Lisa Aziz
Lisa Aziz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lisa Soraya Aziz 19 June 1962 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | BA (Hons)in History of Art andReligious Studies |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist,presenter |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Notable credit(s) | TV-am,Sky News,ITV News,Global Radio |
Lisa Soraya Aziz(born 19 June 1962) is aBritishnews presenter.She is best known as the presenter of theMorning NewsonLBC.Before this she worked forITV Westcountryas a co-presenter for the evening news programmeThe West Country Tonight.She later resigned from that post. She also presented the news onTV-amandSky News,and was one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television. In 2004, she was the recipient of anEMMA(Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy) award for Best Television News Journalist. Aziz currently presents the breakfast show on the UK's first 24-hour rolling news radio stationLBC News.[1]
Early life
[edit]Aziz was born inTotnes,Devonto aBangladeshifather and anEnglishmother.[2]She graduated with aBA (Hons)in history of art and religious studies from theUniversity of London,after which she joinedRadio City,inLiverpool,as a presenter. In 1983, she moved toBristolwhere she worked as a television reporter and presenter for the BBC and HTV West.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In 1988, Aziz joinedTV-amas a reporter before presenting news bulletins for the station the following year. She was one of the first British Asian presenters to be seen on mainstream television,[3]and the first[citation needed]Muslim news presenter. She joined Sky News in 1992, but continued to present bulletins for TV-am, and later went on to become one of the main news presenters atSky News.In 2004, she won theEMMABest Television News Journalist Award.[4][5]She returned to the west country in 2005[6]to become one of the main presenters of theITV Westmain news programmeThe West Tonight.From 16 February 2009, she became co-presenter of the pan-regional news programmeThe West Country Tonight,which replacedThe West Tonight(ITV West) andWestcountry Live(ITV Westcountry) alongsideSteve Scott.
In 1992 she was a contestant onCluedo,teaming up withThe BillactorKevin Lloyd,conceding to the winning team ofJenny PowellandNigel Dempster.
In June 2009, Aziz was reported to have gone on leave from ITV West Country after sufferingtendinitis.[7]
In mid June 2009, Aziz disappeared from her presenting role, and was replaced by two younger female presenters, Ellie Barker (ITV West) and Claire Manning (ITV Westcountry).[citation needed]
Private Eyereported on 7 July.[8]that Aziz, who by then had not been seen hosting nightly news programmeThe West Country Tonightfor the past month, had been suspended for irregularities with her expenses, one of the irregular items apparently being a £5.75 bill for dry cleaning a child's top. According to theDaily Mirrorthe claims amounted to £200.[9]It was later reported that she had initiated legal proceedings against her employers in response to the allegations, and had lodged complaints about four people at ITV West.[10]
Aziz also said that she had not been suspended, but had been signed off work for three months due to stress caused by the expenses allegations. She also received treatment at thePriory Clinicfor work-related stress and depression.[10]
On Wednesday 24 February 2010, TheBristol Evening Postreported that Aziz had officially left ITV West, which had dropped all allegations against the broadcaster.[11]
She now lives in south London and works forGlobal Radiowhere she has previously read the morning news onLBC.[12]She currently presents the breakfast programme on rolling news stationLBC News.
Television
[edit]- HTV News(1984–1988)
- Good Morning Britain(1988–1992)
- QD: The Master Game(1991)
- Cluedo(1992)
- Sky News(1994–2005)
- The West Tonight(2005–2009)
- The West Country Tonight(2009)
Radio
[edit]- LBCNick Ferrari
- Classic FM (UK)
- LBC NewsBreakfast programme.
Awards
[edit]In 2004, Aziz was awarded theEMMABest Television News Journalist Award.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"LBC to launch 24/7 radio news station".Radio Times.Retrieved26 September2020.
- ^"Bangla babes rule Britannia".The Telegraph.India. 29 April 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 21 September 2008.Retrieved31 March2009.
- ^"ITV presenter Lisa Aziz suspended".This is Gloucestershire. 10 July 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 14 January 2013.Retrieved12 July2009.
- ^"EMMA awards honours media personalities in glitzy ceremony".AIM Magazine. 25 May 2004. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved4 July2009.
- ^"Nagra 'bends it' at UK's Emma awards in TV category".IndianTelevision.com. 28 May 2009.Retrieved4 July2009.
- ^"Lisa Aziz joins ITV West".TV Newsroom. 6 June 2005.Retrieved10 July2009.
- ^"Tendonitis takes Lisa Aziz off air".Bristol Evening Post.25 June 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 29 June 2009.Retrieved4 July2009.
- ^Private Eye Issue 1240, 7 July 2009
- ^Smith, Richard (11 July 2009)."TV newsreader Lisa Aziz's pain over suspension".Daily Mirror.Retrieved12 July2009.
- ^ab"TV's Lisa has hospital care".Bath Chronicle.29 July 2009.Retrieved24 August2009.
- ^"ITV West presenter Lisa Aziz quits after withdrawing allegations".Bristol Evening Post.24 February 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 27 February 2010.Retrieved5 March2010.
- ^"LBC".