Alastair Stewart has been diagnosed with vascular dementia just months after he announced he was retiring from his TV career.
The Mirror reports the 71-year-old journalist retired from his permanent role on ITV back in March - but was contributing to GB News on occasion.
Now, the former journalist has revealed he has been diagnosed with vascular dementia, sharing how his "very short term memory" has become "tricky", while his motor skills have also become "very tricky".
In an appearance on GB News on Sunday, Alastair explained he visited his doctor between six to nine months ago after he felt "discombobulated", and feared he had "early on-set dementia".The star told presenter Camilla Tominey that he underwent scans and discovered that he had suffered multiple short strokes, and was then diagnosed with the disease.
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