Loose Women panellist Charlene White has given Dan Walker a warm welcome after he told fans he would be moving away from the BBC to join Channel 5.The ITV News presenter, 41, took to social media to retweet the announcement from Channel 5 News, which featured a special video message from Dan, 45.In view of her Twitter 62,600 followers yesterday, Charlene tweeted: “Welcome to the @itn family Dan!
xx” (sic)ITN produces the daily news programmes for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 in the UK, and has recently diversified to include a wider range of content, including sports and documentaries.Charlene was announced as lead presenter of ITV News London's main 6pm programme in 2019 and has been a familiar face on the broadcaster for many years.Her tweet was in response to the Channel 5 News post, which read: “Some news to share with you all from us at @5_News.”“@mrdanwalker will be bringing you the news at 5pm every day from now on.“And he's got something to tell you all - watch his video down below.”Attached to the tweet was a short featuring Dan, who went into more detail about the move.The BBC Breakfast star said: “Hello, Dan Walker here.
I have a little bit of news for you.“In the next few weeks, I'm going to be leaving BBC Breakfast and moving to 5 news and Channel 5“I am really excited, but this has also been a massive decision for me.”He praised his co-star Sally Nugent, before continuing: “Channel 5 came with big ambitions, with big plans, and I don't think opportunities like this come around very often and I can't wait.”The Strictly Come Dancing star also spoke about his move to Channel 5 News on BBC Breakfast this morning."We have been friends for 20 years, we have worked together for six months and you're off," Sally.
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