Lukwesa was born in Ndola, Zambia in 1974 (date unknown). She is named after her royal tribal family.
…Croxall, Martine
Martine was born in Stoke Golding, Leicestershire. She has a BA in geography from the University of Leeds (1990).
…Lithgoe, Lynette
Lynette started her television career as an in-vision announcer at Granada Television. She then moved to the BBC in the East Midlands as a presenter (1989) and later became a national BBC TV newsreader (February 1990 – October 1991), mostly on weekend bulletins and for BBC Two’s News View. She also presented the charity appeal programme Lifeline in the late-1980s. She left to join BBC World as a newsreader in 1991.
…Ashby, Marie
Marie was born in Edinburgh and raised in Carlisle.
Having obtained a degree in French, she then went on to study a one-year post-graduate course in radio journalism. Her career began in radio, where she worked as a district reporter for BBC Radio Cumbria in Barrow, Furness, covering the South Lakes.
Six months later, she moved to BBC Radio Nottingham, taking up a reporting job. Then, in 1989, while on placement to Midlands Today, Marie moved to Central TV, where she spent sixteen years, as a reporter and presenter; she would soon became one of the main anchors on the main evening regional news programme there. During her time with ITV, Marie presented many programmes, covering political and social issues.
…Astle, Helen
Helen is a presenter on the BBC’s East Midlands Today. Previously, she was a producer and newsreader at BBC Radio Leicester.
Rochford, Kathy
Presenter with BBC East Midlands Today.
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