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Stephen Dixon

Stephen Dixon is an English news presenter who initially served Sky News at Ten on Sky News, Sky News at Seven, and Sky News Sunrise. Stephen Dixon currently is a co-presenter of “Breakfast with Stephen and Anne” on GB News.

Early Life

Dixon’s birthdate is 1st March 1974 and his birthplace is Newton-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. He holds British nationality and has English ethnicity. Similarly, the journalist’s present age is forty-nine years old and his zodiac sign is Pisces.

The name of her mother is Lynda Dixon and her father is Eddie Dixon. His father had a company that facilitated hospices across the company. On the other side, his mother is a primary school teacher. Both of his grandpas were working in shipyard structures and had constructed some of the most famous vessels in Britain’s fleet, adding HMS Invincible.

In addition to her family, he also has a brother whose name is Richard Dixon. He also has a nephew named Thomas Dixon, and a niece named Isobel Dixon.

Education

Regarding his educational background, he first went to the Dalton St Mary’s Church of England Primary School. Stephen joined the Dowdales School and then to Barrow Sixth Form College.

For his further education, the journalist went to Nottingham Trent University. At the age of twenty-one, he earned his Bachelor’s (honors) degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1995. Moreover, he has a nickname which is Steve.

Stephen Dixon

Caption: Stephen Dixon some years ago (Source: Bio Gossipy)

Career and Professional Life

Stephen is well-known for his work in Sky News and GB News. He worked with Sky News from 2000 to 2021 and with GB News from 2021 to the present. Before getting into Sky News, he served in both positions, as a presenter for ITN and a producer for ITV, NBC Superchannel, and Channel 5.

He even worked as a producer and program editor with Channel 4 Big Breakfast News. Likewise, he showed his presence and effort on the finance channel, “Simply Money with Angela Rippon”.

The British anchor is notable as one of the 1st news presenters to report and break the story of the terrorist bomb attack that happened in London on 7th July 2005.

From January 2012 to October 2019, he presented Sunrise on Sky News, sharing the screen with Gillian Joseph, and Isabel Webster. He also served Sky News @ Breakfast with Gillian Joseph, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on Sky News as an anchor. In the year 2018, he brought out a poetry anthology titled “Love is the Beauty of the Soul”.

It was declared in November 2021 that the male journalist was getting into the GB News the next month. In addition to his career, the journalist even endorsed the brand, ‘Diabetes UK’. At present, Dixon is the NTU Alumni.

Before April 2010, the news reporter was mentioned on Sky News, and his approved website as “Steve”. He defined his most awful profession as having to manually insert metal eyelets into shoes while serving at a shoe factory. In the year 2017, he got into hot water for signifying that ladies who dressed challengingly bore responsibility for being sexually harassed.

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Caption: Stephen Dixon while shooting with his colleague (Source: Instagram)

Trivia

Other than his professional reporting career, Stephen has also been balancing his personal life with exciting activities. He is a huge fan of the cult British drama series, “Doctor Who”.

Similarly, he loves fast cars and once even had a Mercedes E-Class Coupé. The British news presenter is an all-time cat lover who even has a pet cat called Timmy. Talking about the instruments, he prefers playing the violin. Moreover, he said that he is a vegetarian.

Stephen Dixon – Net Worth 2024

Regarding his net worth, Stephan has been earning well and has an impressive amount of net worth. The net worth of Dixon is estimated to be about $5 million US Dollars approx.

Likewise, for his working post as a news presenter, he gets an annual salary of $300,000 every year. The British personality’s primary source of money is his professional career as a reporter, journalist, and anchor. As of now, he has been living a happy and simple life with his husband in his own house in the UK.

Relationship Status

Talking about his relationship status, Stephen is a widower and a father of one child. The name of his wife seems to be Anne Frydman who passed away in the year 2000.

Other than this, he has type 1 diabetes (diagnosed at the age of seventeen years old). According to some sources, it has been found that Dixon is openly gay. In addition, he declared through his social media accounts that he was marrying his husband on 19th May 2022 in the Lake District.

The British news presenter revealed a single picture of the happy couple, mentioning that it was the only picture the public would see as his partner is not in the public eye owing to his profession.

Moreover, he shared his wedding ceremony image on 22nd May 2022 where his husband is in the navy. However, he was not comfortable showing his and his partner’s face in the media post. Other than this, Dixon has not been involved in any disturbing rumors and controversies.

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Caption: Stephen Dixon on his wedding day (Source: Model Fact)

Body Measurements

Regarding his physical statistics, Dixon has a dashing look with an attractive personality. He has a good height of 6 feet 1 inch or 1.85 m and his body weight is around 84 kg or 185 lbs.

Likewise, the British news presenter has a fair complexion, dark brown hair, and a pair of sparkly blue eyes. He also has a slim yet muscular body build.

However, there are no details about the body measurements of the male journalist. In the year 2020, he undertook a hair transplant after being worried about his receding hairline.

Stephen Dixon – Social Media

Coming to the social media part, Stephen seems to be quite active on some of the online platforms. The British news presenter has an Instagram account and a Twitter account with thousands of fan followers.

On Instagram, he has more than seven thousand followers with less than a hundred posts. Likewise, he joined Twitter in February 2012 where he now has 56.4 thousand followers. His user id on both accounts is “stephengbnews”.

He shares the news about the nation a lot more than any other thing on there. However, the news reporter does not seem to have a Facebook page.