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| Memorial service for Carol Barnes | Memorial service for Carol Barnes |
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| A memorial service in honour of former ITV newsreader Carol Barnes is due to take place in Brighton. | A memorial service in honour of former ITV newsreader Carol Barnes is due to take place in Brighton. |
| The former News At Ten presenter died aged 63 on 8 March, days after suffering a stroke. | The former News At Ten presenter died aged 63 on 8 March, days after suffering a stroke. |
| Her funeral was attended by former colleagues and many are expected to join friends and family at the memorial service at the Grand Hotel. | Her funeral was attended by former colleagues and many are expected to join friends and family at the memorial service at the Grand Hotel. |
| Channel 4 news presenter Jon Snow is due to read the eulogy and a filmed tribute from ITN is to be shown. | |
| Barnes, who was a familiar face on television for three decades, lived in Brighton and died at the city's Royal Sussex County Hospital. | Barnes, who was a familiar face on television for three decades, lived in Brighton and died at the city's Royal Sussex County Hospital. |
| 'Great professional' | 'Great professional' |
| She joined ITN in 1976 as a reporter and later became a news anchor, presenting all the main ITN programmes. | She joined ITN in 1976 as a reporter and later became a news anchor, presenting all the main ITN programmes. |
| Former colleagues Dermot Murnaghan, Nicholas Owen and Alastair Stewart were among about 150 mourners at her funeral, also held in Brighton. | Former colleagues Dermot Murnaghan, Nicholas Owen and Alastair Stewart were among about 150 mourners at her funeral, also held in Brighton. |
| Her former partner Dennis McShane, an ex-government minister, paid tribute to her at the funeral, saying: "I think her great professional contribution was as a great professional from a generation that created great journalists." | Her former partner Dennis McShane, an ex-government minister, paid tribute to her at the funeral, saying: "I think her great professional contribution was as a great professional from a generation that created great journalists." |
| Her son James, from her marriage to ITN cameraman Nigel Thompson, said: "She made me care, she made me love, she opened the world to me." | Her son James, from her marriage to ITN cameraman Nigel Thompson, said: "She made me care, she made me love, she opened the world to me." |
| The memorial service begins at 1230 GMT. | The memorial service begins at 1230 GMT. |