Riz Lateef

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Riz Lateef
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Occupation BBC London Newsreader

Rizwana "Riz" Lateef is a British journalist, newsreader and deputy news manager at the BBC. She is the principal presenter for the regional television news service for London, BBC London.

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Early life

Lateef was born in London. [1] Her family are from Pakistan. [2] She was educated at Westminster Business School and attended the University of Westminster where she graduated with an MBA. [3]

Career

Lateef presents the BBC London News 18:30 bulletin from Monday to Thursday and some editions of the 22:30 programme. She also used to present the now-defunct Friday edition of the National 20:00 Summary on BBC One.

She joined BBC London in 2003 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. Following the departure of Emily Maitlis in March 2006 to present on BBC News 24, Riz was promoted to present the flagship 6.30pm BBC London News programme on BBC One. She was also the main anchor for the BBC London News Podcast , presented by BBC as a trial.

Previously, she reported for BBC Breakfast and presented regional news for the BBC in the North East & Cumbria. Lateef was also a guest presenter on BBC One's Holiday programme in 2003 and 2004. She also presented relief shifts on BBC News 24 in 2006. She is one of the main relief presenters for the BBC Weekend News on BBC One and the BBC News Channel.

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References

  1. Twitter https://twitter.com/rizlateef/status/100699299331047424 . Retrieved 30 April 2022.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Kinchen, Rosie. "Asian women's 'two identities'". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  3. "Riz Lateef". 8 June 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. Winners of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2009 The Telegraph, 21 May 2009
  5. The 1000: London's most influential people 2014, 8 June 2009
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Preceded by Deputy Presenter of BBC News 8pm summary
2008 present
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