Lucy Clare Horobin (born 17 October 1979 in

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) is a British

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well-known for presenting

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Drivetime with Jason King. She attended Nottingham Trent University where she achieved a BA (Hons) in

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Career

Horobin began radio presenting at

Trent FM Trent FM was an Independent Local Radio station which broadcast to Nottinghamshire. The station merged with two other East Midlands stations, Leicester Sound and Ram FM to form Capital FM East Midlands (part of Global's Capital FM Network) on M ...

alongside Jason King, and then with Rich Clarke on the evening show which was branded ''Rich and Luce''. Horobin and Clarke then moved to

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owned

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to present '' In:Demand'', which later became networked on

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stations in the North of England, and digital station The Hits Radio. In November 2011 she left ''In:Demand''. On 23 January 2012 she and Jason King debuted as presenters of ''Heart Breakfast'' on

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. From 4 August 2012 the duo had also presented Saturday breakfast on

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. From 13 until 29 August 2012 she and King presented ''Heart Breakfast'' on

, in the absence of Harriet Scott and

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, meaning they were absent from their usual show on Heart Solent. In January 2013, Lucy along with Jason King moved to

to present weekday drivetime. For a time they also presented the networked Saturday breakfast. Horobin was brought in as a temporary co-host for Theakston between the departure of

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and the arrival of

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. As of 21 June 2019 she presents weekday drivetime and Saturday mid-mornings on

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. As of August 2019, she is a stand in presenter on the new Heart national Breakfast and covers for Holden. In 2020 amid the

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crisis Horobin joined a supergroup of celebrities called

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which included

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and X Factor winner

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to raise money for both

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and

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. They recorded a new rendition of

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and it was released digitally on 11 December 2020, on independent record label

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. The music video debuted exclusively on Good Morning Britain the day before release. The song peaked at number two on the iTunes pop chart.

References

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