Claire Victoria Marshall (born 1975) is an English

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who works for

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. After leaving Chew Valley Comprehensive and then

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in 1993, she read for a law degree at Balliol College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford University, she studied at Cardiff University for a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism. Marshall joined ITN as a trainee junior producer on the contract to produce news for Five from its launch. Marshall then joined Sky News as text producer, before producing ''

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.'' Marshall became a freelance reporter and producer in 2000, including working for the BBC in

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.BBC NEWS , World , Americas , Combating El Salvador's gangs
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, the Middle East and Mexico. She returned to the UK in 2007 as a News Correspondent, a role in which she reported on a variety of stories that did not need a specialist reporter for BBC Radio,

and

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. She soon also became a frequent relief presenter on the BBC News channel and also

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, and stood in on '' BBC Breakfast'' at the weekend. In 2008 she returned to South America as a correspondent, giving up her presenting role. Marshall returned to the UK when she was appointed the BBC's Midlands Correspondent, working for network news and regularly appearing on the BBC ''Six'' and ''Ten O'Clock News'', and the West Midland regional news ''

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''. In 2013 she was made Environment Correspondent for the BBC. She appeared as herself, doing a mocked up

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report on the 2007 BBC Two drama series '' Party Animals''.

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1975 births Living people Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of Cardiff University BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC World News English journalists ITN newsreaders and journalists People educated at Blundell's School English reporters and correspondents Sky News newsreaders and journalists People educated at Chew Valley School {{BBC-tv-bio-stub