Nina Louise Warhurst (born October 1980) is an English journalist, newsreader, television presenter and actress. She is currently a business and consumer presenter on ''

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''.

Early life and education

Nina Louise Warhurst was born in October 1980 in

Sale, Greater Manchester Sale is a town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, in the historic county of Cheshire on the south bank of the River Mersey, south of Stretford, northeast of Altrincham, and southwest of Manchester. In 2011, it had a population of 134 ...

. She later moved to

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as a teenager. Warhurst went to the catholic

Loreto Grammar School Loreto Grammar School is located in Trafford. Pupils must sit an entrance exam to enter, and fulfil several other entry criteria. It is part of the worldwide Loreto community, and the Altrincham school was founded by the Sisters of Loreto in 19 ...

Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...

, and to St Bede's College, Manchester where she took A-levels in English Literature, History and Politics. At the

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she studied History and Politics, graduating with a

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MA degree in 2004, and later studied

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at the

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, graduating with a PG Dip. in 2005.

Career

Warhurst begin her on-screen career in an acting role in the

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of ''

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'' in 1997, '' Heartbeat'' in 1998, and ''

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'' in 1999. Warhurst began her broadcasting career on

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. In April 2007, Warhurst joined the

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's regional television channel Channel M presenting on ''

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''. In 2009, she moved to Channel M's weekday news programme ''Channel M Today'', after cutbacks at station required the cancelation of ''Channel M Breakfast''. In 2010, Warhurst joined

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regional news presenting ''

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''. Later in 2010, she joined

BBC North West BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire (western Craven), West Yorkshire (western Calderdale), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness ...

regional news presenting ''

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'' and '' Sunday Politics North West''. In June 2014, she covered the

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for

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. In September 2016, Warhurst was appointed

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at BBC North West. In 2018, Warhurst begin reporting for ''

'' on a freelance basis, and became a relief presenter when regular hosts were unavailable. In October 2020, she was appointed as ''BBC Breakfast''s main business presenter, succeeding

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Awards

In 2017, Warhurst won a

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award for "Best Regional Journalist" for her work on ''

'' and '' Sunday Politics North West''.

Personal life

Warhurst is married to Ed Fraser, a caterer based in

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. The couple met in

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in 2013 and married on 21 March 2014. They have two sons, Digby, born in 2016 and Michael, born in 2018. In March 2023, Nina announced that she is pregnant with her third child, a daughter, due in the summer of that year. Nina and her two sisters, Amy and Mel, were shown on ''

'' in March 2023, speaking about their father Chris who was diagnosed with

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in 2022.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Warhurst, Nina 1980 births Alumni of the University of Edinburgh BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC North West newsreaders and journalists BBC sports presenters and reporters British business and financial journalists English television presenters Living people People educated at St Bede's College, Manchester People from Sale, Greater Manchester