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Louise Lavigueur & Sonia Sharma

TV presenter Dan Walker got his children to sign contracts before handing them mobile phones

TV presenter Dan Walker says he made his children sign up to a contract of behaviour before he handed them their own mobile phones.

The former BBC Breakfast presenter, who now hosts Channel 5’s flagship news programme, told his kids Susanna, 15, Jessica, 13, and Joe, 11 - "you lose it if you abuse it".

Dan, who is married to wife Sarah, told The Times : "We are strict. When we got them their phones, we got them to sign up to [the contract and] we had a chat.

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