Natalie Claire Cornah (born 21 January 1968) is a British (
Cornish)
television journalist
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...
, and a main regular newsreader for BBC South West's ''
Spotlight
Spotlight or spot light may refer to:
Lighting
* Spot lights, automotive auxiliary lamps
* Spotlight (theatre lighting)
* Spotlight, a searchlight
* Stage lighting instrument, stage lighting instruments, of several types
Art, entertainment, an ...
'', from
Mannamead in
Plymouth.
Life
Cornah was born in
Newquay
Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ...
. She has an older sister (born 1961). Her father was in the
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...
. She attended
Tretherras School in Newquay. She started at the ''
Cornish Guardian
The ''Cornish Guardian'' (founded 1901) is a weekly newspaper in Cornwall, England, UK, which is part of the Cornwall & Devon Media group. Its head office is in Truro and it is published in seven separate editions:
* Bodmin edition
*Lostwithiel a ...
'' as a journalist. She worked at
BBC Radio Cornwall
BBC Radio Cornwall is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cornwall.
It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Phoenix Wharf in Truro.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 1 ...
. She joined ''Spotlight'' in 1991 at
BBC South West. She lives in
Plymouth. She was married on 12 November 2005 in Newquay.
Marriage
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See also
* Media in Cornwall
Footnotes
External links
''Spotlight'' profile
IMDb
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1968 births
BBC newsreaders and journalists
Mass media in Cornwall
People from Newquay
Mass media people from Plymouth, Devon
Television personalities from Cornwall
Television personalities from Devon
Living people