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

Career

At the age of 18 she trained as a journalist and later became the chief reporter for the '' Express & Star'' in Wolverhampton. In March 2002 she joined '' ITV News Central'' on ITV Central – newsreading bulletins, co-presenting alongside Bob Warman and reporting in the West Midlands region.Philippa Tomson Official Website
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with ''Central Extra'' on ITV Central, '' ITV News London'' on ITV London, the ITV News Channel and '' Westcountry Live'' on ITV Westcountry. On 25 September 2006, she became a co-presenter of '' ITV News Tyne Tees'' on ITV Tyne Tees. On 2 February 2009 she was redeployed as the weather presenter and a fill-in presenter of ''ITV News Tyne Tees'' and '' Lookaround'' for ITV Tyne Tees & Border. From August 2008 until July 2011, she was an occasional co-presenter of ''Tony Horne in the Morning'' on Metro Radio. In April 2009, she guest co-presented on Real Radio North East alongside former ITV Tyne Tees colleague

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. From February 2009 until August 2011, she was a columnist for the '' Sunday Sun''. She has worked as a features writer for the ''

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''. In November and December 2009, Tomson appeared as a weather presenter for ''

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'', and on 29 December 2010 for '' Daybreak'' on ITV Breakfast. On 1 May 2012 she joined

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as a

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

Awards

*Presenter of the Year,

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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 patron of Someone Cares and in 2009 took part in the Great North Run 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 Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne.Car Torque with ...Sky News presenter Philippa Tomson
The Northern Echo, 17 November 2012

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