Nina Warhurst
{{short description|British journalist (born October 28th 1980)}}
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| name = Nina Warhurst
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| birth_name = Nina Louise Warhurst
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1980|10|28|df=yes}}}}
| birth_place = Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester, England
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| alma_mater = University of Edinburgh (MA)
University of Westminster (PG Dip.)
| occupation = {{hlist|Journalist|newsreader|television presenter|actress}}
| years_active = 1997–present
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| spouse = {{Marriage|Ed Fraser|2014}}
| children = 3
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Nina Louise Warhurst (born 28 October 1980{{CN|date=April 2024}}) is an English journalist, newsreader, television presenter and actress. She is currently the lead presenter of the BBC News at One.{{cite web |title=Nina Warhurst announced as new BBC Breakfast business presenter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/nina-warhurst-bbc-breakfast-business-presenter |website=BBC Online |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=21 October 2020}} She was previously a business and consumer presenter on BBC Breakfast.{{Cite web |title=Nina Warhurst announced as new BBC Breakfast business presenter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/nina-warhurst-bbc-breakfast-business-presenter |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}
Early life and education
Nina Louise Warhurst was born on 28 October 1980 at Wythenshawe Hospital in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://x.com/ninawarhurst/status/338752835057483776?s=46&t=fHvncVy4KqmaJFSOgyhlKg}} She grew up in Sale and later moved to Salford as a teenager.{{cite web |last1=Vlemmiks |first1=Fiona |last2=Begum |first2=Shelina |title=Presenter Nina Warhurst on dream job as BBC marks eight years at MediaCityUK |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/presenter-nina-warhurst-dream-job-16572348 |website=Business Live |access-date=14 January 2021 |date=12 July 2019}}
Warhurst went to All Saints RC Primary School,Manchester Evening News Saturday 2 May 1992, page 9 and the catholic Loreto Grammar School in Altrincham, gaining nine GCSEs,{{cite news|title=|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|date=22 August 1997|page=26}} and to St Bede's College, Manchester where she took A-levels in English Literature, History and Politics.Manchester Evening News Friday 20 August 1999, page 29{{cite web |title=Crash brings fame for young Nina |url=https://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/7235518.crash-brings-fame-for-young-nina |website=Messenger Newspapers |access-date=9 July 2022 |language=en |date=9 January 1998}} At the University of Edinburgh she studied History and Politics, graduating with a first-class honours and then MA degree in 2004,{{fact|date=January 2024}} and later studied Broadcast journalism at the University of Westminster, graduating with a PG Dip. in 2005.{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Mariam |title=BBC Breakfast appoints Warhurst as business presenter |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/bbc-breakfast-appoints-warhurst-as-business-presenter |website=Talking Biz News |access-date=14 January 2021 |date=22 October 2020}}
Career
Warhurst begin her on-screen career in an acting role in the Christmas special of Casualty in 1997, Heartbeat in 1998, and Butterfly Collectors in 1999. She began her broadcasting career on Russia Today in Moscow. In April 2007, she joined Guardian Media Group's regional television channel Channel M, presenting on Channel M Breakfast.{{cite web |title=Join Channel M for breakfast |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/join-channel-m-for-breakfast-989402 |website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=21 July 2021 |date=23 April 2007}} In 2009, she moved to Channel M's weekday news programme Channel M Today, after cutbacks at station required the cancelation of Channel M Breakfast.{{cite web |title=MEN Media woes continue as half Channel M staff face axe |url=http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/men-media-woes-continue-as-half-channel-m-staff-face-axe-200904285251 |website=How-Do |access-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430122633/http://www.how-do.co.uk/north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/men-media-woes-continue-as-half-channel-m-staff-face-axe-200904285251 |archive-date=30 April 2009 |date=28 April 2009}}
In 2010, Warhurst joined BBC East Midlands regional news presenting East Midlands Today. Later in 2010, she joined BBC North West regional news presenting BBC North West Tonight and Sunday Politics North West. In June 2014, she covered the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil for BBC Sport.{{cite web |last1=Barlow |first1=Nigel |title=Nina appointed new political editor for BBC North West |url=https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/nina-appointed-new-political-editor-for-bbc-north-west |website=About Manchester |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=7 September 2016}} In September 2016, Warhurst was appointed political editor at BBC North West.
