David Gregory-Kumar (born David Gregory) is a news correspondent for
BBC 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 ...
, covering the English midlands. He is the
science
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Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...
and
environmental
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correspondent.
After graduating from university, Gregory worked on his
PhD in
physics
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in both
Berlin
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and
Milan
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, but largely just outside the city of
Liverpool
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.
Gregory went on to work on the now defunct Science Line, Science Information Telephone Service.
Gregory had an interest in journalism, produced a regular newsletter while at university and went on to do freelance work for
BBC Radio 5 Live. He then became 5 Live's science specialist for his first full-time role for the
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team as the regional science and environment correspondent, which he continues to do today. David Gregory also writes for
. On occasions, he has also co-presented the main edition of Midlands Today, the regional news program Inside Out, and Radio 4's
.
In 2012, David Gregory entered into a Civil Partnership with his partner Suraj Kumar. This was converted into a marriage in March 2016, followed by a ceremony in New York in June 2016. The couple have hyphenated their surnames to both become Gregory-Kumar. They have a daughter Marnie.