BBC Radio 4 presenter Richard Sanders dies, aged 62, of coronavirus

A FORMER BBC Radio 4 presenter has died aged 62 after catching coronavirus in hospital.

Richard Sanders’s death was announced today on the Farming Today programme.

His former colleague Charlotte Smith said: “We finish this morning with some sad news. The former BBC Farming Today presenter Richard Sanders has died at the age of 62 after contracting COVID-19 in hospital.”

And another presenter, Anna Hill, added: “He was a really good journalist and very proud of his work on BSE or Mad Cow Disease.