In 2018, Warhurst began reporting for BBC Breakfast on a freelance basis, and became a relief presenter when regular hosts were unavailable. In October 2020, she was appointed as BBC Breakfast{{'}}s main business presenter, succeeding Steph McGovern.{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Gail |title=Nina Warhurst announced as new BBC Breakfast business presenter |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/nina-warhurst-bbc-breakfast-business-presenter |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=21 October 2020}}
In May 2024, it was announced that Warhurst, along with six other presenters, would start presenting the BBC News at One from its new home in Salford in June 2024.{{Cite web |title=BBC News at One to start broadcasting from Salford on Monday 3 June |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/bbc-news-at-one-to-start-broadcasting-from-salford |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}} In March 2025, she was appointed as lead presenter of the BBC News at One, replacing Anna Foster.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://x.com/ninawarhurst/status/1899409597032464563?s=46&t=fHvncVy4KqmaJFSOgyhlKg}}{{Cite web |last=King |first=by Danni |last2=Updated |date=2025-03-11 |title=BBC Breakfast's Nina Warhurst makes major career move in heartfelt statement |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-breakfast-new-career-announcement-31172820.amp |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}
Awards
In 2017, Warhurst won a Royal Television Society award for "Best Regional Journalist" for her work on BBC North West Tonight and Sunday Politics North West.{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Matthew |title=Winners of 2017 RTS North West awards announced |url=https://rts.org.uk/article/winners-2017-rts-north-west-awards-announced |website=Royal Television Society |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=12 November 2017}}
Personal life
Warhurst is married to Ed Fraser, a caterer.{{cite web |title=Fraser family's pop-up dinner in Whitechapel to raise cash for Alzhemer's research |url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/20964449.fraser-familys-pop-up-dinner-whitechapel-raise-cash-alzhemers-research/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=East London Advertiser|date=9 July 2016 }} The couple met on holiday in Tisno, Croatia in 2013 and married on 21 March 2014 in New York City.{{cite web |last=Hutchings |first=Selina Maycock last updated Contributions from Ellie |date=2022-04-19 |title=Is Nina Warhurst on BBC Breakfast married and does she have children? |url=https://www.goodto.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/is-nina-warhurst-on-bbc-breakfast-married-and-where-is-she-from-661878 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=GoodTo |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CbXJ6RusmS-/?igsh=anR5Nmp0dWxvb3ll |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.instagram.com}} They live in Chorlton, Manchester, and have two sons (born April 2016 and May 2018),{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwyoVDoHmz2/?igsh=MTR2ZWxyYmN6Nzg3Nw== |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BrTWizdB2TW/?igsh=MWE3bG9oNGVkaWxoOQ== |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.instagram.com}} and a daughter (born June 2023).{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/television/nina-warhurst-pregnant-bbc-breakfast-presenter-pregnancy-husband-4072672|title=Nina Warhurst pregnant: BBC Breakfast presenter announces pregnancy - what did she say, who is her husband?|website=nationalworld.com|date=21 March 2023 |accessdate=2023-04-08}}{{Cite news |last=Gill |first=Emma |date=2018-04-27 |title=Mums compare post-birth pictures to Kate Middleton's - and they're hilarious |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/kate-hospital-duchess-cambridge-baby-14573591 |access-date=2023-05-23 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News}}{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C8mkeklsThB/?igsh=MXd4YnNxcHIyem9wOA== |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.instagram.com}}
Warhurst and her two sisters, Amy and Mel, were shown on BBC Breakfast in March 2023, speaking about their father Chris who was diagnosed with dementia in 2022.{{cite web |author=BBC Breakfast |title=In this emotional film, Breakfast presenter @NinaWarhurst and her two sisters speak honestly about coming to terms with dementia, after their father Chris was diagnosed. |url=https://twitter.com/bbcbreakfast/status/1635701519713435676 |website=Twitter |access-date=18 April 2023 |language=en |date=14 March 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0912240}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists
Category:BBC North West newsreaders and journalists
Category:BBC sports presenters and reporters
Category:British business and financial journalists
Category:English television presenters
Category:People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester