LEADING Winchester businessman and former newsreader Khalid Aziz is to become an honorary professor at the city's university.

The role mainly involves facilitating and contributing to research and scholarly activity at the university.

Mr Aziz said: "It's a great privilege to become involved with the university right at the beginning of its new status.

"I am very much looking forward to working to help develop the university as a centre of excellence."

His business, the Aziz Corporation, is an independent executive communications consultancy.