Sally Elizabeth Bundock (née Jackson) (born 1972) is a British news presenter who presents ''The Briefing'' on

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and the

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. She joined ''

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'' in September 2002 and she presents its early morning edition, programming viewed mostly by audiences in European and international markets. Bundock has presented the 5am hour on BBC One, BBC World News and the

since the early 2000s.

Early life

Bundock was born in 1972. She has three sisters. She was educated at

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and completed an undergraduate degree in public administration at the

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, then moved to London to obtain a postgraduate diploma in journalism at

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Career

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. Since then she has covered many momentous events including

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s, G7 conferences and historic EU Summits. During 2007 she became a BBC news business news anchor for the breakfast news slot, often presenting with Jonathan Charles or

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. She works at the BBC as a world news presenter, and is known to occasionally speak at media and journalistic events. Since 2017, she has been the solo anchor of the breakfast slot aimed at European, Middle Eastern and African audiences.

''World Business Report''

'' was launched in September 2001 and offers a blend of news, business and sport to reflect the demands of the global business community. She joined the programme in September 2002, when it was part of ''The World Today''. In the past she has also presented ''

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: Business Edition'', which later became ''Business Live'' in 2015, and '' Worklife'' in 2019, of which she is currently the lead presenter.

Personal life

She married Paul Bundock, from

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in 1999 in

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, Leicestershire; he died in June 2017 from a rare form of cancer called carcinoid tumors. She has three sons. She lives in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

References

External links

World Business Report: Sally Bundock
at

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Video clips

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