Welsh television presenters have paid emotional tributes to an ITV Cymru Wales cameraman who died after a short illness at the age of 46. Rob Milburn had recently been in Qatar for the football World Cup and had worked with the channel for more than 12 years.
Colleagues have described him as a "dear" friends who was "passionate" about television news. Rob covered a number of major news events as both a camera operator and craft editor working across ITV Wales’ news and programmes teams. He was a regular at the Royal Welsh Show, covered Royal visits and worked on coverage of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow.
He had described his recent work trip to follow Wales on the international stage as an “incredible” experience, and also edited the 2022 series Vanished Wales. News presenter Andrea Byrne said: "Rob was passionate about television news, and he always wanted to make our coverage the best it could possibly be for the audience."
