Former Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

He has been living with the condition for four years.

The 79-year-old hosted the programme from 1989 to 2021, making him Channel 4's longest-serving newsreader.

The retired broadcaster announced his diagnosis ahead of an upcoming Channel 4 documentary in collaboration with Alzheimer’s Society.

In the doc, Jon says: "At the beginning, I wanted to hide it, there’s so much prejudice.

"Any sort of hint of mental decay, you’re sort of dead. There are moments when it pops up, but it’s not an all-day, every-day condition, and that’s what I cling onto."

Jon's wife, Precious, told the Daily Mail: "I work in the health field, so I knew the statistics, but he was very active, he cycled everywhere and exercised, barely drank, was a healthy eater, and all these factors protect you against dementia.

"When Jon is tired, he gets less coherent, so our son will say, 'Dada, you need to rest'," she added.

The pair married back in 2021 and had a baby via surrogacy that same year.

Precious added: "Friends kept asking me if Jon was all right and I would have to lie and say he’s fine, but I knew he wasn’t."

The documentary is set to follow the former news anchor as he navigates life with the disease. Jon hopes to raise awareness of dementia.

The condition is the UK's biggest killer, affecting around a million people in the country.