In September 2007 , Matt Barbet was named as a presenter and correspondent for '' 5 News '' on Channel 5 . His position came after Kirsty Young , the principal anchor , announced her departure from the programme . He took up his new role in November 2007 . In June 2008 , Matt Barbet and Isla Traquair , were announced as stand-in presenters on '' 5 News '' while Natasha Kaplinsky was on maternity leave . Matt visited Haiti in January 2010 after the earthquake and has also been embedded with the British Army in Afghanistan . In February 2011 , he was announced as the new presenter of the flagship 17:00 programme , after Kaplinsky left the station . He left on 26 July 2012
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2010 Haiti earthquake
Matt Barbet