Former Editor of ITV News Deborah Turness has been named President of NBC News, where she's to work on all aspects of the NBC News division including the programmes Today, Meet the Press and Dateline.

Turness, who takes up her new position at NBC News HQ, 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, August 5 said 'It is quite simply the greatest imaginable honor to be named as the next President of NBC News'.