Rachel Horne ( Gibson; born 29 May 1979) is a Northern Irish newsreader and journalist. She presented the

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children's news programme ''

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'' from 2002 until 2006. She also presented

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' business bulletins on the

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and travel news on weekday mornings on

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in March to December 2018. She joined

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as a breakfast show newsreader in January 2019. She has been married to comedian

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since 2005.

Early life

Horne grew up just outside

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County Fermanagh County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km2 (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 a ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

, on the shores of

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. Her father, Terry Gibson, is from

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and worked as a

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. Her mother, Anne Daly, is from Belleek. Horne’s maternal uncle was Edward Daly (1933–2016), who served as the

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from 1974 until 1993. At the age of 18 Horne went travelling and taught English in

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. After reading Law and Theology at

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, Horne studied for a postgraduate degree in Broadcast Journalism at

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. She married

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in 2005.

Career

Horne has worked for many

outputs including ''

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'',

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and ''Newsbeat'' on

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. Horne later worked for

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on their ''Breakfast'' programme as a reporter.

''Newsround''

Horne joined

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's flagship news programme, ''

'' in December 2002. Alongside

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and Adam Fleming, Horne was part of the bulletin team and the main reporter. Initially, Horne also presented spin-off programme, ''Newsround Showbiz'' until its axe in 2005 due to poor ratings. Horne left ''Newsround'' in 2006.

Business News

Following her departure from ''Newsround'', Horne joined

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's flagship business programme ''

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''. Horne was a member of the team as its business reporter from May 2006. Horne remained on the programme until its relaunch in 2008. After ''Working Lunch'', Horne joined the

's Business News team in 2009. Horne became a regular presenter, often presenting the afternoon and evening shift. Horne presented Monday to Thursday throughout the afternoon and evening after returning from maternity leave in 2012. It was announced in 2012 that the BBC News Channel's business bulletins would be axed as part of the Delivering Quality First scheme. Horne left the channel for a time after the move to New Broadcasting house. Horne reappeared presenting the business on the BBC News Channel during 2015 and presented regularly on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Radio

Horne joined

in March 2018, replacing

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as the new regular weekday mornings travel news reporter. When Chris Evans left the BBC for

in January 2019, Horne went with him, along with

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and a number of other former Radio 2 breakfast show colleagues. Horne took on an expanded role on the new Virgin Radio breakfast show including becoming the programme's newsreader.

Personal life

Horne is married to British comedian

, with whom she has three sons. She lives in

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