HE’S usually known as the face of ITV’S News at Ten.

But Tom Bradby will now be putting his face to a Southampton-based charity fund, after being announced as one of its new ambassadors.

The news reader will give his backing to ‘robbiesrally’, a charity set up in memory of 10-year-old Robbie Keville, who died of a brain tumour in 2016.

The ITV man becomes the second national figure to back the cause, which supports services for young brain and spinal tumour patients at Southampton Children’s Hospital.

British adventurer Bear Grylls became a patron in May last year.

Robbie’s father Mark said Mr Bradby had been keen to support the charity as he was a personal friend of the family.

Mark said: “We are proud and delighted to announce that Tom has joined robbiesrally as an ambassador. We very much look forward to his advice and counsel as we grow and consolidate the charity’s work.”

Robbie, who lost his mother Kate to breast cancer when he was six, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour at the age of eight.

Despite the best efforts of medical staff at Southampton Children’s Hospital, he died two years later.

Fundraisers, led by Mark, and Robbie’s siblings Harry and Lara, have since been leading a campaign to launch a pioneering outpatient rehabilitation service.

Named ‘Robbie’s Rehab’, the service will be for brain and spinal tumour patients in partnership with Southampton Children’s Hospital and its charity.

It will be launched formally on Monday, August 28 at Southampton General Hospital when Mark and Harry finish ‘robbiesregionrun’.

The fundraising event involves the pair running 10 marathons in 10 days around all of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust’s partner hospitals across the south.

The duo have managed to raise £15,000 through their Just Giving Page and hope to raise £25,000.