Alastair James Stewart OBE (born 22 June 1952) is a retired English journalist and newscaster.

[citation needed] He then read Economics and Politics at the University of Bristol,[5] and worked for the National Union of Students from 1974 to 1976.

Stewart provided live coverage of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster as the details of the tragedy unfolded.

Four days after returning from his assignment in Washington he was sent to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to anchor ITN's coverage of the Gulf War.

At the end of February, Stewart became the first British television reporter to broadcast live from the liberated Kuwait City.

ITN's network coverage of the 1992 Budget saw the ninth year of Stewart's involvement in the presentation of the annual event for ITV.

During his time with ITN, he also provided the commentary for many of its other special programmes on the ITV network including the State Openings of Parliament, numerous by-elections, state visits and for the Royal Weddings of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer and The Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson.

Also in 2007, he hosted a political programme for ITV, Moral of the Story, which aired at various late times on Sunday nights.

In August 2009, it was announced that he would become main co-presenter of the ITV Evening News, relinquishing his role as presenter of London Tonight.

[13] On 28 December 2014, Stewart presented a one-off ITV documentary called Unbelievable Moments: Caught on Camera.

[14] In 2015, Stewart made his West End theatrical debut in An Evening with Lucian Freud by Laura-Jane Foley.

[15] He played a hapless interviewer appearing on video alongside Cressida Bonas, Russell Grant and Maureen Lipman.

Alastair Stewart continued to appear on the programme as a relief newscaster, alongside his duties on the ITV Lunchtime News.

[23] On 16 July 2021, he announced he would temporarily suspend hosting on GB News following a hip injury and returned on 28 August 2021.

[25] He stated that he would continue to contribute to GB News as an occasional guest and pundit, and provided commentary on the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday 6 May.

[30] In September 2023, Stewart announced during an interview on GB News that he had been diagnosed with early-onset vascular dementia after suffering a "series of strokes" and began to feel "discombobulated" when [undertaking] simple tasks around the house.

His second appearance was a Text Santa special on 20 December 2013 and featured his fellow ITV News presenters Romilly Weeks, Matt Barbet, and Charlene White.