ITV News has confirmed that it is on the hunt for a new editor and that Deborah Turness is leaving to become president of New York-based NBC News.

She will leave in July after eight years as editor. She was both the youngest ever ITV News editor and also the first woman to hold that role.

She said:"It is quite simply the greatest imaginable honour to be named as the next President of NBC News. I am hugely excited by the opportunities that lie ahead and look forward to working with the talented journalists and technicians who make it one of the great global news operations.