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10 Facts About Darren Jordon

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Darren Jordon was born on 23 November 1960 in London, England and is a British journalist working for the Al-Jazeera 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera English.

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Darren Jordon is a former officer of the Jamaica Defence Force.

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Darren Jordon was trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom, and became a professional army officer.

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Darren Jordon spent eight years in the Jamaica Regiment, and was part of the 1983 American-led force in the invasion of Grenada.

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Darren Jordon became an accomplished military and sports parachutist, setting a new record in 1983 for parachuting onto Jamaica's highest mountain.

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Darren Jordon started his media career as a sports broadcaster in South Africa.

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Darren Jordon joined the BBC in 1998 as a BBC Sport correspondent on BBC News 24, where he later presented the Sportsday programme.

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Darren Jordon became a regular newsreader on the channel in 1999, before moving to present the relaunched breakfast news programme Breakfast in 2000, working with co-presenters Sophie Raworth, Jeremy Bowen and Sarah Montague.

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Darren Jordon later became deputy presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News and presented all types of bulletins on BBC One.

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Darren Jordon left the BBC to join Al Jazeera at the end of October 2006, his departure having been announced on 5 October.

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