Dominic Cotton

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Dominic Cotton is an English journalist.

Born in Cheshire, but moving to London when he was two, [1] Cotton trained and worked as an actor, gaining parts on The Bill and in London's West End theatre.

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After two years he undertook a post-graduate diploma at the Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff University, and started his broadcast career as a regional news reporter in Plymouth for the BBC in 1995.

Cotton then chose to become freelance to pursue a career in sports broadcast journalism, moving to London to specialise in sport including spells at digital TV network Channel 1, Sky Sports, Five and ITV. [1]

Cotton rejoined the BBC in 1998 as a sports producer and presenter on overnight production shifts for BBC Breakfast, before joining BBC News 24 as a sports presenter. He also reported for Football Focus .

Personal life

Cotton's former partner is BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid; the couple and their three sons lived in Lambeth, south London. They announced they had split in February 2014. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "Euro 2004 pack" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
  2. Duffin, Claire (28 February 2014). "'Curse of Strictly' strikes again as Susanna Reid and partner separate". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 3 March 2014.