Nazaneen Ghaffar
{{short description|British television weather presenter (born 1985)}}
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| birth_place = Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
| education = Ravensbourne University
| occupation = Weather presenter, TV Presenter
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Nazaneen Ghaffar (born 9 June 1985{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}) is a British television weather presenter. She currently appears on the TalkTV channel, having previously presented for BBC South East Today, ITV West and Sky News.
Early life
Ghaffar grew up in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, where she attended St James' Primary School and Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School.{{cite web|url=http://kent.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/sky-news-weather-presenter-nazaneen-ghaffar-on-tunbridge-wells-and-life-in-kent-34156/ |title=Sky New's Weather presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar on Tunbridge Wells and life in Kent |publisher=Kent Life |accessdate=2012-02-21}} After completing her A-levels she studied for a BA (hons) degree in Broadcasting at the Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in Greenwich.{{cite news |title=Nazaneen Ghaffar – BBC South East Today profile |publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_8369000/8369257.stm |accessdate=2011-01-20 |date=2010-02-15 |archive-date=25 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125101521/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_8369000/8369257.stm |url-status=dead }}
Television career
Upon graduating in 2006, her first television industry job was for Endemol in Bristol as a runner for the programme Deal or No Deal. After moving on to ITV West, her first on-screen opportunity was when she was asked to audition a weather presenting position and trained at the Met Office.{{cite web |title=New weather presenter to join Sky News Sunrise team |publisher=skypressoffice.co.uk |url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=3021 |accessdate=2011-01-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120051115/http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/Resources/showarticle.asp?id=3021 |archivedate=20 November 2010 }} After 18 months of presenting for ITV she moved back to Kent to join the BBC's South East Today programme.
On 4 November 2010 it was announced that Ghaffar was leaving the BBC to join Sky News as presenter of The Weather on its Sunrise programme, replacing Lucy Verasamy who had left to join ITV's Daybreak. She also presented forecasts for Sky News-produced 5 News on Channel 5 until 19 February 2012.
On 25 April 2022, Ghaffar left Sky News to join TalkTV on the weather segment after TalkTV News.
Personal life
Ghaffar married BBC reporter Charlie Rose in August 2016.{{cite web |title=Sky News forecasts some sleepless nights ahead for #Sunrise weather presenter @SkyNewsNaz as she goes on maternity leave... |url=https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1110831417951481856 |via=Twitter |publisher=@SkyNews |accessdate=16 August 2019 |language=en |date=27 March 2019}}
References
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External links
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- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_8369000/8369257.stm BBC South East Today presenter profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125101521/http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/about/newsid_8369000/8369257.stm |date=25 January 2011 }}
- {{IMDb name|4181228}}
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Category:Alumni of Ravensbourne University London
Category:English meteorologists
Category:English people of Iranian descent
Category:People educated at Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
Category:People from Royal Tunbridge Wells
Category:Sky News weather forecasters
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