Nicola Anne Heywood-Thomas (17 May 1955 – 6 April 2023) was a Welsh broadcaster and television news journalist, who worked both for
BBC Radio Wales and
HTV, where she spent 18 years as a news presenter.
She was born in
Cardigan but grew up in
Manchester
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and
Durham,
England
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.
Heywood-Thomas joined BBC Radio Wales straight from university, and later presented the station's arts programme, ''Radio Wales Arts Show'', for 25 years. She was also a sub-editor, presenter and reporter for ''
BBC Wales Today'', although she is better remembered for her time with HTV. She was the recipient of a
BAFTA Cymru Award. She made her final radio appearance in February 2023, and was undergoing chemotherapy at the time of her death. Heywood-Thomas died on 6 April 2023, at the age of 67. She was survived by her three children.
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1955 births
2023 deaths
ITV regional newsreaders and journalists
ITN newsreaders and journalists
BBC Cymru Wales newsreaders and journalists
Welsh radio presenters
Welsh television presenters
Welsh journalists
People from Cardigan, Ceredigion
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