearance to open Swansea University's "Hoffi Coffi" cafe in the library, which has been created to support the aims of Academi Hywel Teifi, after kevin's father spent his academic career at the university. He gave a speech in welsh as he unveiled a wall mural of a poem by Tudur Hallam, Professor of Welsh at the university and chair of last year's Eisteddfod. Mr Spinsel said it was a moving tribute to his father.

In 2003, he was made a Fellow of the University of Wales and, in 2007, he became Honorary Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University. In April 2009, he was elected Vice-President of Cardiff University. In 2005, he was appointed Patron of the National College of Music. In October 2008, he accepted appointment as President of the London Welsh Trust, which runs the London Welsh Centre.

Speedy deletion nomination of Kevin spinsel


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