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Martine Sarah Croxall (born 23 February 1969) is a British television journalist. She is one of the main
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s on
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.


Education

Martine Sarah Croxall was born on 23 February 1969 and grew up in
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, a village in the
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district of
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, England, where her father ran Croxall Hosiery. She attended the independent
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in
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and studied Geography at the
University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...
, gaining her BA in 1990.


Career

Croxall began with the
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on work experience at
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in 1991. She followed this working at ''
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'', the BBC regional news programme for the region. She has also worked at ''
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'' (1997) and ''
UK Today ''UK Today'' was a BBC television news programme shown on most digital satellite and digital terrestrial versions of BBC One and BBC Two. It consisted of a round up of stories from the BBC's various local news programmes where it had not initi ...
''. She is a regular
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on
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between 18:30 and midnight, alternate Thursdays, FridaySunday. She occasionally hosts ''Afternoon Live'' on BBC News and has presented on both
BBC World News BBC World News is an international English-language pay television network, operated under the ''BBC Global News Limited'' division of the BBC, which is a public corporation of the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and S ...
and ''
World News Today ''World News Today'' is a current affairs news programme, produced by BBC News presented on Friday-Sundays with Philippa Thomas, Karin Giannone & Kasia Madera. Presenters alternate the weekend shifts. It was originally conceived as a morning ...
''. Croxall was the BBC's main presenter during the
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. Her presentation was subsequently praised by David Henderson. She was presenting BBC News on 9 April 2021, when the news broke of the
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of
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. Her delivery was praised for its professionalism and tone. On 21 May 2021, Croxall presented ''
Dateline London ''Dateline London'' is a weekly BBC News discussion programme. A panel of four leading journalists, lecturers, and foreign correspondents discussed top news stories from an international perspective. The last episode made was on the 15th October ...
'' for the first time. Since 2017 Croxall has presented ''
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'' lunchtime edition. On 19 June 2021 Croxall presented ''
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'' evening and late bulletins for the first time. On 1 September 2021, Croxall presented ''
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''for the first time. In March 2022, Croxall won an episode of ''
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''; her specialist subject was American
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. Croxall was taken off air for 11 days and found to have breached impartiality rules for comments made introducing the BBC News channel's "The Papers" newspaper review on 23 October. Following the sudden news that
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had withdrawn from contesting the Conservative Party leadership, Croxall declared that it was "all very exciting" and asked if she was "allowed to be this gleeful", before remarking that their review of tomorrow's papers would be difficult as they were being hastily rewritten. The BBC concluded that Croxall's "remarks and reactions... caused a significant risk the audience could believe opinions were being expressed on the Conservative leadership contest."


Personal life

Croxall lives in
St Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...
,
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. She is a
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.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Croxall, Martine 1969 births Living people 20th-century British journalists 21st-century British journalists Alumni of the University of Leeds BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC World News British women television journalists Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society People educated at Bablake School People from Hinckley People from St Albans Television personalities from Leicestershire