Paul Clifton leaving BBC South after 38 years

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A truly well respected transport correspondent who always sparked enthusiasm and excitement in transport enthusiasts like myself. South Today will certainly feel like a strange place without him, having grown up watching his reports every weekday evening for as long as I can remember. I hope Paul gets the send off he deserves and wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

Transport correspondent Paul Clifton is leaving the BBC after 38 years.
A familiar face on South Today, he said his favourite memories over the decades are of "the people I worked with, and those we met".
He said he joined the corporation in early 1987 as a freelance reporter, turning up to the BBC's former Southampton base at South Western House as a "gauche, clueless 22-year-old".
Mr Clifton helped break world records for driving electric and petrol cars in the most economical way and signed off with a story about a 20-year-old Mazda MX-5 being converted to use electric power.

Paul Clifton: Transport correspondent leaves BBC after 38 years

Mr Clifton said he joined the corporation in 1987 as a "gauche, clueless 22-year-old".

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Funnily enough, Fred Dineage stepped down after 38 years from Southern TV (and it's previous incarnations)