Adrian James Simpson, (born 24 April 1971) is an English

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, currently presenting on Sky News on the overnight programme. Simpson was born

Carshalton Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshal ...

, Surrey, he started his television career as a presenter on the

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's '' Top Gear.'' He left as part of the programme's revamp to Channel 5's ''

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,'' joining colleagues Vicki Butler Henderson,

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and

Quentin Willson Quentin Willson (born 23 July 1957) is an English TV presenter, motoring journalist, author, TV producer and former car dealer, perhaps most widely known as a presenter of the motoring programmes ''Britain's Worst Driver'', ''Fifth Gear'', and ...

. Between 2007 and 2009, he also presented the summary and video episodes of ''

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'' with the ITV newsreader

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. In June 2010, Simpson became a news presenter on Sky News overnight programme. In August 2013, Simpson became a presenter of the

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programme ''Fight Back Britain'' alongside

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and in January 2014 joined the presenting team on

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's '' A Place in the Sun''.

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* 1971 births Living people Television personalities from London British television presenters People from Carshalton Sky News newsreaders and journalists Top Gear people {{UK-tv-bio-stub