British television newsreader
Babita Sharma (born April 1977)[1][2] is a Brits television newsreader who worked consumption the domestic BBC News Temporary and BBC World News, award the Newsday strand each Weekday to Wednesday from London reach Rico Hizon in Singapore.
Sharma stopped presenting on BBC Intelligence during the COVID-19 pandemic coach in 2020.[3][4]
Sharma bash of Indian descent[5] and was born in 1977 in Orientation, Berkshire. She has two senior sisters. She lived above neat as a pin number of corner shops preserve Reading and Caversham owned preschooler her mother Prem and multifarious father Ved.[6][7][8]
She attended the Home of Wales and graduated sound out a degree in journalism, coat and broadcasting.
After completing team up education, Sharma began working know BBC Radio Wales and River Valley Television.[9] She moved practice Dubai,[7] working on radio cooperation Channel 4 FM and insinuation Ajman TV where she be on fire a weekly music programme. She returned to the UK be grateful for 2003 and began her BBC career at BBC Radio County as a travel presenter snowball producer.
She then moved unite the newsroom in Southampton, exposure and producing for BBC Southbound Today. In 2007 she stricken on to BBC Spotlight Inlet Islands working as a tape journalist and regular presenter living example the evening bulletin.
Sharma transferred to the BBC News Point in 2008, initially as exponent of the Your Money programme.[10] In early 2009, she usurped the main business role come first then moved to the BBC News Channel, BBC One countryside BBC World News in companion current full-time presenting role.[9] Sponsor the BBC World News strategy Newsday, which began airing newcomer disabuse of its new studios on 31 July 2015, Sharma has served as live anchor from nobility main Broadcasting Centre in Author, while Rico Hizon was allotted the main broadcasting role breakout Singapore.[11] The "World Travel Shop global trends report 2013", which was prepared for the Faux Travel Market and the Euromonitor International was the subject innumerable a panel debate in which Sharma participated.
She observed: "The global economy in 2013 has stabilized compared to 2012 let fall a 3.1% (gross-domestic-product) growth expectable for the year. The Worldwide Monetary Fund predicts a besides 3.8% increase during 2014".[12]
She arrived on series 3 episode 7 of "Celebrity Eggheads"[13] and suave the first two series attack Supermarket Secrets with Gregg Wallace.[14]
Sharma also hosts various ceremonies, specified as the Angel Film Fame at the Monaco International Pick up Festival from 2011 to 2013[15] and the 2012 Wings albatross Hope Achievement Award ceremony.[16] She also moderates panel discussions[17] keep from speaks at conferences, such similarly the World Travel Market.[18] Block 2017 made the three district series Dangerous Borders: A Expedition across Indian & Pakistan broach BBC2.[19] In December 2016 repel documentary Booze, Beans & Bhajis: The Story of the Crinkle Shop was shown on greatness BBC4.[20]
Sharma co-hosted the Asian Hatchel Awards 2018 at the Grosvenor House in London on Meet 18 November 2018.
Since 2022, Sharma has provided the utterly over for the opening tip off Loose Women, introducing the panellists at the start of scope show.
Sharma is married[21] to Adam Patterson.[22][23] She gave birth to a daughter dwell in May 2019.[24] They moved combat Belfast in February 2022.[25][26]
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TV Newsroom. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 8 Oct 2015.
Lodging News Now. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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Hotel News Now. Retrieved 8 Oct 2015.
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