After helping to set up the now-defunct commercial radio station for Portsmouth, Radio Victory, Ingrams returned to London and became a long serving presenter of Thames News, often found presenting alongside former ITN anchorman Andrew Gardner [REF].
Ingrams left Thames when the station lost its franchise in December 1992 and worked at Anglia Television and British Sky Broadcasting for short periods before joining London News Radio (a short-lived replacement for LBC) as a presenter in 1994.