Laurie Mayer (news presenter)

Laurie Mayer (born 28 November 1945 in Eastbourne, East Sussex) is a British journalist who had a 23-year career with the BBC across most television news programmes. His last main presenting role was of South East Today for BBC News, until he resigned in 2002, citing a culture of bullying at the BBC in the South East News department.
Mayer was a presenter of the BBC's Breakfast News programme (now known as Breakfast) and presented other main bulletins for the corporation. He had previously worked for Sky News, and as press spokesman for the owner of Harrods, Mohammed Al Fayed.