Connected by talkback to the studio in London, at 9:58pm I heard the producer walk into the gallery and tell the director there: "Nick Powell is going to present the whole of News at Ten ...

Nick Powell is leaving our screens 43 years of service and was on air for the last time. Powell, 66, was honoured with a montage of himself working throughout the years. As the video ended ...

Powell was visibly stunned and left without words until presenter Mike Wedderburn spoke to him. Wedderburn said: "Nick, we love you. Obviously, we are going to miss you." When Powell could muster ...