Priya Kaur-Jones
Priya Kaur-Jones(born 1979 inWalton,Wakefield) is a Britishnewsreader.
Early life
[edit]Kaur-Jones was born in 1979 inWaltonnearWakefieldinWest Yorkshire,and attendedWakefield Girls' High School.After completing her A-levels in French, Chemistry, General studies and biology, she began a three-year Genetics degree at theUniversity of Nottingham,graduating on 14 July 2000. She subsequently completed apostgraduate degreein Broadcast Journalism atSheffield Hallam University.
Her father is aChristianfrom England and her mother is aSikhfromDelhi.
Career
[edit]Kaur-Jones began her career in 2001 when she worked atFosseway RadioinLeicestershire.Later in 2001 she was a runner up in theMiss India UKcompetition. In 2002 she started work atBBC Asian NetworkRadio where she read the news bulletins and was soon made the reporter for the East Midlands. She then moved toBBC East Midlands Today,where she presented the breakfast, lunchtime and weekend news bulletins, and filed news reports.
In December 2005, she joinedFive News,claiming to be the youngest national news reader.[1][citation needed]After a year withSky,she returned to the BBC to present the BBC Politics Show in the East Midlands. In 2004 and 2005, she presented theMiss India UKcompetition.
She joined GMTV in August 2007, initially as a correspondent.[2]In 2008, she was given the role of newsreader (6am – 7am weekdays). She left in September 2009 and moved to theMiddle East.She is currently making documentaries and working in advertising.
In 2011 Priya joinedFrance 24as a newsreader.
Personal life
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Kaur-Jones currently[when?]resides in the Middle East. She is a qualifiedholisticmassage therapist.[citation needed]She completed theLondon Marathonin 2009 in a time of 7 hours 58 minutes carrying a 7 ft by 14 ft model of a submarine with three other individuals, including well known charity fundraiser Lloyd Scott.
References
[edit]- ^Priya Kaur-Jones
- ^Official GMTV biographyArchived2007-12-18 at theWayback Machine
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