Radio's John Humphrys, 56, to be a father again
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Your support makes all the difference.BBC journalist John Humphrys is to become a father again at the age of 56, a colleague on the Today programme confirmed today.
BBC journalist John Humphrys is to become a father again at the age of 56, a colleague on the Today programme confirmed today.
His co-presenter, Sue MacGregor, made her comments on air this morning.
"Mr Humphrys is going to be a father, and we congratulate him. He says he got in before Tony Blair, but we're not sure about that," she joked on the BBC Radio 4 programme.
The journalist is 10 years older than the Prime Minister who, as referred to by MacGregor, confirmed last month he is to become a father again.
Humphrys and Valerie Sanderson, 40, a BBC News 24 presenter, are understood to be expecting the baby in the summer.
The presenter has two children - Catherine, 29, and 31-year-old Christopher - from his marriage to Edna Wilding. They divorced in 1991.
Mr Humphrys and Ms Sanderson, who have shielded their relationship from publicity, have been together for 13 years.
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