Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije is a British newsreader. Since January 2018, she has been one of the main presenters on ''

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'', alongside hosting the ''Weekend Breakfast Show'' on talkTV. She has also worked for

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and hosted the BBC programme ''

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''.

Early life

Vanderpuije grew up in

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and attended

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. She is of

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ian descent.

Broadcasting career

Vanderpuije worked at Time FM in

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, then as an assistant to the news editor at

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and at the

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; her first presenting job was at Vox Africa. Before hosting ''60 Seconds'' she worked for BBC Look East. She has also presented ''

'' on BBC Three and on BBC News interactive. At its launch in 2014, she worked for the London Live television channel, where she hosted ''Headline London'' at lunchtime. Since January 2018, Vanderpuije has presented '' 5 News Tonight'' (Monday–Friday), '' 5 News at 5'' (Fridays) and from June to August 2018, guest hosted a few editions of ''

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'' between

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's departure and

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's arrival. She also covers for Vine during the holidays. In June 2021, she became a weekend presenter on

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having previously hosted some shows as a stand-in.

Personal life

Claudia-Liza attended a Star 100 event in 2017, an event that promotes Ghanaian interests in the UK. She came to talk about her path to becoming a broadcaster. She told the audience that she has Ghanaian heritage, shared a career strategy she used to net her first job after becoming a mother at age 24.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderpuije, Claudia Liza 1979 births Alumni of Queen Mary University of London BBC newsreaders and journalists Black British television personalities English people of Dutch descent English people of Ghanaian descent Ga-Adangbe people Ghanaian people of Dutch descent ITN newsreaders and journalists Living people People from Accra People from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Sky News newsreaders and journalists Vanderpuije family of Ghana