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'''Nazaneen Ghaffar''' is a [[United Kingdom]] [[television]] |
'''Nazaneen Ghaffar''' is a [[United Kingdom]] [[television]] presenter. She currently appears on the [[Sky News]] channel having previously presented for [[BBC]] ''[[BBC South East Today|South East Today]]'' and [[ITV West]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Revision as of 08:20, 18 March 2012
Nazaneen Ghaffar | |
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| Born | 9th June |
| Education | Ravensbourne College |
| Occupation(s) | Weather presenter, TV Presenter |
Nazaneen Ghaffar is a United Kingdom television presenter. She currently appears on the Sky News channel having previously presented for BBC South East Today and ITV West.
Early life
Ghaffar grew up in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where she attended St James’ Primary School and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School.[1] After completing her A-levels she studied for a BA (hons) degree in Broadcasting at the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in Chislehurst.[2]
Television career
Upon graduating in 2006, she got her first television industry job working for Endemol in Bristol as a runner for the programme Deal or no deal.[2] After moving on to work for ITV West, her first on-screen opportunity arrived when she was asked to try out for a weather presenting position[2] and trained as a weather forecaster with the Met Office.[3] After 18 months of presenting for ITV she moved back to Kent to join the BBC's South East Today programme.[2]
On November 4 2010 it was announced that Ghaffar was leaving the BBC to join Sky News as weather presenter on the Eamonn Holmes fronted Sunrise programme,[3] replacing Lucy Verasamy who had left to join ITV's Daybreak.[1] She also presented forecasts for Sky News produced 5 News on Channel 5 until 19 February 2012. In addition to presenting she also contributes to Sky News' The Weather Girls blog.
References
- ^ a b "Sky New's Weather presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar on Tunbridge Wells and life in Kent". Kent Life. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c d "Nazaneen Ghaffar - BBC South East Today profile". bbc.co.uk. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ a b "New weather presenter to join Sky News Sunrise team". skypressoffice.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
External links
- Nazaneen Ghaffar on Twitter
- BBC South East Today presenter profile
- Sky Weather Girls blog
- Nazaneen Ghaffer at IMDB.com
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