Debi Edward is a Scottish television broadcaster, currently working for

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as China Correspondent on

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. Originally from

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

, Edward joined STV in 2005 as a reporter and presenter of ''

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's'' weekday morning bulletins at 5.25am during

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, and occasionally the weekend bulletins. In 2007, she co-presented STV's daily magazine programme, ''

The Five Thirty Show ''The Five Thirty Show'' is a Scottish topical magazine show, which began broadcasting in Northern and Central Scotland on STV on Monday 28 January 2008. The programme was aired live from STV's Pacific Quay studios in Glasgow, with live link-u ...

'', alongside

Stephen Jardine Stephen Jardine (born 1963) is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and presenter. He has worked for the BBC, Scottish Television, GMTV and Radio Tay. Early years Born in Dumfries, Jardine is the son of the late Bill Jardine, a former chairman o ...

. Edward left ''The Five Thirty Show'' in May 2008 to become ITN's Scotland Correspondent, and was replaced by ex-'' ITV Morning News'' presenter

Rachel McTavish Rachel McTavish is a broadcast journalist who formerly worked for STV. Career On 28 April 2008, McTavish joined STV's regional magazine programme ''The Five Thirty Show'', replacing Debi Edward Debi Edward is a Scottish television broadcast ...

. Edward was appointed China Correspondent of ITV News in February 2016. Edward was visiting Australia during the 2019/2020

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crisis in her work as a foreign correspondent. During a visit to Kangaroo Island (South Australia) she was the target of a prank involving a dropbear, her reaction to which went viral, cheering up the whole Australian population.

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