Lucrezia Gaia Millarini (born 18 February 1976) is an English

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. She is currently employed by

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and presents

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Early life

Lucrezia Gaia Millarini was born in

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on 18 February 1976 into a family of Italian descent. She went to nursery at Dallington School, an independent school in London. She moved to St John the Evangelist Catholic primary school in

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. Her secondary school was also a state-run comprehensive: La Sainte Union Convent School for Girls. She studied for her A-levels at Woodhouse College in North

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. Before starting her career in journalism, Millarini studied law at

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and went on to train as a

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, and subsequently completed a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism from City University. Initially working for a local radio station in

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, Millarini joined

's digital operation in London, reporting for the digital 24-hour rolling news channel.

Career

In December 2010, she joined '' ITV News London'' as their Entertainment Correspondent. In January 2013, she was appointed a newsreader. At present, Millarini now regularly presents the ITV News London main 6pm programme, as well as the '' ITV Lunchtime News'' (since 2017), '' ITV Weekend News'' (since 2015), the ''

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'' (since 2019), and the '' ITV News at Ten'' (since 2021). As well as fronting television news, Millarini has also reported for ITV's flagship current affairs programme, '' On Assignment''. Millarini reported on the births of two of the royal babies, and was reporting on the coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. She participated on ''

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'' on ITV in January 2020. She won an episode of '' Celebrity Mastermind'' broadcast in December 2020. On 9 April 2021, she broke the news of the death of

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in a special announcement on ITV. In December 2021, Millarini was one of the contestants on the

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quiz show ''

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'', with the new host

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. In May 2022, Millarini took part in the ITV hosted celebrity athletics show '' The Games'', and in November 2022, appeared alongside her fellow ITN newsreader

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in the

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show ''

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''. In January 2025, Millarini took part in series six of '' Celebrity Hunted'', alongside Simon McCoy.

Personal life

Millarini lives in southeast London with her husband, the journalist Simon Kurs. She has one son, born 1997. Millarini also has a Lhasa Apso named Milo. She is a patron of the

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charities Dogs On The Streets (DOTS) and Support Dogs. She also supports the Cats Protection League, The Humane Society and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Millarini, Lucrezia 1976 births Living people English people of Italian descent ITN newsreaders and journalists Journalists from London English women journalists 21st-century English journalists British women television journalists Alumni of City, University of London Alumni of the University of Bristol