Long-time ITN correspondent and anchor Nicholas Owen has joined BBC News 24 as a presenter.

Owen, who recently appeared on the corporation's Strictly Come Dancing show, previously worked at the BBC as a reporter between 1981 and 1984. He joined ITN as a business correspondent for Channel 4 News, but is best known as a reporter and presenter for ITN's ITV output.

"It seems the right moment to go for new challenges - and I look forward to plenty of those, joining the line-up of presenters who have helped make BBC News 24 the country's leading news channel," said Owen.

Owen will begin on News 24 in the New Year.