Sally Nugent (born 5 August 1971) is an English journalist, newsreader and television presenter. Since October 2021, she has presented '' BBC Breakfast'' along with Dan Walker, Naga Munchetty, Charlie Stayt and

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Early life and education

Nugent was born on 5 August 1971 on the

Wirral Peninsula Wirral (; ), known locally as The Wirral, is a peninsula in North West England. The roughly rectangular peninsula is about long and wide and is bounded by the River Dee to the west (forming the boundary with Wales), the River Mersey to ...

and was educated at Upton Hall School FCJ. She graduated with a

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in Communication Arts and French from the

University of Huddersfield , mottoeng = Thus not for you alone , established = 1825 – Huddersfield Science and Mechanics' Institute1992 – university status , type = Public , endowment = £2.47 million (2015) , chancellor = George W. Buckley , vice_chancell ...

Career

Her first media role was at BBC Radio Merseyside before moving on to report on and read the sports news on ''

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''. In 2003 she became a sports reporter for

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, appearing on national bulletins, before becoming a sports news presenter on the

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(known at the time as

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). There she travelled to Germany for the

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, anchoring ''Sportsday'' from there. Nugent then spent a period as a news correspondent on TV and radio, and as a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel. In November 2011, Nugent began co-presenting '' BBC Breakfast'' on a freelance basis, filling in when regular hosts were unavailable. From April 2012 she presented sports bulletins alongside

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on ''Breakfast'' following the programme's move to its new location at Media City in Salford. She established herself as one of the regular co-presenters of the ''Breakfast'' team after appearing on the Christmas Eve 2012 edition with

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, through to September 2021 reporting on

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's historic victory in the US Open tennis championship. On 27 October 2021, it was announced that Nugent would become a permanent presenter of ''BBC Breakfast'' alongside Dan Walker, Charlie Stayt, and Naga Munchetty; she replaced

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following Minchin's departure after 20 years on the programme.

Personal life

Nugent is married with one child.

References

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* 1971 births Living people People from the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral Alumni of the University of Huddersfield BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC North West newsreaders and journalists {{BBC-tv-bio-stub