Philippa "Pip" Tomson (born 30 August 1977) is an English journalist and presenter. She is a news correspondent for '' Good Morning Britain'' on

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Career

At the age of 18 she trained as a journalist and later became the chief reporter for the ''

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'' in

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. In March 2002 she joined ''

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'' on

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– newsreading bulletins, co-presenting alongside

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and reporting in the

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region.Philippa Tomson Official Website
/ref> In addition, she worked as a freelancer with ''Central Extra'' on ITV Central, ''

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'' on

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, the

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and ''

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'' on

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. On 25 September 2006, she became a co-presenter of ''

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'' on

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. On 2 February 2009 she was redeployed as the

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and a fill-in presenter of ''ITV News Tyne Tees'' and ''

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'' for

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. From August 2008 until July 2011, she was an occasional co-presenter of ''Tony Horne in the Morning'' on

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. In April 2009, she guest co-presented on Real Radio North East alongside former ITV Tyne Tees colleague Jonathan Morrell. From February 2009 until August 2011, she was a columnist for the ''

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''. She has worked as a features writer for the '' Daily Mail''. In November and December 2009, Tomson appeared as a weather presenter for '' GMTV'', and on 29 December 2010 for '' Daybreak'' on

. On 1 May 2012 she joined Sky News as a freelance news presenter and reporter. In 2013, she returned to ''Daybreak'' (now '' Good Morning Britain'') where she is a news correspondent. For a time she was also a reporter for ''

''. On 14 June 2022 she was the news presenter on Good Morning Britain from the main studio covering for

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Awards

*Presenter of the Year, Royal Television Society North East and the Border (2010 and 2012).

Charity interests

Tomson is a member of the ''Cash for Kids'' charity. She was also the 2008 vice-president for the ''Tsunami Fund Raising'' charity, when she helped to raise money for students at the Ban Kamala School, devastated by the

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. She is a

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of Someone Cares and in 2009 took part in the

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to raise funds and awareness for the charity.Our Patron – Philippa Tomson
Someone Cares In 2010 she ran the event for Brysons Animal Refuge and Ark on the Edge animal sanctuary, while in 2012 she ran again in aid of Ark on the Edge and also the Children's Heart Unit at the

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.Car Torque with ...Sky News presenter Philippa Tomson
The Northern Echo, 17 November 2012

References

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