Timothy Melton Willcox ( born 28 May 1963 in Wellington , Somerset ) is a British journalist for BBC News . He generally presents news programmes on BBC World News . He is usually a relief presenter and he is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC 's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó mining accident and anchoring the BBC 's live daytime coverage during the early days of the Cairo January 2011 Egyptian revolution . Willcox was educated at Taunton School , an independent school in Somerset , and St Chad 's College , Durham University where he studied Spanish . Wilcox was a member of the British Youth Orchestra , playing the trumpet
Copiapó mining accident
2010 Copiapó mining accident
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