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Shefali Oza (born 24 September 1967) is a British TV personality and the main
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'', the regional news programme broadcast in the Midlands of
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, but also carries out some news presentation work. She joined the programme in January 1993 as its first ever weather presenter.


Career

Oza is said to have been "discovered at an audition day" organised by members of the
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's Multi-Cultural Programmes Unit, who were actually in search of new faces for ''Network East''. Oza was one of the first Asian faces to be frequently seen on television in the region. She joined ''
Midlands Today ''Midlands Today'' is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. It was launched in 1964 and is presented by Mary Rhodes, Nick Owen, Elizabeth Glinka, Rebecca Wood and Shefali Oza. Overview ''Midlands Today'' is produ ...
'' in 1993 as the programme's first weather presenter; since then her role has included producing weather-related news and community features. One of her reports was as a result of becoming the first female civilian to spend a week on the
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submarine HMS ''Splendid''. She was awarded an Honorary Master's degree from University College Worcester in 2003, in recognition of her achievements in broadcasting. Along with weather reporting and news presenting, Oza has fronted regional contributions to the BBC's live national programming and campaigns such as Children in Need.


Personal life

Before beginning her media career, Oza trained as a solicitor. Her father is a GP based in
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. During her time on ''Midlands Today'' Oza met her husband-to-be Jamie Knights, who worked as her
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. Their wedding ceremony was featured on the news programme. The couple divorced two years later. As of 2016, Oza resided in the
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suburb of
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.


References


External links


Shefali Oza's ''Midlands Today'' profileShefali Oza's website
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