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Quote: "proud Yorkshire women with a bit of Irish. Half actually." broadcaster and journalist who worked for

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Early life

Green was born and grew up in

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and has British and Irish heritage.

Career

Liz Green hosted a lunchtime radio programme for BBC Radio Leeds that included a feature known as ''The Hot Seat,'' a weekly hour-long interview on Fridays at 12pm. Her radio work also featured an interview segment called ''Up Close'' is which was a-one-on-one interview with a member of the public from the region with an interesting life story. Notable interviewees on Liz Green's show include the

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. Green won the BBC's ''Local or Regional Broadcaster of the Year'' (Gold) in 1994.Report and Accounts. (1994). United Kingdom: BBC. Prior to hosting weekday lunchtimes, Liz presented Breakfast on

for five years. The show won Bronze at the

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in 2017. The same year, she spoke of crime levels in Huddersfield.

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Audio and Radio Industry Award winners
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