Winifred Robinson
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Winifred Robinson (born 7 December 1957{{cite web|title=Winifred Robinson|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/20174/Winifred-ROBINSON|website=Debrett's People of Today|accessdate=1 September 2014}}) is a BBC Radio presenter of the You and Yours programme.
Early life
Robinson was born in Liverpool, the fourth of six daughters of a docker and a housewife. She attended Notre Dame Collegiate School (now Notre Dame Catholic College), a girls' Roman Catholic grammar school in Everton Valley.
In 1979, she graduated from Liverpool University[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/winifred_robinson.shtml You and Yours], BBC presenter page with a degree in English.
Career
Robinson began her career at the Catholic Pictorial, and then the Ormskirk Advertiser newspaper. Her first job in broadcasting was in the newsroom at the original BRMB Radio in Birmingham, later moving to Red Rose Radio in Preston and the local television news BBC North West Tonight.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/winifred_robinson.shtml You and Yours webpage], BBC site She has also presented File on 4. Robinson became a reporter on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme in 1995, and briefly was a presenter, but was reportedly 'passed over' because of her Liverpool accent, an accusation the BBC has denied, and Sarah Montague was appointed.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/feb/19/guardianleaders|title= Accentuate the positive|department=Leader|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 February 2001}}
Robinson joined You and Yours, but continues to present documentaries on social issues, an area she previously tackled as a Today reporter. In 2007 Robinson revisited the Norris Green housing estate in Liverpool, where she spent most of her formative years, for a radio documentary, examining problems the area faced.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6983985.stm Return to the Norris Green estate:], BBC News, 8 September 2007 Robinson has also written for the Daily Mail and The Independent newspapers.
On 9 January 2018, Robinson was removed for the day as You and Yours presenter as she had tweeted support for Carrie Gracie, the BBC's former China editor, who resigned from the post. The BBC said that allowing Robinson to broadcast on equal pay would break the corporation's impartiality rules.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42623068|title=Radio 4 host Winifred Robinson taken off air after tweet backing Carrie Gracie|work=BBC News|date=9 January 2018|accessdate=9 January 2018}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists
Category:Journalists from Liverpool
Category:Radio presenters from Liverpool
Category:English people of Irish descent
Category:BBC North West newsreaders and journalists
Category:People from Norris Green
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